We learn German in one day, or What a tourist needs to know about the German language. Vocabulary and reading rules for the tourist

Abbreviations: city - city, r. - river, peninsula - peninsula, lake. - lake, state-in - state, east. - historical name.

Transcription of individual words is given after them in Russian in parentheses.In my opinion, the way Russian letters convey the sound of letters and letter combinations of geographical names is, of course, not ideal and carries a number of significant inaccuracies in pronunciation, but it is more convenient than classical transcription.

To find what you need geographical name while using the keyboard shortcut ctrl+f(we drive in the search line that appears (usually at the top right) the desired name and press Enter). A more convenient way to search will appear a little later.

Aachen n Aachen
Abijan n (Abidjan) Abidjan (the capital of the State of Côte d'Ivoire)
Abu Dhabi n (-dhabi) Abu Dhabi (capital of the United Arab Emirates)
Accra n Accra (capital of Ghana)
Addis Abeba n Addis Ababa (capital of Ethiopia)
Adelaide n Adelaide
Aden n Aden
Adria f, Adriatisches Meer Adrea Sea
Afghanistan n (-ha-) Afghanistan, Republik Afghanistan Republic of Afghanistan
Africa n Africa
Ägäis f Aegean Sea
Ägypten n Egypt
Alaska n Alaska Peninsula
Albanien and Albania
Alёuten pl (Aleuten) Aleutian Islands
Alexandria n Alexandria
Algerien n Algiers (state)
Algier n (Algiers) Algiers (capital of Algeria)
Al-Kuweit n Al-Kuwait (the capital of Kuwait)
Alma-Ata n Alma-Ata
Alpen pl Alps (mountains)
Alster f r.Alster
Altai m Altai, Altai region; Altai mountains
Amazonas m r. Amazon
America n America
Aman n Amman (capital of Jordan)
Amsterdam n Amsterdam
Amudarja m
Amur m r.Amur
Anden pl Andes (mountains)
Andorra n Adorra
Andorra la Vella n (-la) Adorra and Andorra la Vella (the capital of Andorra)
Angara f r. Angara
Angola and Angola
Anhalt n Anhalt and Anhalt (original region in Germany)
Ankara n Ankara
Antananarivo n (-in) Antananarivo (capital of Madagascar)
Antarctica f Antarctica
Antarktis f Antarctica
Antillen pl Antilles
Antwerpen n Antwerp
Apennin m, Apenninen pl
Apenninenhalbinsel f Apennine Peninsula
Apia n Apia (the capital of Western Samoa)
Äquatorial-Guinea n (Guinea) Equatorial Guinea
Arabien f, Arabische Halbinsel Arabia, Arabian Peninsula
Aralsee m Aral Sea
Archangelsk n (-kang-) Arkhangelsk
Argentina n Argentina
Arktik m see Arktischer Ozean
Arktis f Arctic
Arktischer Ozean Arctic Ocean
Ärmelkanal m English Channel (Strait)
Armenia n Armenia
Aschgabat n Ashgabat city
Aserbaidschan n (-jan) Azerbaijan
Asian n Asia
Asowisches Meer Sea of Azov
Assyrien n ist.Assyria
Asuncion n (-sion) Asuncion (capital of Paraguay)
Athen n Athens
Ethiopian Ethiopia
Atlantik m, Atlantischer Ozean Atlantic Ocean
Ätna m Etna (volcano)
Australien n (Australia)
Azoren pl (Azores)

Babel n, Babylon ist. Babylon
Baden n, Baden (part of Baden-Württemberg)
Baden-Baden n Baden-Baden
Baden-Würtemberg n Baden-Württemberg (state in Germany)
Bagdad n Baghdad
Bahamainseln pl The Bahamas
Bahamas pl Bahamas(state)
Bahrain n Bahrain
Baikal m, Baikalsee Lake Baikal
Baku n Baku
Balaton n Lake Balaton
Balearen pl Balearic Islands
Balchaschsee m Lake Balkhash
Balkan m Balkans (peninsulas and mountains)
Balkanhalbinsel f Balkan Peninsula
Bamako n Bamako (capital of Mali)
Bandung n Bandung
Bangkok n Bangkok (capital of Thailand)
Bangladesh n (-dash) Bangladesh
Bangui n (Bangui) Bangui (the capital of the Central African Republic)
Banjul (-jul) Banjul (capital of Gambia)
Barbados n (island and state)
Barcelona n (-tse-) Barcelona
Barentssee f Barents Sea
Basel n Basel
Basse-Terre n (Baseterre) Basse-Terre (Guadeloupe)
Beyerische Alpen pl Bavarian Alps
Bayern n Bavaria (state in Germany)
Beirut n (Beirut) Beirut
Belgien n Belgium
Belgrad n
Belize n (belize) Belize (state)
Belingshausensee f Bellingshausen Sea
Belorußland n, see Weißrußland Belarus
Bengasi n Benghazi (capital of Libya)
Benin n Benin (state)
Beringmeer n Bering Sea
Beringstraße f Bering Strait
Berlin n Berlin
Bermudainseln pl Bermuda
Bermudas f Bermuda (state)
Bern n Bern
Beskiden pl Beskydy (mountains)
Bethlehem n ist. Bethlehem
Birmindham n Birmingham
Bischkek n Bishkek
Bissau n Bissau (the capital of Guinea Bissau)
Bodensee m Lake Constance
Bogota n Bogota (capital of Colombia)
Bohmen n Czech Republic, East Bohemia
Böhmerwald m Bohemian forest (mountains)
Bolivien n (-vi-) Bolivia
Bologna n (-lonya) Bologna
Bombay n (-bay) Bombay (Mumbai)
Bonn n Bonn
Bordeaux n (-to) Bordeaux
Borneo n Borneo, see Kalimantan
Bosnien und Herzegowina f Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosporus m Bosphorus (Strait)
Boston n (-ten) Boston
Botswana n Botswana
Brahmaputra m r. Brahmaputra
Brandenburg n Brandenburg
Brasilia n Brasilia (capital of Brazil)
Brasilien n Brazil
Bratislava n (- va) Bratislava
Braunschweig n Braunschweig (city and historical region not in the state of Lower Saxony)
Brazzaville n (-zavil) Brazzaville (capital of the Congo)
BRD see Bundesrepublik Deutschland Germany, Federal Republic of Germany
Bregenz n Bregenz
Bremen n Bremen (city and state in Germany)
Breslau n Breslau (former German name for Wroclaw)
Brest n Brest
Bretagne f (-tanier) Brittany (original region in France)
Bridgetown n (bridgetown) Bridgetown (capital of Barbados)
Bristol n (-steel) Bristol
Brno n Brno
Brocken m Brocken (peak in the Harz)
Brünn n German name for the city of Brno
Brussels n Brussels
Buchara n Bukhara
Budapest n Budapest
Buenos Aires n Buenos Aires
Bug m river Bug
Bujumbura n Bujumbura (capital of Burundi)
Bucharest n Bucharest
Bukowina f Bukovina
Bulgaria
Bundesrepublik Deutschland (BRD) Federal Republic of Germany
Burgenland n Burgenland (land in Austria)
Burkina-Faso n Burkina Faso (state)
Burma n, see Myanmar
Burundi n Burundi (state)
Byzanz n ist.Byzantium

Calais n (kale) Calais
Cambridge n (Cambridge) Cambridge
Canberra n Canberra
Cannes n Cannes
Caracas n Caracas (capital of Venezuela)
Cayenne n (cayenne) Cayenne (administrative center of Guiana)
Celebes n Celebes, see Sulawesi
Ceylon n Ceylon, see Sri Lanka
Champagne f (shapanie) Champagne (original region in France)
Changjiang n (tshan jian), see Jangtsekiang
Charkow n Kharkov
Chemnitz n (cam-) Chemnitz (1953-1990 Karl-Marx-Stadt)
Chicago n (chi-) Chicago
Chile n (chile) Chile
China n (chin) China, Volksrepublik China People's Republic of China
Chisinau n Chisinau, see Kischinjow
Colombo n Colombo
Conakry n (-cree) Conakry (capital of Guinea)
Cookinseln pl (cook-) Cook Islands
Cookstraße f (cook-) Cook Strait
Cote d'Ivore n (kotdivoar) Cote d'Ivoire (state)
Cotonou n (-well) Cotonou (Benin)
Cottbus n Cottbus
Curacao n (cuiracao) os-in Curacao

Dacca n (Dakka) see Dakka
Dahomey n Dahomey, see Benin
Dakar n Dakar (capital of Senegal)
Dakka see Dacca
Damascus n Damascus
Dänemark n Denmark
Danzig n Danzig (former German name for Gdansk)
Dardanellen pl Dardanelles (Strait)
Daressalam n Dar es Salaam (capital of Tanzania)
DDR GDR
Delhi n (delhi) city of Delhi
Den Haag n (hak) The Hague
Dessau n Dessau
Deutsche Demokratische Republik German Democratic Republic
Deutschland and Germany
Djakarta
Djava see Java
Djibouti n (djibouti) Djibouti (city and state)
Dnepr m river Dnepr
Dnepropetrowsk n Dnepropetrovsk
Dnestr m river Dniester
Doha n Doha (capital of Qatar)
Dominica n Dominican Republic (island and state in the West Indies)
Don m r. Don
Donau f river Danube
Donezbecken n Donbass
Donezk n Donetsk
Dortmund n Dortmund
Dover n Dover
Dresden n Dresden
Dschibuti see Djibouti
Dublin n (yes-) Dublin
Duisburg n (dues-) Duisburg
Duna f r. Duagava
Dunkerque n (dёkerk) Dunkirk
Duschanbe n Dushanbe
Düsseldorf n Düsseldorf
Dwina, die Nördliche Dwina - Northern Dvina

Edinburg n (-burke) Edinburgh
Eifel f Eifel and Eifel (mountains)
Eisenach n Eisenach and Eisenach
Eisenstadt n Eisenstadt and Eisenstadt
Ecuador n Ecuador
Elba and Elba Island
Elbe f river Elba
Elbrus m Elbrus
Elfenbeinküste f Ivory Coast
El Salvador n El Salvador (state)
Elsaß n Alsace (original region in France)
Elsaß – Lothringen n ist. Alsace-Lorraine
Ems f r. Ems
England n England
Erfurt n Erfurt
Erlangen n Erlangen
Er-Riad n Er-Riyadh (capital of Saudi Arabia)
Erzgebirge n Ore Mountains
Essen n Essen
Eastland n Estonia
Etsch f German name for the Adige river
Euböa n Euboea (island in Greece)
Euphrat m river Euphrates
Europa n Europe

Färöer pl Faroe Islands
Ferner Osten Far East
Feuerland and Tierra del Fuego
Fichtelgebirge n Fichtelgebirge (mountains in Germany)
Fidschi n Fiji (islands and state)
Finnischer Meerbusen Gulf of Finland
Finnland n Finland
Flanders and Flanders
Florenz n Florence
Florida n Florida (Peninsulas and US states)
Franken n Franconia (original region in Germany)
Frankfurt am Main n Frankfurt am Main
Frankfurt (Oder) n, Frankfurt an der Oder
Fränkische Alb Franconian Alb, Fränkischer Jura Franconian Jura (mountains)
Frankreich and France
Franz-Joseph-Land n Islands Franz Josef Land
Freetown n (freetaon) Freetown (capital of Sierra Leone)
Frisco open see San Francisco
Fudschi, Fudschijama m Mount Fuji (volcano)

