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🏰 Lichtenstein Castle – Germany’s Hidden Fairytale Fortress 🇩🇪 Rising proudly above the Swabian Alps, Lichtenstein Castle (Burg Lichtenstein) in Baden-Württemberg looks like it was plucked straight from a storybook. Built in the 19th century on a dramatic cliff near Honau, this neo-Gothic masterpiece is one of Germany’s most photogenic castles! 📸 With its stunning stone towers, panoramic valley views, and romantic architecture, it’s easy to see why it’s called the “Fairytale Castle of Württe

🏭 Germany’s industrial strength didn’t come out of nowhere, but it was built over generations. Today, Germany is admired worldwide for its powerful industry. But what many don’t realise is that this success story has deep roots in a long tradition of manufacturing, economic development, and hard-fought labour rights. 📜 It all began in the mid-19th century, as industrialisation transformed Germany from an agrarian society of landless workers and craftspeople into a nation of factory workers. Pe

From 1949 to 1989, Germany was divided into East and West. Political systems, ways of life, and concepts of freedom were vastly different in the former German Democratic Republic — as East Germany was known — compared to West Germany. If you'd like to know more about that time, here are three museums in Berlin. #berlin #eastgermany #dwtravel | DW Travel