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Come and discover Baden-Württemberg in Southwest Germany - its fantastic landscapes, throbbing cities, huge variety of sports and recreational activities, excellent cultural facilities, holiday parks, famous spas, healthy climate, delicious eating, with events for adventurers, gourmets, recuperates, extreme athletes and amateurs of arts and culture. Baden-Württemberg is one of the largest tourist states in Germany, situated in the very heart of Europe, is just as famous for its delicious cooking as for being the industrial home of globally renowned companies like DaimlerChrysler, Bosch, Porsche or Boss.

The Black Forest enjoys a worldwide reputation for its lush romantic valleys, gorges, water mills and farms as well as for its cuckoo clocks. In summertime, Lake Constance shines against the backdrop of the Alps with countless white and colored sails, radiating a lighthearted atmosphere. A popular destination on the "Swabian Sea" is the flower island Mainau of Count Bernadotte. The south of Germany is also home to the baroque style. Nowhere else in Germany you will find as many baroque buildings as in Upper Swabia. To the east of Baden-Württemberg - the Swabian Alb, a limestone mountain range presents its stark and rugged character. Numerous caves, castles, ruins and palaces lend a special trait to this varied landscape.

Baden-Württemberg enjoys a special privilege: it can be proud of a number of towns and cities with a long-standing history, with a lot to offer both in cultural and economic terms, embedded in scenic beauty and all of them worth a visit for more than one reason. Baden-Baden, the elegant spa-metropolis of the Black Forest with what is probably the most magnificent casino in Europe is as well-known as Heidelberg with its dominating castle and old bridge and Stuttgart, the state capital of Baden-Württemberg with its cultural and industrial centre.

Sheer relaxation pleasure is offered by the state's attractive thermal and mineral springs. Here you can really totally immerse in comprehensive care. Baden-Württemberg is Germany's leading state for medicinal springs, counting almost 60 resorts of water cures and spas.

Especially the southwest of Germany is well-known for its countless big and small wonderfully romantic Christmas markets like the one in Stuttgart or Bad Wimpfen, the Medieval Christmas Market in Esslingen or the Baroque Christmas Market in Ludwigsburg.

The towns and cities of Baden-Württemberg, large and small, are as fascinating as they are varied. Pulsating major cities, vibrant university towns, famous spas and resorts, former free cities and romantic towns with their black and white houses – all in all there are 11000 cities, towns and villages in the state.

Not all of them may be well-known among tourists but they are all open, hospitable places where their inhabitants really enjoy living. The long, eventful history of Germany's south-west has shaped the towns of Baden-Württemberg and left its mark on them. Here, you can see many architectural styles and works of art of many periods and experience the special regional way of life.

What do Stonehenge in Great Britain, the pyramids of Egypt, the Great Wall of China, the palace of Versailles near Paris, the monastery of Maulbronn, the island of Reichenau and the roman "Limes" all have in common? They are all on the UNESCO World Heritage List, which includes 788 cultural and natural sites requiring special protection in 134 countries.

According to the proverb, "all roads lead to Rome". For Baden-Württemberg, this is only true to a limited extent. Although some holiday routes follow old Roman roads and trading routes, today's holiday routes, long-distance cycle paths and hiking routes do not take visitors over the Alps but through the most beautiful landscapes and to the most fascinating sights of Baden-Württemberg.

‘Bollenhut’ (straw hat with red pompons) and cuckoo clock. No other German landscape is as well known abroad as the Black Forrest. And if you say ‘Black Forrest’ you definitely mean ‘Bollenhut’ and cuckoo clock.

The bright red pompons on the straw hat of Black Forrest girls indicated from far already: ‘I’m still available! - Married women wore the same type of hat but with black pompons. Traditional costumes were worn everywhere in the Black Forrest until the end of the 19th century – there was, however, a great variety of them.

Traditions and cultural importance is also something the two monasteries of Maulbronn and Reichenau have in common: both of them have been inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List. The poet Hermann Hesse went to school in Maulbronn. But also Schiller and Hölderlin are poets for whom world literature has to thank Baden Wurttemberg.

And yet something else: Baden Wurttemberg has most museums in Germany – more than 1000 and a wide variety of different ones. So, there is much to discover and explore. Everywhere in the country – not only in Stuttgart, Mannheim or Karlsruhe.

The world-famous custom of women wearing their "Bollenhut" hats - with their distinctive pompons - is an indigenous tradition that has developed over centuries. It's part of an elaborate folkloric costume that is beautiful, rich in detail and full of historical meaning. Each Bollenhut is handmade and weighs up to four pounds. Bright red pompons are worn by girls and unmarried women and signal: I'm still available. Depending on the occasion they also decorate their braided hair with two mirrors, ribbons and bows. Married women are easily identified as their hats boast black pompons. How nice that the Black Forest has become so well known for its hats.

For centuries, glass blowing has been synonymous with the Black Forest, which has always provided these craftsmen with all the raw materials they needed. Several glass museums vividly demonstrate the importance and tradition of glass blowing in the Black Forest. With the help of skilled artisans, you can even try creating your own vision in glass.

How about visiting the shop of a clock maker, which may explain to you what makes the Black Forest "tick"? The "German Clock Route" passes through countless historical sites where glass blowers and clock merchants have plied their trades for centuries. Neither the nightingale nor the lark: it had to be the cuckoo. Thus decided by Franz Ketterer in 1730. A hundred years later the cuckoo clock had become the bestselling export article from the Black Forest. Black Forest clocks result from superb craftsmanship and are of incomparable quality. Don't be fooled by cheap imitations! Such handmade treasures come at a price, naturally, but they're definitely worth it.

Baden-Württemberg is Germany's third-largest state. Since it was established in 1952, the population of Baden-Württemberg has grown by about four million people. Baden-Württemberg is in the heart of Europe, bordering on France to the west, Switzerland and Austria to the south and the German states of Bavaria, Hesse and Rhineland-Palatinate to the east and north.