Gaborone n Gaborone (the capital of Botswana)
Gabun n Gabon (state)
Gambia n Gambia (state)
Ganges m river Ganges
Gdansk n Gdansk
Gdynia n Gdynia
Gelbes Meer Yellow Sea
Genf n Geneva
Genfer See m Yellow Lake
Genua n Genoa
Georgetown n (Georgetown) Georgetown (capital of Guyana)
George n Georgia
Gera n Gera
Ghana n (ga-) Ghana (state)
Ghasa n (ga-) Gaza
Gibraltar n Gibraltar
Glasgow n Glasgow
Gobi f Gobi (desert)
Golfstrom m Gulfstream
Golf von Bengalen m Bay of Bengal
Golf von Biscaya m Bay of Biscay
Golf von Mexico m Gulf of Mexico
Gorki n Gorky
Görlitz n Görlitz
Göteborg n Gothenburg
Gotha n Gotha
Göttingen n Göttingen
Graz n Graz
Greenwich n (greenwich) Greenwich
Grenada n Grenada (island and state)
Greece
Grönland n Greenland
Großbritanien n United Kingdom
Grusinien, Georgien (more often)
Guadeloupe n (Guadeloupe) Guadeloupe
Guatemala n (gua-) Guatemala (state)
Guayana n (Guayana) Guiana
Guinea n (gi-) Guinea (state)
Guinea-Bissau n (gi-) Guinea-Bissau (state)
Guyana n (guyana) Guyana (state)
Györ n (gyor) Gyor

Haidarabad n (-Baht) Hyderabad (India)
Haidarabad n (-Baht) Hyderabad (Pakistan)
Haiti n Haiti (island and state)
Halbinsel Kola f Kola Peninsula
Halbinsel Malacca f Malacca
Halle n Gale
Halligen pl Halligen Islands (in the North Sea, Germany)
Hamburg n Hamburg (city and state in Germany)
Hannover n Hannover
Hanoi n Hanoi
Harare n Harare (capital of Zimbabwe)
Harbin n Harbin
Harz m Harz (mountains)
Havanna n (-va-) Havana
Havel f (-f-) river Havel
Hawaii n Hawaii (islands and US state)
Hebriden pl The Hebrides
Heidelberg n Heidelberg and Heidelberg
Helgoland n Helgoland island and Helgoland
Hellas n East Hellas
Helsinki n Helsinki
Hermannstadt n German name for the city of Sibiu (Romania)
Hessen n Hesse (land in Germany)
Himalaja m Himalayas (mountain system)
Hindukusch m Hindu Kush (mountain system)
Hinterindien n half-s Indochina
Hiroshima n (-shi-) Hiroshima
Ho-Chi-Minh-Stadt n (Ho-Tshi-Min) Ho Chi Minh City
Holland n Holland
Hollywood n (holywood) Hollywood
Holstein n Holstein (original region in Germany)
Honduras n Honduras (state)
Hongkong n Hong Kong
Honiara n Honiara (the capital of the Solomon Islands)
Honolulu n Honolulu (administrative center of the state of Hawaii, USA)
Houston n (Houston) Houston
Huanghe m river Huanghe
Hudson m (hudson) Hudson River
Hudsonbai f Hudson Bay
Hudsonstrasse f Hudson Strait
Hwangho (Huanghe) see Huanghe

Iberische Halbinsel Iberian half-s
Ijsselmeer n (ayssel-) Ijsselmeer (bay in the Netherlands)
Indian n India
Indik m see Indischer Ozean
Indischer Ocean m Indian Ocean
Indonesian n Indonesia
Indus m r. Indus
Innsbruck n Innsbruck
Ionisches Meer n Ionian Sea
Iraq m Iraq
Iran m Iran
Ireland n Ireland
Irtysch m r.Irtysh
Isar f r.Isar
Islamabad n Islamabad (capital of Pakistan)
Island n Iceland
Israel n Israel
Istanbul n (Istanbul) Istanbul
Italian and Italy
Izmir n (izmir) Izmir

Jaffa n Jaffa
Jakarta (Djakarta) n Jakarta (capital of Indonesia)
Jamaika n Jamaica (island and state)
Jamossoukro (yamoussoukro) n Yamoussoukro (capital of Côte d'Ivoire)
Jangon n Yangon (capital of Myanmar)
Jangtsekiang m r.Yangtze, Yangtzejiang
Japan n Japan
Java n Java islands
Yemen Yemen
Jena n Jena
Jenissej m r.Yenisei
Jerewan n Yerevan
Jerusalem n Jerusalem
Jokohama n Yokohama and Yokohama
Jordan m river Jordan
Jordanien n Jordan (state)
Jugoslawien n East Yugoslavia, Bundesrepublik Jugoslawien Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Jura m Jura (mountains)
Jütland n half of Jutland

Kabul n Kabul
Kairo n Cairo
California peninsula
Kalimantan n Kalimantan Island
Kaliningrad n Kaliningrad
Kalkutta n Kolkata
Kama f river Kama
Kambodscha n Cambodia
Cameroon n Cameroon
Kampala n Kampala (the capital of Uganda)
Kamtschatka n Kamchatka Peninsula
Canada n Canada
Kanal m English Channel (Strait)
Canaren pl, Kanarische Inseln Canary Islands
Kap Canaveral n (canaveral) Cape Canaveral
Cape der Guten Hoffnung n Cape of Good Hope
Kap Hoorn n Cape Horn
Kapstadt n Cape Town
Cap Verde n (verde) Cape Verde (state)
Kapverden pl, Kapverdische Inseln (-ver-) Cape Verde Islands
Karakum f Karakum
Karasee f Kara Sea
Karatschi n Karachi
Karibik f see Karibisches Meer
Karibisches Meer and Caribbean Sea
Karl-Marx-Stadt n see Chemnitz
Karlovy Vary n Karlovy Vary
Kalsbad n German name of the city of Karlovy Vary
Karlsruhe n Karlsruhe
Kärnten n Carinthia (land in Austria)
Karolinen pl Caroline Islands
Karpaten pl Carpathians (mountains)
Kathago and Carthage
Kasachstan and Kazakhstan
Kasan n Kazan
Kasbek m Kazbek (mountain)
Kaspisches Meer m, Kaspisee Caspian Sea
Kassel n Kassel
Katar n Qatar (state)
Katmandu n Kathmandu (the capital of Nepal)
Kattegat n Kattegat (Strait)
Kaukasus m Caucasus, Caucasus mountains
Kaunas n Kaunas
Kenia n Kenya (state)
Khartum n (kartum) Khartoum (capital of Sudan)
Kiel n Kiel
Kiev n Kiev
Kigali n Kigali (capital of Rwanda)
Kilimandscharo m Kilimanjaro (mountain range)
Kingston n (-ten) Kingston (the capital of Jamaica)
Kinshasa n (-sha-) Kinshasa (the capital of Zaire)
Kirgisien n see Kyrgyzstan
Kiribati n Kiribati (state)
Kischinjow n see Chisinau Chisinau
Klagenfurt n Klagenfurt
Kleinasien n peninsulas Asia Minor
Koblenz n Koblenz
Koln n Cologne
Kolumbien and Colombia
Komoren pl Comoros (state)
Kongo m r. Congo and Congo (state)
Königsberg n Könisberg (since 1946 Kaliningrad)
Konstantinopel n source Kanstantinople, see Istanbul
Kopenhagen n Copenhagen
Kordilleren pl (dile) Cordillera (mountains)
Korea n Korea, Republik Korea - Republic of Korea, South Korea
Koreanische Demokratische Volksrepublik - Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Korinth n East Corinth
Korsika n Corsica peninsula
Kosovo m Kosovo (state)
Costa Rica
Krakau n German name for the city of Krakow
Krakow n (-kuf) Krakow
Kreta n Crete
Krim f Crimea
Kroatien n Croatia
Kronstadt n Kronstadt
Kronstadt n German name Brasov (Romania)
Kuala Lumpur n Kuala Lumpur (capital of Malaysia)
Kuba n, Republik Kuba Cuba, Republic of Cuba
Kuban m river Kuban
Kuibyschew n Kuibyshev, see Samara
Kurilen pl Kuril Islands
Kurland n east. Kurland
Kusnetzkbecken n, Kusbass Kuznetsk Basin, Kuzbass
Kuweit n (-wet) Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan

Labrador n Labrador Peninsula
Ladogasee m Lake Ladazhskoye
Lagos n Lagos (capital of Nigeria)
Lahor n Lahore
Laos n Laos
La Paz n (pas) La Paz (the actual capital of Bolivia)
Laptewsee f Laptev Sea
Las Palmas n Las Palmas
Lateinamerika n Latin America
Lausanne n (Lausanne) Lausanne
Lausitz f Lausitz (region in East Germany)
La Valetta see Valetta
Leeds n (lits) Leeds
Leipzig n Leipzig
Lena f r. Lena
Leningrad n see Sankt Petersburg
Lesotho n Lesotho
Lettland and Latvia
Lhasa n (Lasa) Lhasa city
Libanon m Lebanon (mountains), Lebanon (state)
Liberia n Liberia
Libreville n (-ville) Libreville (capital of Gabon)
Libyen n Libya (state)
Liechtenstein Liechtenstein
Lilongwe n Lilongwe (capital of Malawi)
Lima n Lima (capital of Peru)
Linz n Linz
Lissabon n Lisbon
Litauen and Lithuania
Liverpool n (liverpool) Liverpool
Livland n (leaf-) east. Livonia
Ljubljana n Ljubljana
Lodz n (lots) Lodz
Loire f (loar) river Loire
Lombardei f Lombardy (region in Italy)
Lome n Lome (the capital of Togo)
London n London
Los Angeles n (los angeles) Los Angeles
Lothringen n Lorraine (original region in France)
Luanda n Luanda (the capital of Angola)
Lübeck n Lübeck
Luneburger Heide f Lüneburg Heath
Lusaka n Lusaka (capital of Zambia)
Lüttich n German name of the city Liege
Luxemburg n Luxembourg (city and state)
Lyon n (lyo) Lyon

Maas f r. Maas, Meuse
Madagaskar n Madagascar (island and state)
Madras n Madras
Madrid n Madrid
Magdeburg n Magdeburg
Magellanstrasse f Strait of Magellan
Maghreb m Maghreb (name of a group of countries in North Africa west of Libya / Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco /)
Mähren n Moravia (original region in CSFR)
Mailand n Milan
Main m river Main
Mainz n Mainz
Makedonien n, Mazedonien Macedonia
Malabo n Malabo (capital of Equatorial Guinea)
Malaiischer Archipelago Malay Archipelago
Malacca n Malacca Peninsula
Malawi n Malawi (state)
Malaysia n Malaysia (state)
Male n Male (the capital of the Republic of Maldives)
Malediven pl (-van) Maldives (island and state)
Mali n Mali (state)
Malmö n Malmö
Malta n Malta (island and state)
Managua n Managua (capital of Nicaragua)
Manama n Manama (the capital of Bahrain)
Manchester n (Manchester) Manchester
Mandschurei f Manjuria (region in China)
Manila n Manila (capital of the Philippines)
Mannheim n Mannheim
Maputo n Maputo (capital of Mozambique)
Marmarameer n Sea of Marmara
Marne f r. Marne
Morocco n Morocco (state)
Marseille n (-sei) Marseille
Martinique n (-nickname) Martinique island
Maseru n Maseru (the capital of Lesotho)
Maskat n Muscat (capital of Oman)
Mauretanien n Mauritania (state)
Mauritius n Mauritius (island and state)
Mazedonien n see Makedinien Macedonia
Mbabane n Mbabane (capital of Swaziland)
Meklenburg n Mecklenburg
Meklenburgische Seeplatte Mecklenburg Lake District
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern n Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (land in Germany)
Meißen n Meissen and Meissen
Melanesien n Melanesia Islands
Melbourne n Melbourne
Memel n Memel (since 1923 the city of Klaipeda); German the name of the river Neman
Meneng n Meneng (the capital of Nauru)
Mesopotamien n
Mexico n Mexico (state), Mexico City (capital of Mexico)
Minsk n Minsk
Mississippi m river Mississippi
Missouri m (-su-) river Missouri
Mittelamerika n Central America
Mitteleuropa n Central Europe
Mittelmeer and the Mediterranean Sea
Mitlerer Osten Middle East
Mocambique (Mosambique) n Mozambique
Mogadischu n Mogadishu (capital of Somalia)
Moldau f river Vltava; source Moldova
Moldavien n see Moldova
Moldova n(-va) Moldova
Monaco n Monaco (state and capital)
Mongolei f Mongolia
Monrovia n (-in-) Monrovia (capital of Liberia)
Montblanc m (mobla) Mount Mont Blanc
Monte Carlo n Monte Carlo
Montenegro n Montenegro
Montevideo n (-vi-) Montevideo (capital of Uruguay)
Moroni n Moroni (the capital of the Comoros)
Mosel f river Moselle
Moskau n Moscow
Moskwa f Moscow river
Mount Everest m (mount everist) Everest, see Tschonolungma
München n Munich
Murmansk n Murmansk
Myanmar n Myanmar (state)

