Places to visit in Germany
206 places to visit in Germany, each with LOQAH's carefully crafted stamp of its own: Aachen Cathedral, Alte Nationalgalerie, Altes Museum and more. Stand at any of them with the app open and the stamp is yours, confirmed on site, in a volume for its state or province, filed under Germany on your shelf.
206 travel stamps in 16 states and provinces
The best known in Germany
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Aachen Cathedral
A Catholic church in Aachen built around the octagonal chapel that Charlemagne ordered in the late 8th century. For about six centuries it was the coronation church of German kings, and it was among the first sites inscribed as UNESCO World Heritage in 1978.
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Alte Nationalgalerie
A museum on Museum Island in a temple like building of 1876, set on a high podium with a grand outdoor staircase. It shows 19th century painting and sculpture, including works by Caspar David Friedrich and Adolph Menzel.
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Altes Museum
A neoclassical museum on Museum Island in Berlin, designed by Karl Friedrich Schinkel and opened in 1830. Its front is a long row of Ionic columns facing the Lustgarten, and it now shows the antiquities collection of the Berlin State Museums.
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Augustusburg Palace
A Rococo palace in Brühl between Cologne and Bonn, built from 1725 for the Archbishop and Elector of Cologne. It is known for its grand staircase by Balthasar Neumann, and it stands with the hunting lodge Falkenlust as a World Heritage Site.
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Aula Palatina
A Roman palace basilica in Trier, built for Emperor Constantine in the early 4th century. Its hall is 67 metres long and 27 metres wide, one of the largest single rooms surviving from antiquity. It is now a Protestant church.
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Babelsberg Palace
A neo Gothic palace on a hill above the Havel in Potsdam, built from 1833 as a summer home for Prince William, later Emperor William I. It was designed by Karl Friedrich Schinkel and sits in Babelsberg Park.
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Babelsberg Park
A landscape park of 114 hectares in Potsdam beside the Tiefer See. It was laid out from 1833 by Peter Joseph Lenné and later Prince Pückler, and holds Babelsberg Palace, a Gothic tower and the Flatow Tower.
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Bamberg Cathedral
A cathedral in Bamberg completed in the 13th century, seat of the Archbishop of Bamberg. Since 1993 it has been part of the town's UNESCO World Heritage Site. It is a large Romanesque and early Gothic church with four towers, standing on one of the hills of the old town.
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Bauhaus Sites in Weimar and Dessau
A group of buildings in Weimar, Dessau and Bernau associated with the Bauhaus school of design, founded by Walter Gropius in 1919. The Dessau building of 1926 is its best known work, with glass walls and workshops that shaped modern architecture.
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Belvedere on the Pfingstberg
A palace with two towers on the Pfingstberg hill north of Potsdam, begun in 1847 for King Frederick William IV in the style of Italian villas. Its tower terraces give views over Potsdam's parks, lakes and palaces.
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Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe
A landscape park of 2.4 square kilometres on a hillside in Kassel, crowned by a giant statue of Hercules. Its water cascades run down the slope for 350 metres and are switched on on scheduled afternoons. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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Bode Museum
A museum at the northern tip of Museum Island in Berlin, with a domed building of 1904 that rises straight from the water. It shows sculpture from late antiquity to the 18th century and a large coin collection.
Germany by state and province
- Bavaria42 stamps
- Berlin35 stamps
- Baden-Württemberg19 stamps
- Rhineland-Palatinate17 stamps
- North Rhine-Westphalia15 stamps
- Saxony12 stamps
- Saxony-Anhalt10 stamps
- Brandenburg9 stamps
- Hamburg9 stamps
- Lower Saxony9 stamps
- Schleswig-Holstein7 stamps
- Thuringia7 stamps
- Hesse6 stamps
- Mecklenburg-Vorpommern6 stamps
- Bremen2 stamps
- Saarland1 stamp
Collecting in Germany
Does LOQAH have stamps in Germany?
Yes. 206 places in Germany have LOQAH's carefully crafted stamp, among them Aachen Cathedral, Alte Nationalgalerie, Altes Museum. More are added over time.
How do I collect a stamp in Germany?
The same way as anywhere: open LOQAH at the place and get its stamp. LOQAH checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is confirmed on site, with a gold badge and the date.
How are my Germany stamps kept?
Each state or province you collect in gets a volume of its own, and the volumes sit together under Germany on your shelf.
I have been to Germany before. Can I add those trips?
Yes. In Earlier trips, choose Germany and swipe through its stamps, or import your Google Timeline: it is read on your phone and only the places it matches are added.
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