Locations Baden-Württemberg Biberach an der Riss Esslingen Friedrichshafen Heidelberg Konstanz Ludwigsburg Meersburg Ravensburg Reutlingen Rottweil Schwäbisch Hall Sigmaringen Stuttgart Tübingen Ulm Villingen-Schwenningen Wertheim am Main Buildings Hohenzollern Castle Lichtenstein Castle Bavaria Lower Franconia Aschaffenburg Kitzingen Miltenberg Middle Franconia Ansbach Erlangen Nuremberg Upper Franconia Bamberg Bayreuth Coburg Upper Palatinate Amberg Cham Regensburg Weiden Swabia Füssen Immenstadt Lindau Memmingen Neuburg an der Donau Oberstdorf Ulm Lower Bavaria Bodenmais Deggendorf Landshut Kelheim Passau Straubing Zwiesel Upper Bavaria Bad Tölz Beilngries Berchtesgaden Burghausen Eichstätt Freising Garmisch-Partenkirchen Ingolstadt Kochel am See Lenggries Mittenwald Munich Murnau am Staffelsee Oberammergau Reit im Winkl Ruhpolding Tegernsee Buildings Andechs Monastery Benediktbeuern Abbey Ettal Abbey Linderhof Castle Nymphenburg Palace Ottobeuren Abbey Lakes Ammersee Chiemsee Lake Constance Kochelsee Königssee Starnberger See Tegernsee Walchensee Mountains Zugspitze Nature Reserves Altmühltal Nature Park Bavarian Forest National Park Fichtelgebirge Franconian Switzerland Karwendel Alpine Park Spessart Nature Park Bremen Hamburg Hesse Aschaffenburg Bad Homburg Bad Wildungen Darmstadt Eltville am Rhein Fulda Frankfurt am Main Fritzlar Heppenheim Idstein Kassel Limburg an der Lahn Marburg Michelstadt Rüdesheim am Rhein Wetzlar Wiesbaden Buildings Eberbach Abbey Saalburg Roman Fort Lower Saxony Braunschweig Celle Goslar Hanover Hamelin Lüneburg Oldenburg Osnabrück Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Binz Rostock Sassnitz Schwerin Sellin Stralsund Wismar North Rhine-Westphalia Aachen Cologne Monschau Rhineland-Palatinate Bacharach Beilstein Bingen am Rhein Boppard Cochem Koblenz Mainz St Goar Speyer Trier Worms Saxony Bautzen Dresden Görlitz Leipzig Meissen Saxony-Anhalt Lutherstadt Wittenberg Magdeburg Quedlinburg Wernigerode Schleswig-Holstein Kiel Lübeck Thuringia Eisenach Erfurt Meiningen Schmalkalden Weimar Buildings Wartburg Castle Buchenwald Memorial Site Baden-Württemberg Biberach an der Riss Esslingen Friedrichshafen Heidelberg Konstanz Ludwigsburg Meersburg Ravensburg Reutlingen Rottweil Schwäbisch Hall Sigmaringen Stuttgart Tübingen Ulm Villingen-Schwenningen Wertheim am Main Buildings Hohenzollern Castle Lichtenstein Castle Biberach an der Riss Friedrichshafen Schwäbisch Hall Villingen-Schwenningen Wertheim am Main Buildings Hohenzollern Castle Lichtenstein Castle Hohenzollern Castle Lichtenstein Castle Bavaria Lower Franconia Aschaffenburg Kitzingen Miltenberg Middle Franconia Ansbach Erlangen Nuremberg Upper Franconia Bamberg Bayreuth Coburg Upper Palatinate Amberg Cham Regensburg Weiden Swabia Füssen Immenstadt Lindau Memmingen Neuburg an der Donau Oberstdorf Ulm Lower Bavaria Bodenmais Deggendorf Landshut Kelheim Passau Straubing Zwiesel Upper Bavaria Bad Tölz Beilngries Berchtesgaden Burghausen Eichstätt Freising Garmisch-Partenkirchen Ingolstadt Kochel am See Lenggries Mittenwald Munich Murnau am Staffelsee Oberammergau Reit im Winkl Ruhpolding Tegernsee Buildings Andechs Monastery Benediktbeuern Abbey Ettal Abbey Linderhof Castle Nymphenburg Palace Ottobeuren Abbey Lakes Ammersee Chiemsee Lake Constance Kochelsee Königssee Starnberger See Tegernsee Walchensee Mountains Zugspitze Nature Reserves Altmühltal Nature Park Bavarian Forest National Park Fichtelgebirge Franconian Switzerland Karwendel Alpine Park Spessart Nature Park Lower Franconia Aschaffenburg Kitzingen Miltenberg Middle Franconia Ansbach Erlangen Nuremberg Upper Franconia Bamberg Bayreuth Coburg Upper Palatinate Amberg Cham Regensburg Weiden Swabia Füssen Immenstadt Lindau Memmingen Neuburg an der Donau Oberstdorf Ulm Neuburg an der Donau Lower Bavaria Bodenmais Deggendorf