Nagasaki n Nagasaki
Naher Osten, Nahost Middle East
Nairobi n Nairobi (the capital of Kenya)
Namibia n Namibia
Nanking n (-dying) Nanjing
Nantes n Nantes
Nassau n Nassau (capital of the Bahamas)
Nauru n Nauru (island and state)
N'Djamena (-j-) n N'Djamena (the capital of Chad)
Neapel n Naples
Neckar m Neckar
Neiße f river Neisse
Neman m (nye-) Neman river
Nepal n Nepal (state)
Neubrandenburg n Neubrandenburg
Neufundland n Newfoundland
Neuguinea n (-guinea) island of New Guinea
Neuseeland n New Zealand (island and state)
Newa f r.Neva
New Orleans n New Orleans
New York n (new york) New York
Niamey n (niame) Niamey (capital of Nigeria)
Netherlands
Niederösterreich n Lower Austria (land in Austria)
Niederrhein m Lower Rhine
Niedersachsen n Lower Saxony (state in Germany)
Niederschlesien n Lower Silesia (original region in Poland)
Niger m Niger (river)
Niger n Niger (state)
Nigeria n Nigeria
Nishni Nowgorod n Nizhny Novgorod
Nikaragua n Nicaragua (state)
Nicosia n Nicosia (capital of Cyprus)
Nil m river Nile
Ninive n (-we) Nineveh
Nizza n Nice
Nordamerika n North America
Norddeutsche Tiefebene North German Plain
Nördliche Dwina Northern Dvina
Nordrhein-Westfalen n North Rhine-Westphalia (land in Germany)
Nordsee f North Sea
Norwegen n Norway
Nouakchott (Nouakchott) n Nouakchott (the capital of Mauritania)
Nowosibirsk n Novosibirsk
Nuakschott see Nouakchott
Nuku'alofa n Nuku'alofa (capital of Tonga)
Nuremberg n Nuremberg

Ob m river Ob
Oberösterreich n Upper Austria (land in Austria)
Oberreinische Tiefebene
Oberschlesien n Upper Silesia (original region in Poland)
Ochotskisches Meer, Ochotsker Meer Sea of Okhotsk
Ödenburg n German name of the city of Sopron (Hungary)
Odenwald m Odenwald (mountains in Germany)
Oder f river Oder
Odessa n Odessa
Odra f Odra, Polish and Czech name for the Oder river
Oka f r. Oka
Olymp m Olympus (mountain)
Oman n Oman (state)
Omsk n Omsk
Onegasee m Lake Onega
Öresund m Öresund (Strait)
Osaka n Osaka
Oslo n Oslo
Ostchinesisches Meer East China Sea
Osterinsel f Easter Island
Osterreich and Austria
Ostindien n East East Indies
Ostpreußen n East Prussia
Ostrava n Ostrava
Ostsee f Baltic Sea
Ottawa n Ottawa
Ouagadougou n Ouagadougou (capital of Burkina Faso)
Oceania

Pakistan n Pakistan
Palestine and Palestine
Palermo n Palermo
Pamir m Pamir
Panama n Panama (state and capital)
Panamakanal m Panama Canal
Papeete n Papeete (capital of Tahiti)
Papua-Neuguinea n (-guinea) Papua New Guinea
Paraguay n (-guay) Paraguay
Paramaribo n Paramaribo (capital of Suriname)
Paris n Paris
Pazifik m Pacific Ocean
Peking n Beijing
Pergamon n Pergamum
Perm n Perm
Persischer Golf Persian Gulf
Peru n Peru
Petersburg n Petersburg, see Sankt Petersburg
Pfalz f Palatinate (original region on the territory of Germany, part of Rhineland-Palatinate)
Pfälzer Wald m Palatinate forest (mountains of Germany)
Philadelphia n Philadelphia
Philippinen pl Philippines (state)
Phnom-Penh n (phnom penh) Phnom Penh (capital of Cambodia)
Phönikien n, Phönizien Phoenicia
Pilsen n Pilsen
Piräus n Piraeus
Pjongjang n Pyongyang
Plattensee m German name of Lake Balaton
Plowdiw n Plovdiv
Plzen n (plzen) Pilsen
Po n r.Po
Polen n Poland
Polynesien n Polynesia
Pommern n Pomerania (original region on the territory of Poland)
Port-au-Prince n (porto pres) Port-au-Prince (capital of Haiti)
Port Louis n (port louis) Port Louis (capital of Mauritius)
Port Moresby n (port Morzby) Port Moresby (capital of Papua New Guinea)
Port of Spain n (port of span) Port of Spain (the capital of the state of Trinidad and Tobago)
Porto Novo n Porto Novo (the capital of Benin)
Port Said n (-seet) Port Said
Portsmouth n (portsmous) Portsmouth
Portugal n Portugal
Posen n former German name Poznań
Potsdam n Potsdam
Poznan n (posnan) Poznań
Prag n Prague
Praia n Praia (capital of Cobo Verde)
Preßburg n Presburg
Pretoria n Pretoria (capital of South Africa)
Preußen n East Prussia
Provence f (-you) Provence (original region in France)
Puerto Rico n Puerto Rico
Pyrenäen pl Pyrenees, Pyrenees mountains
Pyrenäenhalbinsel f Iberian Peninsula

Quezon City n (kaesong city) Kaesong City (Philippines)
Quito n (quito) Quito (capital of Ecuador)
Rabat n Rabat (capital of Morocco)
Rangun n see Jangon
Rawalpindi n Rawalpindi (Pakistan)
Republic of South Africa Republic of South Africa
Reunion n (reunion) Reunion Island
Reykjavik n (raekjavik) Reykjavik
Rhein m river Rhine
Rheinische Schieferergebirge Rhine Slate Mountains
Rheinland n Rhineland
Rheinland-Pfalz n Rhineland-Palatinate (land in Germany)
Rhodos n Rhodes (island and city)
Rhone f r. Rhone
Riga n Riga
Rigaer Bucht f Riga Gulf
Rio de Janeiro n (rio de Janero) Rio de Janeiro
Rom n Rome
Roseau (roso) n Roseau (capital of Dominica)
Rostock n Rostock
Rostow am Don n Rostov-on-Don
Rotes Meer Red Sea
Rotterdam n Rotterdam
Ruanda n Rwanda (state)
Rügen n Rügen Islands
Ruhr f r. Ruhr
Ruhrgebiet n Ruhr Basin
Rumanien n Romania
Russian Föderation Russian Federation
Rußland n Russia

Saale f r.Sale
Saar f r. Saar
Saarbrücken n Saarbrücken
Saarland n Saarland (land in Germany)
Sachalin and Sakhalin Island
Sachsen n Saxony (state in Germany)
Sachsen-Anhalt n Saxony-Anhalt, incl. Saxony-Anhalt (state in Germany)
Sachsische Switzerland Saxon Switzerland
Sahara f (zaha- and saha-) Sahara (desert)
Saigon n see Ho-chi-Minh-Stadt
Saint George's n (Saint Georges) St. George's (capital of Grenada)
Salomonen pl Salomon Islands (state)
Salomoninseln pl Salomon Islands
Saloniki n Thessaloniki (city) and Thessaloniki
Salzburg n Salzburg (city and state in Austria)
Samara n Samara
Sambesi m r.Zambezi
Sambia n Zambia
Samoainseln pl Samoan Islands
Sana n Sana'a (the capital of the Republic of Yemen)
San Francisco n (San Francisco) San Francisco
San Jose n (Jose) San Jose (capital of Costa Rica)
Sankt Helena n Saint Helena
Sankt Petersburg n Saint Petersburg
San Marino n San Marino (state and capital)
San Salvador n (-va-) San Salvador (the capital of El Salvador)
Sansibar n Zanzibar Island
Santiago de Chile n Santiago (capital of Chile)
Santiago de Cuba n Santiago de Cuba
Santo Domingo n Santo Domingo (capital of the Dominican Republic)
Sao Paulo n (sao paolo) Sao Paulo
Sao Tome n Sao Tome (capital of Sao Tome and Principe)
Sao Tome und Principi n Sao Tome and Principe
Sapporo n Sapporo
Sarajevo n Sarajevo
Sardinien n Sardinia island
Saudi-Arabien n Said Arabia
Shanghai
Schlesien n Silesia (original region on the territory of Poland)
Schleswig n (schleswig) Schleswig
Schleswig-Holstein n (Schleswig) Schleswig-Holstein (land in Germany)
Scottland n Scotland
Schwaben n Swabia (original region on the territory of Germany)
Schwäbische Alb Swabian Alb, Schwäbischer Jura Swabian Jura (mountains)
Schwarzes Meer Black Sea
Schwarzwald m Schwarzwald (mountains in Germany)
Sweden and Sweden
Switzerland f Switzerland, Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft Swiss Confederation
Schwerin n Schwerin
Seattle n Seattle
Seeland n island Zeeland
Seine f (zen (e) and sen) river Seine
Senegal n Senegal
Seoul (Seul), see Soul
Serbian n Serbia
Sewansee m Lake Sevan
Sewastopol n Sevastopol
Seychellen (seshelen) pl Seychelles(state)
Sheffield n Sheffield
Sibirien n Siberia
Siebenbürgen n Transylvania (original region in Romania)
Sierra Leone n Sierra Leone (state)
Simbabwe n (Zimbapwe) Zimbabwe (State)
Sinai m, Sinaihalbinsel f Sinai Peninsula
Singapore n (Singapore) Singapore (state and capital)
Sizilien n the island of Sicily
Skandinavien n (-vi-) Scandinavia
Skopje n Skopje (Skoplje)
Slowakei f Slovakia
Slowenien and Slovenia
Soest n (Soest) Soest (Germany)
Sofia n Sofia
Solingen n Solingen
Somalia n Somalia
Soul n (soul) Seoul
Sowjetunion f Soviet Union
Spanien and Spain
Spessart m Spessart (mountains in Germany)
Spitzbergen n Spitsbergen Islands
Spree f spree and spree
Sri Lanka n Sri Lanka (state)
Steiermark f Styria (land in Austria)
Stettin n Stettin (German name of Szczecin)
Stiller Ocean
Stockholm n Stockholm
Strasbourg n (Strasbourg), Strassburg (Stras-) Strasbourg(r)
Straße von Calais f (calais) Pas de Calais (strait)
Straße von Gibraltar f Strait of Gibraltar
Straße von Malacca f Strait of Malacca
Stuttgart n Stuttgart
SU (Sowjetunion) Soviet Union
Sucre n Sucre (the official capital of Bolivia)
Sudamerika n South America
Sudan m Sudan (state)
Südchinesisches Meer South China Sea
Sudeten pl Sudetenland (mountains)
South Korea and South Korea
Suez n (suets) Suez
Suezkanal m (zuets) Suez Canal
Suhl n Suhl
Sulawesi n Sulawesi Peninsula
Sumat(e)ra n Sumatra
Sund m Øresund, Sound
Sundainseln pl Sunda Islands
Surabaja n Surabaya
Suriname n Suriname (state)
Suva n Suva (capital of Fiji)
Swasiland n Swaziland (state)
Swerdlowsk n Sverdlovsk
Sydney n Sydney
Sylt n o.Sylt
Syrdarja m Syrdarya river
Sirien n Syria
Szczecin n (shchetszyn) Szczecin

