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Walhalla

Commissioned by Ludwig I and opened in 1842, this copy of the Parthenon is located near Regensburg, Bavaria and contains busts of exemplary Germans. Compare the one in Nashville. Source.

View from Wilhelmshöhe Castle towards Cassel through the Archway

Aussicht vom Schloss Wilhelmshöhe gegen Cassel durch den Torbogen (1810) by Johann Heinrich B. Bleuler. Source.

Sauerbraten from Saarbrücken

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Fünf Rentenmark

Rentenmark were issued in November 1923 to put a brake on Germany's hyperinflation. Instead of being backed by gold (which Germany was out of) the rentenmark was backed by land. Though replaced by the Reichsmark in 1924 the Rentenmark was legal tender until 1948. Source.

Ledenhof, Osnabrück

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1936 Schlörwagen

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The Diet of Worms

The Diet of Worms opened on this day in 1521. Source.

Hexenbrunnen

Some public fountains in Germany are accompanied by the statue of a witch. If the concept was to discourage children from playing around wells it's not working in this case. Source.

Veste Coburg

The west face. Source.

Joust

This is only one of 146 jousts recorded in the Tournament Book of Duke Johann Friedrich the Magnanimous of Saxony, c. 1535. It's housed at the Veste Coburg. Source.