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HESSE HOLIDAYS > GERMANY
The main rivers in the northern part of Hessen are Fulda and Lahn. It is a hilly countryside, the main mountain chains being the Rhön, the Westerwald, the Taunus and the Spessart.
Mountain ranges in Hesse : Odenwald [ mountain chain between Main and Rhine ], Rhön, Taunus, Vogelsberg and Westerwald.
Hesse's central location makes it an important transit country for German and European long-distance traffic.
Capital City Hesse : Wiesbaden
Hesse's largest city is Frankfurt am Main.
The oldest and second largest Hessian city of Mainz is in Rhenish Hesse.
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Camping & Caravanning
- Campsites in Hesse
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Eurocampings - ACSI International Camping Guide
Holiday Homes / Apartments
Holiday-rentals.co.uk
Hessisches Bergland, Lahn, Lahn-Dill-Bergland, Odenwald-Bergstrabe, Rheingau-Taunus, Rhon, Vogelsberg
& Spessart, Waldecker Land.
Hotels in Hesse
Booking - Hotels in Hesse - an easy way to select and book hotel rooms
Centrally located hotels ranging from small family run budget accommodation to world-class five star hotels. Booking UK is a dedicated hotel and accommodation reservation website.
- Hotels in Hesse
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Travel Agents / Tour Operators
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Holidays in Germany with DER Travel Service [ abta / caa ]
Travel Guides Hesse / Related books
Transport / How do I travel to Hesse
Frankfurt Airport - Airport City Frankfurt
Kassel Airport - Flughafen Kassel-Calden
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Airline Tickets Hesse / Bargain Flights
Flight tickets Hesse, price comparison possible.
- Eurostar, TGV and high speed-rail travel across Europe
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Hessen Touristik Service, Wiesbaden
Erlebnis Nord-Hessen - Experience Northern Hesse
The Waldecker Land, Werra-Meissner-country, Kurhessische Bergland, Hesse forest, Land and city of Kassel, rejoice together for you ... .
Wiesbaden - Capital City Hesse
Diez - Urlaubsregion Diez [ Tourist region Diez ]
Giessener Land - Hesse's green centre
Gleiberger-Land
Kassel Land - Fairy tale Land Brothers Grimm
Kurhessische Bergland
Lahntal
Lahn-Dill
Marburg-Biedenkopf
Nassauer Land
Region Burgwald
Region Vogelsberg
Rheingau-Taunus
Rhön
Siegerland-Wittgenstein
Spessart-Kinzigtal-Vogelsberg
Taunus
Waldhessen
Waldecker Land
Bad Arolsen, Bad Wildungen, Battenberg, Bromskirchen, Diemelsee, Diemelstadt, Edertal / Vöhl / Waldeck,
Ferienregion Edersee, Frankenau, Frankenberg, Haina, Hatzfeld, Korbach, Lichtenfels, Region Burgwald, Rosenthal, Twistetal, Volkmarsen, Willingen.
Werra-Meissner-Land
Westerwald-Lahn-Taunus
Bad Arolsen -
Bad Ems
Bad Endbach - Kneipp Spa
Bad Laasphe
Braunfels - Spa in Nature Park Hochtaunus
Altenkirchen | Bonbaden | Philippstein | Neukirchen and Tiefenbach
Dillenburg - Tourist Info
Giessen Stadt
Hessen
Kassel Stadt
Lahnstein - Holiday Town Rhine and Lahn
Leun Tourism
Limburg Stadt
Marburg
Oberlahn
Solms
Weilburg
Wetzlar
Biking in North Hesse - Radwandern Nord-Hessen
Celtic oppidum at the Glauberg
Eberbach Abbey (Kloster Eberbach)
Imperial Palace (Kaiserpfalz) in Gelnhausen
Limburg Cathedral
Lorsch Abbey [ southern Hesse ]
The Benedictine Abbey and Altenmünster of Lorsch were the first UNESCO-listed Hessian World Heritage
sites. The completely preserved Carolingian gatehouse, also referred to as King's Hall, counts amongst the foremost examples of pre-Romanesque architecture in Hessen.