Tadschikistan (-ji-) n Tajikistan
Tahiti n o.Tahiti
Taiwan n (taeuan) o.Taiwan
Tallinn n Tallinn
Tanganjikasee m Tanganyika Island
Tanger n Tangier
Tansania Tanzania
Tarawa n Tarawa (capital of Kiribati)
Taschkent n Tashkent
Tasmanien n o.Tasmania
Tatra f Tatras (mountains)
Taunus m Taunus (mountains)
Taurien n ist.Tavrida
Tbilissi n Tbilisi
Tegucigalpa n (-si-) Tegucigalpa (the capital of Honduras)
Teheran n Tehran
Tel Aviv n (tel a vif) Tel Aviv
Teutoburger Wald m Teutoburg Forest (mountains)
Thailand n Thailand
Theben n Thebes
Theiß f r.Tisa
Themse f river Thames
Thessalien n east Thessaly (region in Germany)
Thimbu n Thimphu (capital of Bhutan)
Thrakien n, Thrazien east. Thrace (region in Greece)
Thüringen n Thuringia (state in Germany)
Thüringer Wald m Thuringian Forest (mountains)
Tiber m river Tiber
Tibet n Tibet
Tienschan m Tien Shan
Tigris m r.Tiger
Tilsit n ist. Tilsit (Soviet since 1946)
Timor n o. Timor
Tirana n Tirana
Tirol n Tyrol (land in Austria)
Togo n Togo (state)
Tokyo (Tokyo) n Tokyo
Tonga n Tonga (islands and states)
Toronto n Toronto
Totes Meer Dead Sea
Toulouse n Toulouse
Trier n Trier
Trinidad and Tobago n Trinidad and Tobago
Tripolis n Tripoli (capital of Libya)
Tschad m Chad (lake), f state
Tschechoslowakei f Czechoslovakia
Tschomolungma m Chomolungma (mountains) see Mount Everest
Tschuktschenhalbinsel f half of Chukotka
Tschuktschensee f Chukchi Sea
Tsushima n (-shi-) of the Tsushima Islands
Tübingen n Tübingen
Tunesien and Tunisia
Tunis n Tunisia (capital of Tunisia)
Turin n Turin
Turkei f Türkiye
Turkmenistan n Turkmenistan
Tuvalu n Tuvalu (islands and states)
Tyrrhenisches Meer Turrin Sea

Ufa n Ufa
Uganda n Uganda (state)
Ukraine f Ukraine
Ulan-Bator n Ulaanbaatar
Uljanowsk n Ulyanovsk
Ungarn n Hungary
Union der Sozialistischen Sowjetrepubliken (UdSSR) USSR
Ural m Ural, Ural mountains
Urugvay n (-guay) Uruguay
USA pl USA
Uzbekistan and Uzbekistan

Vaduz n (va-) Vaduz (the capital of Liechtenstein)
Valencia n (va-) Valencia
Valletta n (va-) Valletta (capital of Malta)
Valparaiso n (va-) Valparaiso
Vanuatu n Vanuatu (state)
Vatican m (va-) Vatican (city-state)
Venedig n (ve-) Venice
Venezuela (ve-) Venezuela
Vereinigte Arabische Emirate pl United Arab Emirates
Vereinigtes Königreich von Großbritanien und Nordirland n United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Vereinigte Staaten (von Amerika) (USA) pl USA
Versailles n (verzai) Versailles
Vesuv n (ve-) Vesuvius (volcano)
Vierlande pl Vierlande (area in the vicinity of Hamburg)
Vierwaldstätter See m (Walt-) Vierwaldstätter Lake
Vietnam n (Viet-), Sozialistische Republik Vietnam Vietnam, Socialist Republic of Vietnam
Vilnius n (Vilnius) Vilnius
Vogtland n Vogtland (region in Saxony)
Vorarlberg n (for-) Vorarlberg (land in Austria)
Vorderindien n Hindustan Peninsula
Vorpommern n Vorpommern (original region of Germany)
Wagadugu Wagadugu, see Ouagadougou
Walachei f Wallachia (original region in Romania)
Wales n (wells) Wales
Warna n Varna
Warschau n Warsaw
Washington (woshinten) n Washington
Weichsel f r.Vistula
Weißes Meer White Sea
Weißrußland n Belarus
Wellington n (welinton) Wellington (capital of New Zealand)
Weser f r.Weser
Westfalen n Westphalia (part of North Rhine-Festphalia)
Westsahara f Western Sahara
Westsamoa n Western Samoa
Wien n Vienna (capital and state in Austria)
Wiesbaden n Wiesbaden
Windhoek (-huk-) n Windhoek (capital of Namibia)
Wisla f river Vistula
Wladiwostok n (-stock) Vladivostok
Wolga f river Volga
Wolgograd n Volgograd
Wroclaw n Wroclaw
Württemberg n Wertemberg (part of Baden-Württemberg)
Xianggang n (xiangan)
Yamoussoukro (yamoussoukro) n Yamoussoukro (capital of Côte d'Ivoire)
Yangon n see Jangon
Yaounde n (yaounde) Yaounde (capital of Cameroon)
Yokohama see Jokohama

Zahreb n (for-) Zagreb
Zaire n (Zaire) Zaire (state)
Zaragoza n (Zaragoza) Zaragoza
Zentralafrikanische Republik (ZAR) Central African Republic
Zurich n Zurich
Zypern n Cyprus (island and state)

With this theme, you can talk about the cities of Germany on German.

General scheme:
1. First talk about location: Meine Heimatstadt liegt in der Nähe von .... Die Stadt befindet sich im Süden von ....
2. Then you can say about significance city or population: Das ist die wichtigste Stadt in der Region. Die Stadt hat ... Einwohner. In der Region leben ... Menschen.
3. Important for the region climate and landscape: Bei uns sind die Temperaturen im Winter sehr niedrig. Wir haben kontinentales Klima. Die schönste Jahreszeit bei uns ist .... Die Landschaft ist abwechslungsreich. Bei uns gibt es viele Seen, Flusse, Walder.
4. If you have information about stories foundations of the city, then report them: Die Stadt wurde ... gegründet.
5. Many cities have symbols, known all over the world: Das Wahrzeichen der Stadt ist .... Der Ort ist bekannt für ....
6. Attractions can be found in any city or region: Es gibt viele Sehenswürdigkeiten: Besonders berühmt ist: Es gibt viele Kirchen zu sehen.
7. Many regions are famous for their dishes: Eine Spezialität der Region ist .... Wer zu uns kommt, sollte ... probieren.
8. You can talk about what attracts tourists to these places: Zu uns kommen viele Menschen, weil .... Der Ort ist ideal für den Wintersport.
9. It is possible that this city is home of famous people: In dieser Stadt wurde ... geboren.
10. When it comes to hometown then well complete the story own tips and tricks: An meiner Heimatstadt liebe ich besonders .... Mir selbst gefällt am besten .... Man sollte am besten eine Schifffahrt auf dem See machen.

A story about Berlin

Die deutsche Hauptstadt ist Berlin. In Berlin gibt es viele verschiedene Sehenswürdigkeiten. Hier ist das Branderburger Tor. Es ist besonders toll. Die Quadriga an dem Tor ist groß und interessant. Sie ist sehr schön. An dem Alexanderplatz können vershidene Menschen Pantomima sehen.

The German capital is Berlin. Berlin is home to a wide variety of attractions. The Brandenburg Gate is located here. They are incredibly beautiful. The chariot on the gate is large and interesting. She is very beautiful. At Alexander Square (Alexanderplatz) different people can see the pantomime.

Das Berliner Rathaus ist rot. Es gibt sechs-und-dreißig Terakottareliefs an diesem Gebaude. Die Berliner nenen es "Rotes Rathaus".

Berlin City Hall red. There are thirty-six terracotta reliefs on this building. The people of Berlin call it the "Red Town Hall".

Die Nikolaikirche hat im zwölfte Jahrhutdert wurde gebautet. Im zweite Weltkrieg schwer zerstört, wurde die Kirche von neunzehnhudert-ein-und-achtzig till neunzehnhudert-sieb-und-achtzig aufgebautet.

The church of St. Nicholas was built in the twelfth century. Heavily destroyed during World War II, the church was restored in 1981 - 1987.

Der Reichstag - Sitz der deutschen Regirung - wurde auch im zweite Weltkrieg stark zerstört. Hier hat russische Flagge gehangen.

The Reichstag - the seat of the German government - was also badly damaged during World War II. Here hung the Russian flag.

Den Berliner Zoo besuchen die Kinder besonders gern. Das ist einer grössten Zoo in der Welt. Es ist besonders groß und mit verschiedenen Tieren, schön, weltberümt und interessant.

The Berlin Zoo is incredibly eager to visit children. It is the largest zoo in the world. It is large and with various animals, beautiful, world famous and interesting.

Künfürstendamm ist eine Prachtstraße Berlins. Der Ku'damm ist für seine Kabaretts, Cafes und Luxusgeschäfte bekannt.

Kunfurstendamm is one of the fashionable streets (boulevards) of Berlin. Koo'damm is known for its cabarets, cafes and expensive shops.

Unter den Linden ist die Hauptstraße Berlins. Hier befinden sich viele Botschafte, Büros, Kaufhäuser, Cafes, den weltberümte Humbold-Universität und die Staatsbibliothek.

The street under the lindens (Unter den Linden) is the main street in Berlin. There are many government buildings, bureaus, department stores, cafes, the famous Humboldt University and the state library.

Berliner Wappen ist schön. Auf dem Wappen ist ein Bär. Es ist sehr gross.

The coat of arms of Berlin is beautiful. The coat of arms depicts a bear. It is very big.

Ich rate Ihnen Berlin zu besuchen, weil diese Stadt einer schönsten Städte in der ganzen Welt ist.

I advise everyone to visit Berlin because this city is one of the most beautiful cities in the whole world.

Story about Frankfurt am Main

Frankfurt am Main liegt in der Mitte der Bundesrepublik Deutschland. Frankfurt nennt man oft "das deutsche Chicago" - und das ist nicht nur wegen seiner Hochhäuser. Diese Stadt ist eine Bankmetropole. Hier sind über drei hundert in- und ausländische Banken, die deutsche Bundesbank und die wichtigsten deutschen Börsen. Wegen der Wolkenkratzer und der Banken nennt man sie auch "das deutsche Manhattan".

Frankfurt am Main is located in the center of the Federal Republic of Germany. Often Frankfurt is called the "German Chicago" - and not only because of its skyscrapers. This city is a banking center. Over three hundred national and international banks, the German State Bank and the most important German stock exchanges are located here. Because of the skyscrapers and banks, it is also called the "German Manhattan".

In der Stadt leben rund sechs hundert fünf und fünfzig Tausend Einwohner. Frankfurt ist seit vielen Jahren auch als Messestadt bekannt. Hier finden die größten Ausstellungen und Messen statt. Kein Wunder: die Stadt steht in der Mitte der Verkehrswege. Nach Frankfurt kommen sehr viele Menschen, so Frankfurter Bahnhof ist der größte in ganzem Europa. Hier befinden sich der zweitgrößte Flughafen Europas und ein größer Binnenhafen.

About six hundred and fifty five thousand inhabitants live in the city. Frankfurt has also been known for many years as a fair city. The largest exhibitions and fairs are held here. Nothing surprising: the city is located in the very center of trade routes. So many people come to Frankfurt that the Frankfurt station is the largest in all of Europe. Here are the second largest airport in Europe and one of the largest ports.

Und wie ist die Industrie von Frankfurt? Im Rein-Main-Gebiet dominiert die chemische Industrie. In der Stadt werden elektronische Geräte, Maschinen, Fahrzeuge, Bekleidung, Lebensmittel und viele anderes hergestellt.

