What is the best small town or village you have visited in Germany?

Question

What is the best small town or village you have visited in Germany?

Answer 1

Goslar - beautiful authentic medieval town (not bombed in the second world war because it was a hospital town).  Nearby Rammelsberg mine was a mining capital for 1000 years!  The Holy Roman Empire lived in the Kaiserpfaltz, the town has a prestigious modern art prize - and it's on the edge of the Harz Mountains, in a beautiful recreation area.  They have a lot of interesting museums, Art, history and of course the mining museum.

Both the town and the mine are Unesco World Heritage sites.  I also like Quendlenburg and Bacharach am Rhine, but Goslar is my favorite.

Answer 2

The place I learn how to ski at....Garmisch -Partenkirchen. Ist wunderbar!

Answer 3

Wasserburg. Absolutely beautiful. Medieval style town centre.

Answer 4

There are so many villages close to each other, and as a native German, I travelled so many, I can't remember each single one. But there was one I don't forget, and it's Glonn in Upper Bavaria.

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&ge...

It's a small village, but my friends and me had a beautiful stay there some years ago, and the surroundings are just wonderful. Munich, the Alps, and Garmisch-Partenkirchen are quite near. You'll need a car, however. There's no such thing as (recognizable) public transport. If you like hiking, but don't like mountains, this village (or any other in Upper Bavaria) is a good place to start.

Answer 5

My favorite would be Schiltach, a lovely town tucked into a stream valley in the Black Forest. The town is built of half-timbered buildings and there is a great inn to eat at called the Weyssen Rössle which is several hundred years old. A postcard town if I ever saw one.

Answer 6

There are a lot of small towns in the near of Stuttgart. They are really nice and old. E.g. Esslingen, Waiblingen or Reutlingen.

Answer 7

Quedlinburg.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quedlinburg

It is IMO the nicest among the completely preserved medevial towns in Germany. Plus the Harz region around the city is a major tourist destination. The historical narrow gauge steam trains are a bonus too.