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Niebüll Fehmarn, one of the largest of the German islands, is
Flensburg linked with the German mainland by a railway bridge
constructed in 1963. Rügen enchants visitors
with its chalky white
Schleswig cliffs, which contrast
starkly with the deep
blues and greens of
SCHLESWIG- Kiel Oldenburg Stralsund the surrounding
HOLSTEIN Baltic Sea.
(See pp458–69) Greifswald
Neumünster Rostock
Itzehoe Wismar MECKLENBURG-
Cuxhaven Lübeck LOWER POMERANIA
(See pp470–85)
Elmshorn
Schwerin Neubrandenburg
Wilhelmshaven Bremerhaven Hamburg
Emden
Ludwigslust Neustrelitz
Leer
Lüneburg
Oldenburg
Bremen 0 kilometres 50
Soltau Uelzen 0 miles 50
LOWER SAXONY,
Cloppenburg HAMBURG AND
BREMEN Lübeck suffered massive
damage in World War II,
Meppen (See pp428–57) but its Gothic town hall
Nienburg Celle survived the attacks and
Lingen the city’s beautiful old
Wolfsburg town has been rebuilt.
Bramsche
Hanover
Osnabrück
Brunswick
Hildesheim
Goslar

Hamburg has many fine
buildings, including the
magnificent Rathaus
(City Hall), built in the
late 19th century.
Fronted by the expanse
of the market square, it
presents an imposing
picture from across the
Kleine Alster.

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