And what is the industry like in Frankfurt? The chemical industry predominates in the Rhine-Main region. The city produces electronic devices, machine tools, cars, clothes, food and much more.

Frankfurt ist das Zentrum des deutschen Buchhandels. Hier gibt es viele Buchverlage, und jedes Jahr findet hier die große internationale Buchmesse statt.

Es gibt viele Sehenswürdigkeiten in diese berühmte Stadt. Hier befinden sich verschiedene Museen, Theaters, Denkmäler. In dieser alten Stadt lebten berühmte Menschen: Dichter, Schriftsteller, Musikanten, Spieler… Aber der berühmteste ist Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Das Goethe-Haus gehört zu den Sehenswürdigkeiten Frankfurts. Hier können Menschen viel über den großen Dichter erfahren. Sie können in Frankfurt verschiedene Souvenirs für seine Familie und Freunde kaufen.

In this famous city there are many attractions. There are various museums, theaters, monuments here... Famous people lived in this old town: poets, writers, musicians, actors... But the most famous is Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. The Goethe Museum is one of the attractions of Frankfurt. Here people can learn a lot about the life of a famous writer. You can buy various souvenirs for your family and friends in Frankfurt.

Meiner Meinung nach ist Frankfurt am Main zu besuchen sehr interessant.

In my opinion, Frankfurt am Main is very interesting to visit.

A story about Leipzig

Leipzig ist die Stadt der Sehenswürdigkeiten. Es ist weltberühmt und weltbekannt. Diese Stadt ist heute so populär, so viele verschiedene Menschen aus der ganzen Welt gehen nach Deutschland um seine Attraktionen zu besuchen.

Leipzig is a city of attractions. He is known all over the world. This city is so popular today that many different people from all over the world travel to Germany to visit its sights.

Leipzig ist die beruhmte deutsche Stadt. Jedes Jahr finden hier Messen statt, deswegen nennt man sie die Messestadt. Diese Stadt liegt im Bundesland Sachsen. Leipzig ist reich an den Sehenswürdigkeiten, zum Beispiel, die Leipziger Universität. Sie wurde im Jahre vierzehn hundert und neun gegründet. Das Gebäude ist vier-und-dreissig-stockig.

Leipzig is a famous German city. Fairs are held here every year, which is why people call it the fair town. This city lies in the federal state of Sachsen. Leipzig is rich in attractions, such as the University of Leipzig. It was built in the year one thousand four hundred and nine. The building consists of thirty-four floors.

Leipzig hat einige Namen. Man nennt es die Stadt der Musik, weil Johann Sebastian Bach den Knabenchor in der Thomaskirche von siebzehn hundert drei und zwanzig bis siebzehn hundert fünfzig leitete. Seine Grabstätte befindet sich in der Kirche. Vor der Thomaskirche steht das eindrucksvolle Bachdenkmal.

Leipzig has several names. People call it the city of music because Johann Sebastian Bach led the boys' choir at St Thomas' Church from 1723 to 1750. His burial place is in the church itself. In front of the Church of St. Thomas stands an impressive monument to Bach.

Der Mittelpunkt Leipzigs ist der Marktplatz mit dem Alten Rathaus. Bis zum zwanzigste Jahrhundert war das Alte Rathaus Sitz der Stadtverwaltung. Jetzt befindet sich hier das Stadtgeschichtliche Museum.

The center of Leipzig is the Market Square with the Old Town Hall. Until the twentieth century, the Old Town Hall was the meeting place of the city administration. It now houses the City Historical Museum.

Leipziger Hauptbahnhof mit sechs und zwanzig Bahnsteigen, das neue Rathaus mit dem ein hudert und acht Meters hohen Turm, das Völkerschlachtdenkmal gegen die Armee Napoleons, das Museum der bildenden Künste.

The most famous buildings include the imposing Leipzig Station with twenty-six railway tracks, the new City Hall with a tower one hundred and eight meters high, a monument to the people's militia against Napoleon's army, and the Museum of Fine Arts.

Leipzig hat die größte Bibliothek in dem ganzen Europa - die Deutsche Bücherei, deshalb nennt man es die Stadt des Buches. In den Räumen befinden sich das Deutsche Buch und das Schriftmuseum. Neunzehn hundert sechzig wurde in der Stadt das Gebäude des Opernhauses gegründet.

Leipzig is home to the largest library in Europe, the German Book Depository (Detsche Bukherai), which is why people call it the city of books. The building houses the German Book (the oldest book on the history of Germany) and the Museum of the Art of Writing. In 1960, the Leipzig Opera was built in the city. Back

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3. Europa-Park, Rust

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4. Neuschwanstein Castle, Füssen

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6. Lake Constance

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8. Ulm Cathedral

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9. Cathedral, Cologne

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12. Moselle Valley

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16. Zugspitze and Partnachklamm

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20. Speicherstadt, Hamburg

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24. Rugen Island

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26. Eltz Castle

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27. Hanseatic City of Lübeck

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29. Harz and Mount Brocken

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31. Just Island

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32. Imperial Cathedral, Speyer

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34. Old Town, Görlitz

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35. Schwerin Castle

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36. Museum of the GDR, Berlin

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37. Dunkern Castle

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39. Berlin Wall

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40. Museum Island, Berlin

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42. Sanssouci Palace, Potsdam

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43. Moritzburg Castle

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44. Lake Königssee

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46. Imperial Castle, Cochem

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47. Wadden Sea

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50. Drosselgasse, Rüdesheim

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The German National Tourist Board (DZT) has released its new 2016 German Attractions Index based on a survey of foreign tourists. It was attended by more than 40 thousand visitors to the site www.germany.travel from all over the world. Compared to last year, the list has been updated by about one third. We marked new places in our gallery with asterisks (*).

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Before moving on to the rating, we note that we have already talked about many of the sights from the list in detail in our travel section "In Germany". Links to these articles and reports can be opened by clicking on the "+" (More related) icon to the right under the photos. Go!

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1 Miniature Wonderland, Hamburg

The first place according to the results of the survey was taken by the Miniature Wonderland (Miniatur Wunderland) in Hamburg. This popular museum, located in the Speicherstadt quarter, houses the largest railway model in the world. Last year it was visited by 1.25 million people. The photo shows one of the new thematic sections of the exposition - a model of the ancient city of Pompeii. (*)

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2. Old town and castle, Heidelberg

The most photogenic ruins of Germany rise above this city. The first written mention of Heidelberg Castle (Heidelberger Schloss) dates back to 1225. It was significantly damaged during the Thirty Years' War and the War of Palatinate Succession in the 17th century and was left in ruins. The ruins of the castle and its history were especially impressive for writers and artists of the Romantic era.

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3. Europa-Park, Rust

Last year he led the rankings, and this year he moved to third place. Germany's largest amusement park - Europa-Park (Europa-Park) was opened in 1975 near the Baden-Württemberg city of Rust. Now it is visited by more than four million people annually. There are many foreigners among them, which explains the park's position at the top of the list.

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4. Neuschwanstein Castle, Füssen

Neuschwanstein is the German standard for a fairy-tale castle in the Bavarian Alps. About 1.4 million tourists visit it every year. King Ludwig II built it for himself, but he lived here in the still unfinished castle for only about 170 days. In love with the works of Wagner, while walking around the neighborhood, he liked to imagine himself in the image of the mythical Knight of the Swan - Lohengrin.

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5. Old Town, Rothenburg ob der Tauber

The small Bavarian town of Rothenburg ob der Tauber, in which only about eleven thousand people live, is known all over the world. Here, without additional scenery, you can shoot films that take place in the Middle Ages. The atmosphere of ancient times is preserved in Rothenburg in the best way. More than three million tourists visit it every year.

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6. Lake Constance

Lake Constance (Bodensee) is located in the Alpine foothills on the border of Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Among its attractions, the flower island of Mainau (Mainau), included in the list, is especially popular. world heritage the monastery island of Reichenau, the cities of Lindau and Konstanz, and Meersburg Castle.

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7. Residence of the Electors, Mannheim

Mannheim Palace (Residenzschloss Mannheim) is a baroque residence on the Rhine, built for the rulers of the Electoral Faltation in the years 1720-1760. Versailles served as a model, and during the construction, the then elector ordered that his residence should have one more window. It is one of the largest palace complexes in Europe. Now the city university is located in its premises. (*)

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8. Ulm Cathedral

This Gothic temple was founded in the German city of Ulm in 1377, but its construction was repeatedly interrupted and was completed only at the end of the 19th century. Now Ulm Cathedral (Ulmer Münster) is the tallest church in the world. The height of its bell tower is almost 162 meters.

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9. Cathedral, Cologne

It is called the longest long-term construction in German history. The construction of this temple, taking into account all the interruptions, took 632 years. Its two pointed 157-meter towers are visible from the distant approaches to the city. When construction was completed in 1880, it was the most tall building in the world. In 1996, the Gothic Cologne Cathedral (Kölner Dom) was included in the UNESCO World Heritage List.

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10. Sights of Dresden

In terms of the density of artistic and architectural monuments per square kilometer, Dresden can compete with any of the leading cultural capitals of the world. In the Old Town (Altstadt), visitors can expect the Zwinger palace and park ensemble, the Frauenkirche church, the Semperoper, the Green Vault Treasury and many other attractions.

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11. Natural parks of the Black Forest

The total area of both natural parks of the German "Chernolesie" - the Black Forest is about 7.45 thousand square kilometers. At the same time, the Southern Black Forest (Naturpark Südschwarzwald) is the largest such park in Germany. The region has an excellent infrastructure for various types of tourism.

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12. Moselle Valley

From Bavarian beer to Moselle wines. It was from the valley of the Mosel River (Moseltal) that the spread of winemaking began on the territory of present-day Germany. The first vineyards were planted by the ancient Romans 2000 years ago. The local Rieslings are very famous. Among outdoor enthusiasts, a multi-day route is popular, for example, from Trier to Koblenz, where this river flows into the Rhine.

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13. "German Road of Romance"

Nearly 400 km a tourist route The "German Road of Romance" (Romantische Straße) is the most famous and oldest in Germany. It starts in Würzburg and ends in the Bavarian resort of Füssen. On this route, there are also small picturesque towns in the cozy Tauber Valley, Augsburg with the famous Fuggerei quarter, as well as Neuschwanstein Castle.

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14. Old Town, Cathedral and Shopkeepers' Bridge, Erfurt

Erfurt Cathedral (Erfurter Dom) - ancient temple founded in the 8th century. Together with the nearby Severikirche church, it is the main architectural symbol of the capital of present-day Thuringia. Erfurt's Shopkeeper's Bridge (Krämerbrücke) is also widely known. This residential bridge across the Gera River was built in the 14th century. There are houses on both sides of it.

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15. Brandenburg Gate, Berlin

The Brandenburg Gate (Brandenburger Tor) was built between 1789 and 1791 in the Classicist style. In 1989, after the fall of the Berlin Wall, this main symbol of the German capital also became a symbol of the country's reunification. The chariot with the goddess of Victory was installed in 1794. Having conquered Berlin, Napoleon ordered the sculpture to be transported to Paris, but after the victory over the French, Quadriga was returned to its place.

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16. Zugspitze and Partnachklamm

Mount Zugspitze (Zugspitze), near which the city of Garmisch-Partenkirchen is located, is the highest point in Germany. The summit (2962 m) can be reached by one of the cable or rack railways - from the German or Austrian side, which makes about 500 thousand people annually. Nearby is also the mountain gorge Partnachklamm (Partnachklamm) with a turbulent river flowing through it.

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17. Ludwigsburg Residence

Ludwigsburg residence (Residenzschloss Ludwigsburg) is one of the largest palace and park ensembles baroque era in Germany. It was built for the rulers of the Württemberg House in 1704-1733. Several gardens were laid out in the park. In the middle of the last century, the Fairy Garden (Märchengarten) was opened here, which also became a tourist attraction.