Messel Pit
This worldwide unique fossil site near Darmstadt allows to gain insights into the history of our planet reaching
back as far as about 49 million years. It provides us with the clues needed for understanding the evolution of
vertebrates. The archaeological site is particularly famous for the Messel Propalaeotherium.
Railway Museum - Hessencourier
Reinhardswald [ Forest of Reinhard ]
Rothaargebirge [ Rothaar Mountains ]
Sleeping Beauty Castle - Sababurg
Sleeping Beauty Castle Garden in Sababurg - Burggarten Sababurg
Upper Germanic-Rhaetian Limes
UNESCO added the joint project of the federal states Rhineland-Palatinate, Hessen, Baden-Württemberg and
Bavaria to its list. Together, Limes and Hadrian's Wall, in the North of England, form the first section of the
supranational World Heritage site "Borders of the Roman Empire" – a project that should one day include all of Imperium Romanum's external borders in as many as two dozen states.
Weilburg Castle - one of best examples of Renaissance architecture
Zoo in Hesse - Tierpark Sababurg
News from Hesse - HNA Online - Hessisch Niedersächsische Allgemeine
Univeristy in hesse - Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main
Justus-Liebig-University Giessen
Philipps-University Marburg
Technical University of Darmstadt
University of Kassel
Cuisine - Hessian Recipes
Hessian Cuisine - Hessische Küche [ German Language ]
Franfurters, North Hessian sausages, Frankfurter ribs, Weckewerk, Bacon cake, Onion cake, Green sauce with boiled potatoes, Potato pancakes with applesauce, Cabbage rolls, and more
Frankfurt-Tipp - Gastronomy & Freizeit - see 'Rezepte aus Hessen'
History
In the early Middle Ages, Hesse was a part of Thuringia, but in the War of the Thuringian Succession (1247
-64) Hesse gained its independence and became an earldom within the Holy Roman Empire.
Hesse's History - Wikipedia
Several of Hessen's historic sites can be found in the UNESCO World Heritage List.
Music, Art & Culture, Events
Opern- und Schauspielhaus Frankfurt
Official name of the municipal theaters of Frankfurt am Main for opera and play.
Mathildenhoehe [ Darmstadt ]
See also Darmstadt Artists' Colony
The cultural region of Hesse extends into Rhenish Hesse which is in Rhineland-Palatinate.
Hessen offers a rich and vibrant theater and literary scene. It is home to renowned theaters, a very dynamic
free theater scene, famous writers, important publishing houses and the Frankfurt Book Fair.
Culture in Hesse - see Kultur in Hessen [ German Language ]
Schauspiel Frankfurt [ Theatre ]
Hessian State Museum in Darmstadt
One of Germany's oldest public museums. The exhibits range from the Messel Propalaeotherium to the largest
body of works by Joseph Beuys. In addition, it also features the "Forest of Sculptures", a unique collection of
sculptures, donated to the State of Hessen by Swiss art collector Simon Spierer in 2004.
MHK [ Museumslandschaft Hessen Kassel / Museum Landscape Hessen Kassel ]
A museum umbrella organization that comprises a total of six museums.
Wiesbaden Museum
Hosts three collections. Amongst them, the internationally renowned and world's most important collection of
paintings and drawings by the Russian painter Alexej von Jawlensky. He lived in Wiesbaden from 1921 until his death in 1941.
Bad Hersfelder Festspiele
documenta
An exhibition of modern and contemporary art which takes place every five years in Kassel.
Frankfurt Book Fair - Frankfurter Buchmesse
The world's largest trade fair for books held annually in mid-October. The first three days are restricted exclusively to trade visitors; the general public can attend on the last two.
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