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Germany Quiz Nr. 4: The Answers to the Questions about Lower Saxony
There was a request by one of the readers asking for just some interesting facts about Germany and some of the states instead of the Q & A that has been posted to date. My response is by taking...
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Germany Quiz Nr. 5: What to Know about Mecklenburg-Pommerania (Germ.:...
The Baltic Sea Coast at Zinnowitz at sundown. Photo taken in 2011 Mecklenburg-Pommerania- a hidden jewel in Germany. Many people consider the northeasternmost state, which borders Poland to the east,...
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Germany Quiz Nr. 5: The Answers to the Questions on Mecklenburg Pommerania
The Baltic Sea Coast at Zinnowitz at sundown. Photo taken in 2011 And now the answers to the Germany Quiz on Mecklenburg-Pommerania. There are many reasons why the state is so special to Germans. It...
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Genre Feature: Thank you for travelling with the Deutsche Bahn
Delays, Cancellations and Strikes, as seen in this photo taken in May 2015 “Meine Damen und Herren, bitte beachten Sie: ICE 1209 nach Berlin Hauptbahnhof, Abfahrt 13:37 fällt heute aus.” “Auf Grund von...
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Germany at 25: The ICE-Train
ICE- Diesel stopping at Schleswig south of Flensburg. Photo taken in 2012 “Ding-Dong! Gleis eins, Einfahrt ICE 737 nach Hamburg Hauptbahnhof über Neumünster. Abfahrt 13:25. Vorsicht bei der Einfahrt!”...
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Germany Quiz Nr. 6: What you need to know about Brandenburg
View of the city of Brandenburg from above. Photo courtesy of Nancy Grimm After a brief hiatus, the Files takes you back to the Quiz series on the 16 German States and to the next candidate: the state...
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The Fight to Save Fehmarn Island from Progress
Co-produced with sister column The Bridgehunter’s Chronicles FEHMARN, GERMANY- Last fall, the Bridgehunter’s Chronicles did a segment on the preservation of the Fehmarn Bridge, the first bridge in...
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Germany at 25: The Beer
There is something about beer that brings out the best in people. Whether it brings cheer to the person’s face, brings people together or even the different tastes, beer does a body and mind good....
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(New) Ulm: The Guessing Quiz
After a long hiatus, the Files is taking you back to Minnesota and the German-named villages. Just like with the villages of Bergen and New Trier, the next stop will look at the largest of the 12...
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Germany Quiz Nr. 6: The Answers to the Questions about Brandenburg
Trabant cars lining up to cross the Glienicke Bridge at Potsdam on 9 November, 1989. Photo taken by Gavin Stewart. Link: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/97/Glienicke_Bridge_1989.jpg...
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The Mystery Christmas Piece: The Three Candles
The Schwibbogen, one of the landmarks a person will see while visiting Germany at Christmas time. Consisting of an arch with holders for candles, the Bogen is more commonly known as the Lichterbogen,...
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Christmas Market Tour 2015: Chemnitz
Christmas market at Alte Markt next to City Hall. Photos taken in Dec. 2015 The first place on the 2015 tour we’ll have a look at is Chemnitz. Located in western Saxony near the Ore Mountains between...
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Christmas Market Tour 2015: Naumburg (Saale)
Naumburg (Saale), located in the southern part of Saxony-Anhalt between Leipzig and Weimar, has many unique features that are overlooked many times by tourists travelling thriough Germany. The town of...
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Christmas Market Tour 2015: Leipzig
How long does a person take to walk from a major train station to the nearest Christmas market? Let alone bike there? And if you had a long waiting period for the next train, would the Christmas...
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Christmas Market Tour 2015: Pella, Iowa
Author’s Note: This stop was taken last year during the tour through the United States. Due to illness on the part of the author upon his return to Germany, the decision was made to include it into...
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Christmas Market Tour 2015: Gotha
Altes Rathaus (Old Town Hall). Photos taken in December 2015 The last stop on this year’s Christmas market tour takes us 70 kilometers east through the heart of the German state of Thuringia to the...
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Flensburg’s Top Five
VOTING Wrapping up the five-years of the German-American Online Column, the Files has some of the awards to give out. While many of you have read up on the articles written by the author, we’re...
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New Ulm, Minnesota
What constitutes a German town in the United States? What architectural features should it have, in order for the town to be “German”? How much of the German language should the town possess? Does the...
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Germany Quiz Nr. 7: What You Need To Know About Saxony-Anhalt
Saxony-Anhalt-the state with two faces, but loaded with some interesting facts and friendly faces. With a population of 2.37 million inhabitants and a land area of 20,452 squared kilometers it is the...
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Germany Quiz Nr. 7: The Answers To The Quiz On Saxony-Anhalt
After doing some research on the things that are typical and stand out for the German state of Saxony-Anhalt, many of you are wondering what the answers to the Guessing Quiz on the most sparsely...
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