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Maulbronn Monastery, located in Baden-Württemberg, was founded in 1147. Of all the medieval cloisters erected north of the Alps, it is the best preserved. In 1993 it was included in the UNESCO World Heritage List. Among the students of the monastery school are the names of Johannes Kepler and Hermann Hesse.

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19. Lorelei Rock on the Middle Rhine

"I don't know what I'm yearning for"... These famous lines by Heinrich Heine are dedicated to the legendary Loreley rock. According to legend, the little mermaid sitting on it, one of the Maidens of the Rhine, became the cause of the death of ships - her singing was so beautiful and magical. In 2002, part of the Rhine valley, 65 kilometers from Bingen to Koblenz, was included in the UNESCO World Heritage List.

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20. Speicherstadt, Hamburg

In 2015, a new World Heritage Site appeared in Germany. This status was given to the Hamburg Speicherstadt, a warehouse quarter built for duty-free trade in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. At one time it was the largest in the world. Since 2000, it has also housed the Miniatur Wunderland, the world's largest railway model.

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21. Wildlife Park, Bad Mergentheim

This owl lives in the Park wildlife Bad Mergentheim (Wildpark Bad Mergentheim). It was founded here in Baden-Württemberg on a private initiative in 1974. Now in the park you can see representatives of more than seventy different species of the fauna of European forests. In particular, a pack of up to thirty wolves. It is considered the largest in Europe. (*)

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Saxon Switzerland National Park (Nationalpark Sächsische Schweiz) is located on the border of Germany and the Czech Republic. It was created in 1990. About 1.7 million tourists visit it every year. Especially popular are the Bastei rocky massif, from the observation deck of which you can see the Elbe, as well as the Königstein Fortress (Festung Königstein). (19)

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23. Hellabrunn Zoo, Munich

The Hellabrunn Zoo in Munich (Tierpark Hellabrunn) is the largest zoo in Europe. It is located in the southern part of the Bavarian capital on the banks of the Isar River. It became the first zoo in the world organized on a geographical basis (Geozoo) - five continents and polar regions, as well as thematic sections, including a grotto of bats and a monkey house. Approximately 1.5 million visitors annually. (*)

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24. Rugen Island

Rügen is the largest German island in terms of area, one of the most popular seaside resorts in Germany. Nature lovers can expect a unique landscape diversity here, as well as the famous Chalk Rocks, sung in the era of German Romanticism. There are many old brick churches on Rügen, picturesque castles, residences and representative buildings in the styles of historicism, classicism, modernity.

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The Berchtesgaden region in the south of Bavaria is made for photo albums of idyllic landscapes. The national park of the same name is one of the oldest in the Alps. The first site was taken under protection in 1910. Sights include the Kehlsteinhaus mountain courtyard and Germany's oldest active salt mine (Salzbergwerk).

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26. Eltz Castle

Eltz Castle (Burg Eltz) is hidden from the world in a quiet forest near the Moselle. Previously, his image adorned the banknote of 500 German marks. It did not play any outstanding role in history, but is known because it is perfectly preserved and is considered one of the most beautiful medieval castles in Germany. For about eight centuries it has been owned by representatives of the same noble family - already in the 33rd generation.

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27. Hanseatic City of Lübeck

Lübeck was founded in 1143 on the Trava River, which flows into the Baltic Sea, near its mouth. From all sides it is surrounded by water, which was typical for many cities of the Hanseatic League. Lübeck was considered its capital. Now the history of the Hansa is reminded by numerous monuments of Gothic, Renaissance, Baroque, in particular, the Holstein Gate (Holstentor).

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28. Ancient Roman monuments, Trier

Trier is the oldest city in Germany. It was laid on the Moselle during the reign of Octavian Augustus in 16 BC. In the 4th century it was even the capital of the Western Roman Empire. Numerous monuments remind of this period: baths, an amphitheater, the gates of Porta Nigra blackened from time - the largest and best preserved antique city gates in the whole world.

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29. Harz and Mount Brocken

Brocken is the highest point in the Harz. According to legend, witches flock to the top of this mountain to celebrate Walpurgis Night, which can be read about in Goethe's Faust. In 2006, a national park was created in the Harz, which is popular with hikers and skiers. It is located on the territory of two lands - Saxony-Anhalt and Lower Saxony.

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30. Kaiserburg Castle, Nuremberg

Founded under Friedrich Barbarossa, Kaiserburg Castle was one of the most important imperial residences in Germany for more than five centuries. Nuremberg began to play a special role in the Holy Roman Empire in the middle of the 11th century. From 1050 to 1571, all the emperors visited this city, sometimes passing through, sometimes staying for a longer time.

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31. Just Island

Isle of Juist, aka Just. A car-free German island located in the North Sea. The length is 17 kilometers. At the same time, the maximum width does not exceed one kilometer, and the minimum - 500 meters. Only one and a half thousand people live here, but about 95 thousand tourists stay in its hotels and boarding houses per year. (*)

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32. Imperial Cathedral, Speyer

The history of the largest Romanesque church in Europe has almost a thousand years. In the shadow of the Speyer Cathedral (Kaiserdom), as German historians figuratively express it, more than 50 goftags and Reichstags passed, and four emperors and four kings are buried in its crypt. In 1981, Speyer Cathedral became the second German site to be listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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33. Karla Adventure Village

Karls Adventure Village (Karls Erlebnisdorf) - a farm in Rövershagen near Rostock, turned into a family park entertainment and recreation. Here you can pick strawberries, ride through the cornfield and find many other things to do. In the photo - a pike from the local aquarium. Branches of the village are open in four more places, in particular, on Rügen. (*)

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34. Old Town, Görlitz

Old city in Görlitz (Altstadt von Görlitz) - the easternmost city in Germany on the border with Poland. There are more than 3,500 architectural monuments of five centuries here - from late Gothic to Baroque. Many of them have recently been restored.

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35. Schwerin Castle

This residence of the head of the Mecklenburg House was built on the Palace Island in Schwerin in the style of romantic historicism in the years 1845-1857. Now the land parliament - the Landtag of Mecklenburg - Vorpommern is working here. Schwerin Castle (Schweriner Schloss) is among the German candidates for inclusion in the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage List. (*)

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36. Museum of the GDR, Berlin

The DDR Museum was opened in Berlin in 2006 and soon became one of the most popular museums in the German capital. More than half a million visitors come here every year. The main exhibition features about a thousand exhibits.

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37. Dunkern Castle

It is located near the Dutch border in Lower Saxony. The history of the castle on the water Dunkern (Schloss Dankern) has more than 500 years. In order to receive funds for the maintenance and repair of this monument, its owners half a century ago set about creating a family center with guest houses and an amusement park. Now there are about 225 thousand visitors annually.

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38. Old Town and Cathedral, Bamberg

"Franconian Rome", as it was called, is located on seven hills. Using the example of Bamberg, one can trace the history of the development of cities that originated in the Early Middle Ages. World Heritage sites here include the Old Town Hall and the former Bishop's Compound. The cathedral houses the 13th-century Bamberg Horseman, one of Germany's most famous medieval sculptures.

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39. Berlin Wall

The Berlin Wall (Berliner Mauer) fell over a quarter of a century ago. Today, the wall that divided the city in 1961 in the German capital is reminiscent of the East Side Gallery - an open-air gallery, Checkpoint Charlie Museum - Checkpoint Charlie Museum, Mauerpark - a park on the border strip between Bemstrasse and Bernauerstrasse, also thematic walking route- Mauerweg.

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40. Museum Island, Berlin

Located in the center of Berlin, the Museum Island (Museumsinsel) was included in the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1999. Its collections feature works of world art from the most different countries and epochs. Among the cultural monuments of Germany, it ranks first in its value.

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41. Old Town and Cathedral, Regensburg

Regensburg is Germany's finest example of a well-preserved large German city times of the Middle Ages. Its history goes back over 1800 years. In 2006 architectural monuments The old city has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. A special place among them is occupied by St. Peter's Cathedral (Regensburger Dom), built in the French Gothic style.

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42. Sanssouci Palace, Potsdam

Sanssouci Palace in Potsdam near Berlin. The Prussian King Frederick the Great ordered the construction of this summer residence to begin in 1745. She served him as a refuge from the daily bustle and courtiers. "Without worries" - this is how its name is translated from French. In 1990, the palace received UNESCO World Heritage status.

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43. Moritzburg Castle

Moritzburg Castle is located near Dresden. In 1972, the film "Three Nuts for Cinderella" was filmed here. It acquired its present form in the Baroque era at the beginning of the 18th century. It was used as a country residence of the Saxon Electors. Now this palace and park complex is visited annually by about a million people. (*)

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44. Lake Königssee

The Bavarian "Royal Lake" - Königssee is located on the territory national park Berchtesgaden. There are several climatic resorts in its vicinity. The baroque St. Bartholomä Church and the circular hiking route"Artist's Corner" (Rundwanderweg Malerwinkel).

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45. Lake Chiemsee and Herrenchiemsee Palace

The "Bavarian Sea" is popularly called this lake - Chiemsee, located sixty kilometers from Munich. In 1878, King Ludwig II ordered the laying of his luxurious country palace, Herrenchiemsee, on one of his islands. The architects were instructed to build a residence here in honor of his idol - the French king Louis XIV.

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46. Imperial Castle, Cochem

Surrounded by vineyards, it rises above the picturesque Moselle valley and is the main attraction of the city of Cochem. The history of this Imperial castle (Reichsburg Cochem) goes back over a thousand years. It was destroyed in the 17th century during the War of the Palatinate Succession and rebuilt with private funds in the second half of the 19th century.

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47. Wadden Sea

Coastal shallow water Wadden Sea (Wattenmeer) - an unusual natural landscape and a unique habitat with an area of more than ten thousand square kilometers. This UNESCO World Heritage Site is located in two federal states of Germany - Schleswig-Holstein and Lower Saxony. Every hour the Wadden Sea changes its appearance - depending on the stage of high or low tide.

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48. Wilhelmshöhe Park, Kassel

The Wilhelmshöhe Park (Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe) in Kassel is one of the largest artificial mountain parks in Europe. The landgraves and electors of Hesse-Kassel were engaged in its creation throughout the 18th century. In 2013, the park was included in the UNESCO World Heritage List. The experts of this international organization marked it as an outstanding monument of the era of European absolutism.

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"The most beautiful tower of Christianity" was once called its 116-meter bell tower by the famous art critic Jacob Burckhardt. It's included in the guidebooks. We are talking about the tower of the Freiburg Münster (Freiburger Münster) - a Gothic temple built between 1200 and 1513. At the beginning of the 19th century, Freiburg became the seat of a bishop, and its main church received the status of a cathedral.

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50. Drosselgasse, Rüdesheim

Rüdesheim is a cozy town of ten thousand inhabitants, in which about three million tourists visit every year. In terms of the number of guests per capita, it ranks first in Germany. People come here not only for the Rhenish romance, but also to taste wines from the Rheingau. Here is the street Drosselgasse (Drosselgasse), famous for its wine restaurants and cellars.

51. Marienplatz, Munich

Marienplatz is the main square of the Bavarian capital. It is always crowded here, and the main architectural sights are the Old and New Town Halls. The first mention of the medieval town hall dates back to the beginning of the XIV century. A new one was erected next door in neo-Gothic style in 1867-1908. A lively shopping street and the famous Viktualienmarkt market are nearby.

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52. Cathedral, Aachen

An outstanding example of sacral architecture, the Aachen Cathedral (Aachener Dom) became the first German object included in the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage List. He received this status in 1978. The central part of the Romanesque temple is an octagon crowned with a dome. Over the long history of the Aachen Cathedral, more than 30 monarchs have been crowned in it.

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53. Eifel National Park

Located between the Moselle and the Rhine on the border of Germany, Luxembourg and Belgium. The Eifel National Park was established in 2004. A feature of the local landscapes are volcanic mountains and crater lakes. Other sights include half-timbered houses, old churches, medieval castles and vineyards on the river Ahr. (*)

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54. Oktoberfest, Munich

Munich can safely be called the world capital of beer - at least during the traditional Oktoberfest beer festival. About 6.5 million people visit it every year. The first took place on October 17, 1810. The reason for it was the wedding of the future Bavarian king Ludwig I and Princess Teresa.

