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Showing posts with label Brandenburg. Show all posts

The World is Bankrupt and Germany Builds a New Castle

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While the entire world is indulging in a prolonged fit of saving, Germany splashes the cash. Parliament has passed a bill that will see the...

Bohemia: A Desert Country by The Sea

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Shakespeare gives the description of Bohemia, a desert country by the sea in his play A Winter’s Tale. While Bohemia is part of the Czech R...

Quedlinburg: Forgotten Royal Residence in Germany

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The city of Quedlinburg lies in modern Germany in the state of Saxe-Anhalt. On request of his mother Matilda, Emperor Otto I invested the D...

The Mystery of St. Sophie’s Treasure Heist Solved

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St. Sophie’s was a church in Dresden. Valuables found there during its destruction became known as St. Sophie’s treasure. The treasure was ...

Neuchatel: The Anachronistic City in Switzerland

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Neuchatel is a beautiful little town in Switzerland situated on Lake Neuchatel. It managed to become an anachronistic holdover from the mid...
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