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Detmold is best known for its
magni ficent castle (see p419) – one of
the most beautiful examples of the
“Weser Renaissance” style of architecture.

Rheine Minden
Gronau

Bielefeld The Museum Fridericianum in Kassel (see
Münster
Coesfeld pp368–9), originally built to house Friederich II’s
Detmold
art collection, has hosted the documenta, an
Wiedenbrück exhibition of contemporary art that has
Kleve
NORTH RHINE- achieved international acclaim, every four to
WESTPHALIA Hamm Paderborn five years since 1955.
(See pp386–419)
Dortmund
Essen Warburg
Duisburg
Hagen
Meschede Kassel
Düsseldorf Wuppertal
Solingen
Cologne
Siegen HESSE Bad
Hersfeld
Aachen (See pp364–85)
Hennef
Bonn Marburg
Alsfeld
Wetzlar Giessen
Fulda
Koblenz Fulda Cathedral (see p372) is one
of the finest Baroque churches in
Prüm Hesse. It was built on the site of
Frankfurt the previous Romanesque church
Wiesbaden am Main and follows the original layout.
Wittlich
Mainz
Bad
Kreuznach
Darmstadt
Trier RHINELAND-
PALATINATE &
SAARLAND Worms
(See pp340–63)
Ludwigshafen
Kaiserslautern The old town in
Frankfurt am Main
Saarbrücken Speyer (see p379) is centred
Pirmasens around the Römerberg –
Landau a square surrounded by
attractive half-timbered
houses, with the Fountain
of Justice as a focal point.

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