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55. Port of Hamburg and Fish Market

The port of Hamburg (Hamburger Hafen) is the largest seaport in Germany and the third largest in Europe after Rotterdam and Antwerp. The date of its foundation is May 7, 1189. Now on this day there is a big city holiday. A must-see place is also the world-famous Fish Market (Fischmarkt), which regularly goes under water during storm floods.

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56. Fantasia-land, Bruhl

"Fantasyland" (Phantasialand) in Brühl near Cologne is one of the fifteen most visited European amusement parks. More than 1.8 million people visit here every year. It was founded in 1967 and is one of the oldest such parks in Europe.

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57. Old Town, Dusseldorf

The Old Town in Düsseldorf (Altstadt von Düsseldorf) is the largest bar counter in the world. In any case, this is how it is considered here. However, the historical center of the capital of the North Rhine - Westphalia is interesting not only for its pubs. There are many beautiful buildings of different eras and styles, other monuments, cozy squares, and the crown of the entire Old Town is the Rhine promenade.

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Bremen Town Hall (Bremer Rathaus) and a statue of the knight Roland (Roland) with a drawn sword of justice. The town hall, built in the style of the Weser Renaissance, is considered one of the most beautiful in Germany. Roland is a symbol of urban freedom and the right to trade independently. In 2004, these sights of Bremen were included in the UNESCO World Heritage List.

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59. Wartburg Castle, Eisenach

Wartburg Castle in Thuringian Eisenach is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Considered one of the best preserved medieval castles in Germany. After anathematization and the imposition of imperial disgrace, Martin Luther found refuge here. The living and working room of the father of the Reformation (Lutherstube) almost immediately after his death became a place of pilgrimage for his adherents.

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60. Würzburg residence

The Würzburg Episcopal Residence (Würzburger Residenz) is a late baroque masterpiece. It is reflected in it best ideas this era. It is considered one of the main monuments left to the descendants of the German architect Balthasar Neumann. The residence was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1981. The palace became the third German object to receive this status.

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Hohenzollern Castle (Burg Hohenzollern), located fifty kilometers from Stuttgart, is considered the family nest of the Swabian dynasty of the same name, whose representatives rose in the Middle Ages. In the XV-XVI centuries they became the rulers of Brandenburg and Prussia, and in 1871 they took the throne of the German Kaisers. The castle fortress was built, presumably, in the 11th century.

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62. Linderhof Castle

Linderhof (Schloss Linderhof) is the only one of the castles founded by the Bavarian King Ludwig II, which was completely built during his lifetime. The castle is located about 30 kilometers from Garmisch-Partenkirchen. The interiors are made in baroque and rococo styles. More than 400 thousand people visit it every year.

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63. Chocolate Festival, Tübingen

Every December, the largest chocolate festival in Germany, chocolART, takes place in Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg. It first took place in 2006. About 200,000 people visit it every week. Numerous chocolate producers from all over the world participate in the festival. chocolART fairs also take place in Wernigerode and Wuppertal. (*)

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64. City Hall, Wernigerode

The city of Wernigerode is located in the mountainous region of Harz in Saxony-Anhalt and is known far beyond the borders of Germany for its old half-timbered houses and picturesque castle. The town hall building (Rathaus Wernigerode) was erected on the Market Square in the 16th century. The facade is decorated with numerous carved figures made of wood. (*)

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65. Motorcycle route

The motorcycle tourist route (Motorradstraße), also known as "Pan Germania", connects the most popular German regions among motorcyclists. Its length is a total of 10 thousand kilometers. The official presentation of the route took place in 2004. (*)

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66. German Alpine Road

The German Alpine Road (Deutsche Alpenstraße) gives you the opportunity to see the main sights of the Bavarian Alps. The length of this tourist car route is about 450 kilometers: from Lindau on Lake Constance to Berchtesgaden. (*)

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67. German Fairy Tale Road

German Fairy Tale Road (Deutsche Märchenstraße) - a 600-kilometer tourist route dedicated to the work of the Brothers Grimm. The route was laid in 1975 between the cities of Hanau and Bremen. In the photo - a monument to the Brothers Grimm in Kassel, where their museum is located.

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68. Sights of Koblenz

German corner (Deutsches Eck) in Koblenz - a spit at the confluence of the Moselle with the Rhine. In 1897, a monument to the first Kaiser of the German Empire, Wilhelm I, was erected here. On the opposite bank of the Rhine, there is the Ehrenbreitstein fortress founded in the 16th century, which is now connected to the city embankment by a cable car.

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69. Wuppertal cableway

Suspended monorail tram (Schwebebahn) is not only a means of transportation, but also one of the main attractions of the city of Wuppertal in the Ruhr region. The track was built over the bed of the local river in 1901. Since then, the road has been modernized several times. The length of the route is 13.3 kilometers, the number of passengers per year is about 19 million people. This is what the tram looked like in 1912. (*)

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70. Pied Piper House, Hameln

This city has gained worldwide fame thanks to the story of the Pied Piper of Hamelin. Reminders of the legend are now found on every corner, but the main attraction associated with the mysterious incident - the loss of all the children here, is the Pied Piper House (Rattenfängerhaus) in the Old Town. It was past him along a narrow street, according to legend, that the Pied Piper led them away from Hameln.

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71. Zollverein Mine, Essen

The Zollverein mining complex in Essen is considered a benchmark for mine architecture. It was laid in the middle of the 19th century, and it acquired its current appearance in 1927-1932. Now the mine is an industrial monument and one of the centers of the cultural life of the region. In 2001, this landmark of the Ruhr area received the status of a World Heritage Site. (*)

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72. Reichstag, Berlin

It was erected on the banks of the Spree River in Berlin for the parliament of the German Empire. The last stone for the construction of the Reichstag was laid on December 5, 1894. After the reunification of the country and reconstruction in 1999, the building became part of the parliamentary complex of the Bundestag - the federal parliament of Germany. Tourists can visit the glass dome with an observation deck.

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73. Michelstadt

Michelstadt is located in the mountainous region of Odenwald in South Hesse. In addition to the ancient castle in historical center This city has preserved many old half-timbered buildings of interest to tourists. In 1984, on the occasion of the 500th anniversary of the city hall, built in the late Gothic style at the end of the 15th century, a commemorative postage stamp was issued in Germany. (*)

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74. "Kiel Week"

The city of Kiel is the capital of Schleswig-Holstein. Most guests are received here during the traditional "Kiel Week" (Kieler Woche). This international regatta is both an important event in the world of sailing and a great summer folk festival. About a hundred ships participate in the regatta. The number of visitors to the festival is about three million people. (*)

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75. Quedlinburg

In the Middle Ages, this city played an important role as a palatine - one of the royal residences in the German lands. Among the main sights of Quedlinburg (Quedlinburg) today are Castle Hill, on which Emperor Otto I founded a secular abbey in the 10th century, as well as 1,300 half-timbered houses in the Old Town. In 1996, these monuments were added to the UNESCO World Heritage List. (55-58)

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76. Teutonic forest

The Teutonic Forest Nature Park (Naturpark Teutoburger Wald) was founded in North Rhine-Westphalia in 1965. Among its attractions are the Externsteine rocks, they are also Exer stones, the monument to Arminius - a monument dedicated to the victory of the Germanic tribes over the Roman army in 9 AD, as well as the former imperial abbey of Corvey, listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. (*)

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77. Old Town, Celle

Celle is located in the southern part of the Lüneburg Heath in Lower Saxony. The first written mention is dated 985. In the historic center of the city (Altstadt von Celle), many half-timbered monuments have been perfectly preserved, and there is also a castle - the former residence of the Dukes of Brunswick-Luneburg.

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78. Loop of the Saar River in Mettlach

The Saar River makes such a picturesque bend in the Mettlach region. This place was admired by Victor Hugo during his travels in Germany. Modern tourists can enjoy the panorama of the Saarschleife Loop from a height of 180 meters by visiting the Cloef observation deck in the Orsholz district. (*)

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79. Deutsches Museum, Munich

The Deutsches Museum in Munich is one of the largest museums of technology and natural history in the world. More than 28 thousand exhibits are collected here. It was created in 1903. Now this museum is visited annually by about 1.5 million people.

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80. Wieskirche Church, Steingaden

The pilgrimage church in the village of Wies - Wieskirche (Wieskirche) rises among the picturesque green meadows against the background of the Alpine foothills in the Bavarian district of Steingaden. Erected in 1745 at the expense of a neighboring monastery, it is a unique monument baroque style. In 1983, the temple was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List.

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81. Allgäu

Allgäu is a southern German region on the border between Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg. Popular with tourists at any time of the year. Known for its Alpine mountain resorts. Its sights also include the Neuschwanstein Castle. More than three million guests stay in hotels and pensions every year, and the total number of overnight stays exceeds 10 million. (*)

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82. Hainich National Park

Hainich is a wooded upland in the northwest of Thuringia. Part of this region has been declared a national park (Nationalpark Hainich) and is one of the five Old Beech Forests of Germany included in the World Natural Heritage List. There are different routes for tourists. The most unusual of them is a path above the crowns of trees, which is used by 200,000 people every year. (*)

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83. Allianz Arena, Munich

The Allianz Arena in the Bavarian capital impresses with its futuristic architecture. One of the best football stadiums in Germany can accommodate up to 70,000 spectators. For those who wish, there are also regular excursions.

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84. Burghausen Castle

Burghausen Castle (Burg zu Burghausen) in Bavaria on the border with Austria is the former residence of the Wittelsbach family. The length of its defensive structures is more than one thousand meters. It is considered the longest castle complex in Europe. The first mention of a castle on this site dates back to 1025. (*)

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85. Suspension bridge in Hunsrück

"Kite Rock" (Geierlay) - 360-meter cable car suspension bridge in the Hunsrück region in Rhineland-Palatinate. It was opened in October 2015. It is the longest such bridge in Germany. Laid about a hundred meters above the valley of the Mersdorf stream, which flows into the Moselle. More than 200,000 people have already used it a year after its opening. (*)

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86. Christkindlesmarkt, Nuremberg

The Christkindlesmarkt in Nuremberg is considered Germany's most famous Christmas market. This statement is not subject to doubt and is not disputed. About two million people visit it every year. It has been leading its history since the first half of the 17th century. It is one of the oldest such bazaars in Germany. Visitors especially like its medieval atmosphere.

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Hambach Castle (Hambacher Schloss) is located in the Palatinate region. It is considered a symbol of the German democratic movement, since it was here that the so-called Hambach holiday was held in 1832 - the first major demonstration in the German lands, the participants of which advocated political freedoms, national unity and civil rights. It was attended by 30 thousand people from all over Germany. (*)

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88. Erding Thermal Spa

These baths in the Bavarian city of Erding near Munich (Therme Erding) claim to be the largest thermal complex in the world. The total area is 180 thousand square meters. Every day there are an average of about five thousand people, and on the busiest days - up to eleven thousand.

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89. Beer Hall Hofbräuhaus, Munich

The Munich Hofbräuhaus is perhaps the most famous beer hall in the world. In any case - one of the biggest. Every day there are about 30 thousand visitors. The total number of seats is about four thousand. It is located in the center of the Bavarian capital on the Platzl square. The Hofbräuhaus was founded as a court brewery in 1589.

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90. Nürburgring race track, Eifel

The legendary German race track Nürburgring (Nürburgring) is located about a hundred kilometers west of Bonn in the Eifel region. It was opened in 1927, but the idea of its creation belonged to Kaiser Wilhelm II. It is of interest not only on competition days. There is an automobile museum, excursions are held here, and there are many other opportunities to spend time usefully.