Landshut Kelheim Passau Straubing Zwiesel Upper Bavaria Bad Tölz Beilngries Berchtesgaden Burghausen Eichstätt Freising Garmisch-Partenkirchen Ingolstadt Kochel am See Lenggries Mittenwald Munich Murnau am Staffelsee Oberammergau Reit im Winkl Ruhpolding Tegernsee Garmisch-Partenkirchen Murnau am Staffelsee Buildings Andechs Monastery Benediktbeuern Abbey Ettal Abbey Linderhof Castle Nymphenburg Palace Ottobeuren Abbey Andechs Monastery Benediktbeuern Abbey Linderhof Castle Nymphenburg Palace Ottobeuren Abbey Lakes Ammersee Chiemsee Lake Constance Kochelsee Königssee Starnberger See Tegernsee Walchensee Starnberger See Mountains Zugspitze Nature Reserves Altmühltal Nature Park Bavarian Forest National Park Fichtelgebirge Franconian Switzerland Karwendel Alpine Park Spessart Nature Park Altmühltal Nature Park Bavarian Forest National Park Franconian Switzerland Karwendel Alpine Park Spessart Nature Park Hesse Aschaffenburg Bad Homburg Bad Wildungen Darmstadt Eltville am Rhein Fulda Frankfurt am Main Fritzlar Heppenheim Idstein Kassel Limburg an der Lahn Marburg Michelstadt Rüdesheim am Rhein Wetzlar Wiesbaden Buildings Eberbach Abbey Saalburg Roman Fort Eltville am Rhein Frankfurt am Main Limburg an der Lahn Rüdesheim am Rhein Buildings Eberbach Abbey Saalburg Roman Fort Saalburg Roman Fort Lower Saxony Braunschweig Celle Goslar Hanover Hamelin Lüneburg Oldenburg Osnabrück Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Binz Rostock Sassnitz Schwerin Sellin Stralsund Wismar North Rhine-Westphalia Aachen Cologne Monschau Rhineland-Palatinate Bacharach Beilstein Bingen am Rhein Boppard Cochem Koblenz Mainz St Goar Speyer Trier Worms Bingen am Rhein Saxony Bautzen Dresden Görlitz Leipzig Meissen Saxony-Anhalt Lutherstadt Wittenberg Magdeburg Quedlinburg Wernigerode Lutherstadt Wittenberg Schleswig-Holstein Kiel Lübeck Thuringia Eisenach Erfurt Meiningen Schmalkalden Weimar Buildings Wartburg Castle Buchenwald Memorial Site Buildings Wartburg Castle Buchenwald Memorial Site Wartburg Castle Buchenwald Memorial Site Routes Alpine Road Saxon Wine Route Saxon Wine Route Nature Islands East Frisian Islands Rügen Usedom Lakes Ammersee Chiemsee Lake Constance Eibsee Kochelsee Königssee Starnberger See Tegernsee Walchensee Mountains Harz Mountains Taunus Mountains Zugspitze Nature Reserves Altmühltal Nature Park Bavarian Forest National Park Eifel National Park Fichtelgebirge Franconian Switzerland Karwendel Alpine Park Kellerwald-Edersee National Park Mainau Island Odenwald Forest Saxon Switzerland National Park Sauerland Region Spessart Forest Teutoburg Forest Thuringian Forest Vogelsberg Region Rivers Mosel Neckar Rhine Islands East Frisian Islands Rügen Usedom

East Frisian Islands Lakes Ammersee Chiemsee Lake Constance Eibsee Kochelsee Königssee Starnberger See Tegernsee Walchensee Starnberger See Mountains Harz Mountains Taunus Mountains Zugspitze Taunus Mountains Nature Reserves Altmühltal Nature Park Bavarian Forest National Park Eifel National Park Fichtelgebirge Franconian Switzerland Karwendel Alpine Park Kellerwald-Edersee National Park Mainau Island Odenwald Forest Saxon Switzerland National Park Sauerland Region Spessart Forest Teutoburg Forest Thuringian Forest Vogelsberg Region Altmühltal Nature Park Bavarian Forest National Park Eifel National Park Franconian Switzerland Karwendel Alpine Park Kellerwald-Edersee National Park Odenwald Forest Saxon Switzerland National Park Sauerland Region Spessart Forest Teutoburg Forest Thuringian Forest Vogelsberg Region Rivers Mosel Neckar Rhine Buildings Baden-Württemberg Hohenzollern Castle Lichtenstein Castle Bavaria Andechs Monastery Benediktbeuern Abbey Ettal Abbey Linderhof Castle Nymphenburg Palace Ottobeuren Abbey Hesse Eberbach Abbey Saalburg Roman Fort Thuringia Wartburg Castle Buchenwald Memorial Site Baden-Württemberg