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492  GERM AN Y , A USTRIA , AND SWITZERLAND

Germany, Austria, and
Switzerland at a Glance
Kiel
Europe’s three main German-speaking countries occupy
a broad swathe of Europe stretching from the Alps to the Lübeck Rostock
North Sea and the Baltic. Germany has many great cities,
the former capitals of the small states that made up Hamburg
Germany under the Holy Roman Empire. It also has
beautiful countryside, rivers, and forests. Austria’s main
attractions are the former imperial capital Vienna, the Bremen
river Danube, and its mountains. More than half of
Switzerland, which also has important French- and Hanover Potsdam Berlin
Italian-speaking regions, is mountainous, dominated
by its permanently snow-capped Alpine peaks. Münster Magdeburg

Essen Dortmund Leipzig
Kassel
Düsseldorf Dresden
Cologne GERMANY Chemnitz
(see pp494–551)
Koblenz
Frankfurt
am Main
Bayreuth
Trier Mainz
Würzburg
Nuremberg
The Rhine Valley (see pp530–31) attracts hordes Stuttgart
of visitors in summer, drawn by the beautiful
scenery, medieval and mock-medieval castles, Linz
and Germany’s finest white wines. You can either Ulm
tour by car or take a river cruise from cities such Freiburg Munich Vienna
as Mainz and Koblenz. im Breisgau
Salzburg
Basel
Innsbruck AUSTRIA
Zürich (see pp552–75) Graz
Bern
SWITZERLAND Klagenfurt
Lausanne (see pp576–95)
Geneva

The Swiss Alps (see pp583–8) are a popular
destination all year round: in winter for the
skiing and other winter sports, in summer
for the excellent walking or simply for the
crisp, clean air and unrivaled scenery.

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The Schreckhorn looming large over a valley in the Bernese Alps, Switzerland

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