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91. Sylt Island

The island of Sylt (Insel Sylt) is reputed to be a favorite vacation spot for celebrities and the rich, but this does not mean that the rest are not allowed to enter here. The western sandy beach of this North Frisian island stretches for four dozen kilometers. Everyone will find here a place to their taste and preferences. About 870,000 tourists visit Sylt every year. Each of them spends here on average about seven days. (*)

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92. TV Tower, Berlin

The television tower at Alexanderplatz (Berliner Fernsehturm) is the tallest building in Germany and the fourth tallest in Europe (368 meters). It was put into operation in 1969. The characteristic silhouette of the tower has long been one of the architectural symbols of Berlin. The annual number of visitors exceeds one million people. Climbing to a height of 210 meters takes only 40 seconds.

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Borkum (Insel Borkum) is part of the East Frisian Islands. It received the status of a medical resort back in 1830, thanks to the sea air highly saturated with salt ions and the climate, especially favorable for allergy sufferers. The island not only has sandy beaches, but also trails for hiking and horseback riding. (*)

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94. Bauhaus monuments, Weimar and Dessau

The Higher School of Building and Artistic Design (Bauhaus) was founded in Weimar in 1919, and later moved to Dessau, where it became the main center of the world architectural and design avant-garde of its time. It was closed after the National Socialists came to power in Germany. In the photo - the main building of the Bauhaus in Dessau.

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95. Müritz National Park

The Müritz National Park was founded in 1990 in the south of Mecklenburg - Vorpommern. It is the largest such park in Germany. The Serrahner Buchenwald beech forest included in it has the status of a UNESCO World Natural Heritage Site. (*)

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96. Bavarian Forest National Park

The Bavarian Forest (Nationalpark Bayerischer Wald) is the first national park created in Germany. Was founded in 1970. Together with the Czech park Šumava forms the largest connected forest area in Central Europe. Most of The territory is located in the mountains at an altitude of more than 1000 meters. The annual number of visitors exceeds 700 thousand people. (*)

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97. Cathedral, Berlin

Berlin Cathedral(Berliner Dom) was built on the Museum Island in the German capital in 1894-1905. It is the largest and most important evangelical church in Germany. Its creators used in their project the architectural elements of the Italian Renaissance and the Baroque era. About 700 thousand tourists visit this temple every year.

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98. Zoological Garden, Berlin

The Berlin Zoological Garden (Zoologischer Garten) in the Tiergarten metropolitan area is the oldest zoo in Germany. It was opened in 1844. It is one of the largest German zoos and ranks first in the world in terms of the number of animal species represented. The number of visitors is about three million annually.

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99. Leipzig Zoo

The Leipzig Zoo (Zoologischer Garten Leipzig) is visited annually by about 1.75 million people. It was founded in 1878 by the owner of one of the city's restaurants as a private menagerie. Leipzig is currently implementing a twenty-year project "Zoo of the Future", which provides for the creation of new thematic landscapes here. (*)

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100. Wismar and Stralsund

The German port cities of Wismar and Stralsund are located on the coast of the Baltic Sea. In the Middle Ages, they were of great importance for the Hanseatic League. Many monuments of brick Gothic have been preserved here - a characteristic architectural style cities of the German Hansa. In 2002, their sights were included in the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage List. (*)
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Tourists who are going to visit Germany and Austria on a tour or on their own should know at least a few words and expressions that they may need in everyday life. In this article, I will show you how to read German, as well as a list of expressions for tourists.

small digression

My first country I visited was Austria: I went to a Russian-speaking seminar, we were met by Russian-speaking owners of the guest house, all my colleagues also spoke Russian, so at that time I was not afraid and went. But I decided to improve my English by studying topics: tourism, airport, hotel, illness, help, travel in transport and some other topics. Of course, I took German and English dictionaries with me just in case.

In 2014, I was twice in, also on my own, but I didn’t choose any Russian-speaking hotels. And, living for the last time in Cologne, I went to Paris, Strasbourg (), Brussels () and Amsterdam () and was able to answer the question why I go to Germany (my friends asked me: why do you go to Germany, because there are or more attractive countries such as France or). And I realized: in Germany, everything is clear to me. Of course, at that time I already knew a little German at the level A 1.1 (that is, I could read and tell a few words about myself, I knew some of the most popular words), but what is good for a tourist in Germany:

there are inscriptions not only in German, but also in English
announcements on trains are also at least in German and English, international trains- and in other languages
at stations and crossings, in the subway there are terminals with German and English language, with a convenient and understandable interface for our people. See.
there are many Russian-speaking residents in Germany: both “our” Germans and natives.

Inscriptions in German and English at Neuschwanstein and Hohenschwangau castles

In France in crowded tourist places I had trouble buying tea at the coffee shop and a cocktail at MaDonalds! And the devices are all of different colors and formats, they sell tickets, as I understand it, only to local destinations, and for distant ones you need to buy tickets at the box office.

So, I will share some phrases of a simple Russian tourist in Germany that may come in handy.

How to read German

Poster in four languages with images of castles

Before talking about phrases, let's see how to read German. If you know English, then this is great, because many words are spelled the same or similar, but pronounced a little differently. Just listen and try to understand.

For example,

tea: tea - in English, Tee - in German,
house: house-Haus,
egg: egg - Ei
hi: hello - hallo
colors: red - rot, green - gr?n, etc.
fresh: fresh - frische
and many more words.

Also in Russian there are many borrowings from German and other languages - use this too: for example, Wagen on a train - a carriage, Teater, Museum, Cafe, Restaurant, Lift, Luft (air, Luftgansa, Luftwaffe), Etage (floor), Garage ( garage) - these words will not cause you problems. Just be careful: in German, many words are joined to form a new word, so don't let Hochgarage scare you - it's just a high (multi-storey) garage, Hauptbahnhof is the main railway station.

The words should also be clear: hoch - high (H?nde hoch), haupt - chief (guardhouse - chief guard (and “watch” there too).

Well, “krank” (crank) - sick, Dr?cken (drucken) - violence, pressure, push (twist, I apologize for the expression), kaputt (kaput) - spoiled, broken, Gluck (glitch) - happiness, etc. .

German Reading Rules

The basic rule of reading in German for a tourist is how it is written, so it is read. What letters you see are what you read:

Musik - not "music", but "music"
Garage - not "garage", but "garage"
Museum - not "museum", but "museum"
etc. Don't make German words English, read it as it is.

But there are letter combinations and letters that are not read like in English:

ch - "x", for example, i ch("ih") - I
sch - "sh", Sch warzkopf - schwarzkopf
ie - "and"
ei - "ai", Rammst ei n - "Ramstein", "Raiff ei senbank" - "Raiffeisen Bank"
The letter v - reads like "f", remember V olkswagen - Volkswagen (Das Auto - here is also an example of reading "auto", not "auto"), people's car ( V olk - people, remember: folklore - folk art and immediately V oklsteater in Vienna - folk theater)
The letter s - "h", remember S iemens, but this is not Siemens, but Siemens
The letter z is "c", for example, Z winger
ja, jo - "I", "yo, yo"

Language Features

In German, compared to English, there are some features:

all nouns are capitalized
words have genders that affect the endings of adjectives
there are cases that also “give” new endings to other words
words have definite and indefinite articles that change by gender and case (:-))

Basic words and expressions of the German language for the tourist. Phrasebook for tourist

Yes - Ja (ya)
No - Nein (nein)
No (in the sense: I don’t have) - Kein (kain). Example: Ich habe keine Kinder (I have no / no children - i.e.: I have no children)
Thank you - Danke (Danke)
Thank you very much - Vielen Dank
Please - Bitte (bitte)
I understand - Ich verstehe (Ich verstehe)
I don’t understand - Ich verstehe Sie nicht
Nothing - Nichts (nichts). For example, a store clerk comes up and asks how he can help.
OK - OK (okay)
I'm lost - Ich habe mich verlaufen (ich habe mich verlaufen)
Excuse me (as Excuse me) - Entschuldigung (entschulding)
Wait a minute - Einen Moment, bitte (ainen bitte moment)
Why not (Why not) - Warum nicht? (Varum niht?)

Greeting and farewell

Hello, hello - Hallo (hallo)
Hello (in Austria and Southern Germany) - Gruss Gott
Goodbye - Auf Wiedersehen (aufiderzein)
See you soon - Bis bald (bis balt) or Bis sp?ter (bis spate).
Tschuss (shu (u) s) - Bye
Good morning - Guten Morgen (guten morgen)
Good afternoon - Guten Tag (guten tag)
Good evening - Guten Abend (Guten Abend)
Good night - Gute Nacht (gute nacht)
All the best - Alles gute (Ales gute)

Help

Write here, please - Schreiben Sie das hier, bitte (schreiben zi das hier bitte)
Repeat, please - Wiederholen Sie es, bitte (fideolen zi es bitte)
What is this? - Was ist das? (you ist das?)
Where is the toilet? - Wo ist die Toilette? (Vo ist di toilette?)
Where... ? Woist...? (In ist...?)
Help me please - Helfen Sie mir bitte (helfen zi world bitte)
I need a doctor (dentist) - Ich brauche einen Arzt (Zahnarzt)

In the shop

Euro (currency) - Euro (oiro)
What is the price...? - Was the kostet...?
You have...? - Haben Sie...?
I'm looking for... (I need) - Ich brauche... (Ich brauche...)
I'm looking for... - Ich suche (ih zuhe)
I want, I would like ... - Ich m?chte ... (ich mehte ...). For example, in a cafe: Ich m?chte ein Hamburger fur zwei euro - I want (one) hamburger for two euros)
Give me... - Geben Sie mir...
Expensive - teuer (toye(r))
Cheap - billig (billih)
Size (clothes, shoes) - Gr??e (grese); Nummer (number)
More - gr??er (gröse)
Less - kleiner (klein)
Fitting room - Anprobekabine (aprobekabine)
It's too expensive - Das ist zu teuer (das ist zu toye)
Do you have this in another size/color? - Gibt es das in einer anderen GruBe (Farbe)? (Gibt es das in aine anderen grube (farbe))?
I take (buy) this - Ich nehme es (Ich nehme es)
Kreditkarte – credit card, card
Account, check - Rechnung (rechnung)
Do you have batteries? - Haben Sie Batterien? (Haben ze Butterien)?

In the city, on the street

City - Stadt
City map - Stadtplan (stadtplan)
Castle (fortress) - Schlo? (schloss)
Mountain - Berg (berg)
Handsome - sch?n (shön), h?bsch (hubsh)
Where... - Wo ist...?

In transport

Next stop - n?chster halt (nehste halt)
Do you have a ticket / ticket? - Haben Sie ein Ticket / Karte / Fahrkarte? (haben zi ain ticket / map / farkarte)
Credit card, card - Kreditkarte (if you bought a ticket with a card, then, in addition to the ticket, you may be asked to present a card and a passport so that the card holder and the ticket bearer match)
Place (for sitting) - Sitzplatz (sitzplatz)
Bus - Autobus (bus), Bus (bus)
Tourist bus (long distance) - Reisebus (reisebus)
Train - Zug
Elevator - Aufzug (auftzug), Lift (elevator)
Aircraft - Flugzeug (flugzeug)
Airport - Flughafen
Schedule - Fahrplan (farplan)
Platform - Gleis
By the window - am Fenster (am fenster)
How much is the ticket to ? - Was kostet eine Fahrkarte nach Mönchen? (Aine farkarte nach munich koset you?)
In ... (some city, country) - nach ... (nah)
I need a ticket to Nuremberg - Ich brauche eine Fahrkarte nach N?rnberg
Do I need to do a transplant? - Soll ich umsteigen? (Soll their umsteigen?)
Where can I get a transplant? - Wo soll ich umsteigen? (Where should I change?)

These are the main words and expressions that a tourist in Germany may need and. German is also spoken in Switzerland, but as far as I know, there is such a strong dialect: different pronunciation and other words, that I can’t say if it’s possible to communicate with German German there, or if you need to make a Swiss German phrasebook.

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