Southern Germany and Switzerland

[Ulf]

Recently (2 years ago) I took a tour guided trip through Bavaria, Baden Wurttembourg, Austria, and Switzerland. We landed in Frankfurt then drove to Rothenburg ob der Tauber which is an awesome little town. After a night there, we drove to Munich after a depressing visit to Dachau. After Munich, we moved to Oberammagau, which is a quiet little town. The next day we ventured to Neuschwanstein and the Wies Kirche, both near to the border with Austria. Our next stop was Innsbruck, Austria. We slept in Innsbruck, then headed towards Switzerland. Before we arrived in Lucern, Switzerland however, we took a "passport stamping" break in Vaduz , Liechtenstein, which is a very pretty country. We spent two nights in Lucern. The second day in there, we had the option to take a lift to the top of mount Pilatus, south east of Lucern, which I opted to do because I love mountains. From Lucern we moved to Heidelberg, Germany, after a stop in the Schwarzwald. From Heidelberg, it was back to Frankfurt International for an 8 hour flight home.

These are a few of my pictures from this trip which I've finally put on photobucket. I'll try to keep them in the order of my trip (however i don't have pictures from every town).

This is Dachau:
http://photobucket.com/albums/v382/J...ermany3011.jpg
It was probably the most depressing place i've ever seen. For those who may not know, This was the first concentration camp that the Nazi's used and was the model for almost all other concentration camps. Unfortunately my photo of the gate: "Arbeit Macht Frei" didn't come out.

This is the Rathaus in Munich:
http://photobucket.com/albums/v382/J...ermany1031.jpg
You can see the Glockenspiel in the middle. (the green area).

This was the Nazi Headquarters before it was moved to Berlin:
http://photobucket.com/albums/v382/J...ermany1021.jpg
You can see the area where the Swastika(sp?) hung in the empty area. And yes, that's me in the Purdue jacket

This is the oldest museum that was originally built to be a museum in the world:
http://photobucket.com/albums/v382/J...ermany1024.jpg

Ah yes, Hitler's War Table. Where a large amount of Nazi military planning was performed:
http://photobucket.com/albums/v382/J...ermany1023.jpg

Finally leaving Munich.A very pretty church in Oberammagau:
http://photobucket.com/albums/v382/J...ermany1040.jpg

Neuschwanstein. This is one of my favorite pictures:
http://photobucket.com/albums/v382/J...ermany1048.jpg

A closer view of Ludwig's Fairy tale castle:
http://photobucket.com/albums/v382/J...ermany1055.jpg

This is a castle that sits on a hill opposite Neuschwanstein. I can't remember the name of it :
http://photobucket.com/albums/v382/J...ermany1051.jpg
This wasn't one of Ludwig's though. I remember it was at one point in time used as a hunting lodge.

Neuschwanstein again, from the south:
http://photobucket.com/albums/v382/J...ermany1064.jpg

On to Lucern. This is a Jesuit Church on the river:
http://photobucket.com/albums/v382/J...ermany1099.jpg

Now Heidelberg. This is inside the castle at Heidelberg:
http://photobucket.com/albums/v382/J...ermany2033.jpg
The wall opposite me has a sculpture for every ruler of Germany starting with Charlemagne. I can't remember who the sculptures end with.

This pictures shows the destruction that cannons had on castles:
http://photobucket.com/albums/v382/J...ermany2040.jpg
See how thick that wall is!

This is the castle looking up from the town of Heidelberg:
http://photobucket.com/albums/v382/J...ermany2043.jpg

And finally, a view of Heidelberg from the castle:
http://photobucket.com/albums/v382/J...ermany2037.jpg

[The White Knight]

Beautiful pictures, every one of them. Especially those castles with snow on them are very pittoresque.

[cunobelin]

Nice pics

[Legio XX Valeria Victrix]

Awesome shots, I really need to get myself to the Old Country to see some of the sights myself.

[crustyrustyaphid]

Very nice indeed.

[Habelo]

Fan vad fina bilder.
Nice pictures, like the ones with the mountians=)

[Goscinio]

Great pictures, my favourits are the museum, church and castly look great. :wink:

[Ahlerich]

ah now im homesick..havent been home in south west germany for 2 years now

[Pinarius]

This is a castle that sits on a hill opposite Neuschwanstein. I can't remember the name of it :
http://photobucket.com/albums/v382/J...ermany1051.jpg
This wasn't one of Ludwig's though. I remember it was at one point in time used as a hunting lodge.

Schloß Hohenschwangau, that's where Ludwig II grew up.

[Boudicca]

Very nice pictures. I shall take some of my home city of Trier as soon as I purchase a digital camera. But very well done!

[Ulf]

Schloß Hohenschwangau, that's where Ludwig II grew up.

That's it! thank you

[rasputin753]

haven´t you made any shots of the asam church, the new stadium, the maximilian street, the odeons square, the church of mary etc. ... sorry i was born in and live close to munich and it´s great to see some pictures of it around here. how did you like it? though it seems you made one of those typical nazi tours, interesting it is, but you shouldn´t miss the rest of the town. it´s a wonderful area to live.

[Duke_of_Bavaria]

Very nice buildings, I wanna go visit my mothers relatives in Köln again . The Kölner Dome is simply amazing.
Deutschland, Deutschland uber alles .