Hohenzollern Castle Lichtenstein Castle Hohenzollern Castle Lichtenstein Castle Bavaria Andechs Monastery Benediktbeuern Abbey Ettal Abbey Linderhof Castle Nymphenburg Palace Ottobeuren Abbey Andechs Monastery Benediktbeuern Abbey Linderhof Castle Nymphenburg Palace Ottobeuren Abbey Hesse Eberbach Abbey Saalburg Roman Fort Saalburg Roman Fort Thuringia Wartburg Castle Buchenwald Memorial Site Wartburg Castle Buchenwald Memorial Site Baden-Württemberg The 'sunny state' in southwestern Germany The German state of Baden-Württemberg is a relatively recent administrative area - in contrast to the historic existence of the state of Bavaria to the east. A little over 60 years old, it was actually created after the Second World War by combining the regions of Baden in the southwest, Württemberg-Baden in the north and Württemberg-Hohenzollern in the southeast. These had been creations of the occupying forces and the historically more accurate administrative areas which were combined would be better known as the Grand Duchy of Baden, the Kingdom of Württemberg and the Province of Hohenzollern (a small area which had belonged to Prussia). View over Stuttgart, the capital of Baden-Württemberg The union was not universally popular, especially among the inhabitants of Baden near the French and Swiss borders. Campaigners fought for their old state until finally a referendum - which had been delayed for nearly 20 years and eventually ordered by the constitutional court - gave a massive majority to those in Baden who wanted to keep Baden-Württemberg as it is. The state has grown dramatically since the end of the Second World War - the population has risen by 60% - and it is now the third largest German state in both population and size. The state capital is Stuttgart , a bustling modern city, and the state is renowned for its automobile industry (Daimler, Porsche and Smart all have their HQs here) along with associated engineering companies and parts manufacturers. Software (SAP is the best example) and research companies also play a big role in the local business landscape. Hohenzollern Castle But tourism is still an important part of the lifestyle of many towns and villages, especially in the historic cities and further to the south in regions such as the Black Forest and the area around Lake Constance . How to find information about Baden-Württemberg on German Sights The towns and villages in Baden-Württemberg covered by German Sights are listed under the Locations link on the top navigation. Information about getting to Baden-Württemberg and getting around the state once here can be found on our Baden-Württemberg Travel page. Some of the natural sights, historic buildings and places of cultural interest are listed under the other tabs. Alternatively, you can check the following section for links to specific sights in Baden-Württemberg: Sights in Baden-Württemberg Hohenzollern Castle Hohenzollern Castle is set in a spectacular position on a limestone hill on the edge of the Swabian Alb highlands in south-western Germany. The family-owned castle is open to the public and welcomes around 350,000 visitors each year to the castle rooms and gardens. Lichtenstein Castle Lichtenstein Castle is known for its stunning location on a cliff , which has made it a popular tourist destination. It actually only dates from the 19th century but the castle, near the town of Reutlingen , is built on the foundations of earlier fortifications. Mainau is a small island near the town of Konstanz on Lake Constance which is famous for its botanical gardens. The island boasts more than a million visitors a year to the private gardens (mostly in summer) and can also be reached by ferry from other towns around the lake. Map of Baden-Württemberg Map of Baden-Württemberg (courtesy of OpenStreetMap ) © GermanSights.com