Most Beautiful Places of Nature in Germany
This category aims at thrilling and inspiring you with the most beautiful natural places in Germany. We offer you galleries of breathtaking photographs, local hiking trails, information on where to stay overnight and detailed maps. We want to encourage you to visit the places you like best to discover marvellous landscapes, some of them unique in Germany and even Europe.
The following is a list of our federal states where our selected places are located in. Choose one to receive further information.
Baden-Wuerttemberg
Ravennaschlucht | |
| The Ravennaschlucht is located in the Naturpark Südschwarzwald, in the south of the Black Forest. The romantic, wooded canyon reaches from the town of Breitnau to the lower Höllental ("valley of hell") which is 9 kilometres long and enclosed by... |
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Federsee |
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| Located just north of Bad Buchau (in Upper Swabia), it is surrounded by moorland that is partially overgrown with reeds. It comprises an area of 33 square kilometres and therefore is one of the largest connected moorlands in Southern Germany. The lake is rather shallow, with its deepest point... more about Federsee |
Bavaria
Altmühltal | |
| Altmühltal Nature Park offers its visitors a spectacular landscape inviting to a whole variety of activities. Located right in the heart of Bavaria it comprises 3.000 squarekilometres of impressive nature, various rivers, beautiful valleys and rustic villages. The wide network of hiking trails... |
Forggensee & Schloss Neuschwanstein | |
| During the 1950ies, lake Forggensee was originally formed as a reservoir to produce electrical power. An impressive dam was built, measuring 320 metres length. The lake is approximately 12 kilometres long and 3 kilometres wide and therefore the most extensive one in the Allgäuer Königswinkel. Today, the lake... |
Brandenburg
Havelland | |
| Havelland is a geographical region in Brandenburg, its name meaning the regions on the banks of the Havel river and the area that is surrounded by the large "U" which simply is the Havel's course between Berlin and the confluence with the Elbe river. The area's characteristics are its wide river... |
Hesse
Volcano Blaue Kuppe | |
| The Blaue Kuppe was supposed to be a volcano in the Tertiary Age but did not reach the earth's surface and instead stuck in the sandstone. It is located in the Werratal in Hesse, a beautiful region in the heart of Germany. Discovering the Werratal... |
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
Rügen | |
| Germany's largest and perhaps even its most beautiful island offers its visitors a broad range of views and experiences. From white sandy beaches, idyllic bays to the impressive sites of the steep coast all around the island. The famous chalk cliffs with its majestic Königsstuhl... |
Lower Saxony
Lüneburg Heath | |
| Lüneburg Heath is located between the towns Celle and Lüneburg, in Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen) in the northwest of Germany. The area comprises about 200 square kilometres of heath, geest and woodland. A large part of the area benefits from nature conservancy. The heathland... |
North Rhine-Westphalia
Naturpark Eggegebirge und Südlicher Teutoburger Wald | |
| The Eggegebirge extends from the southern tip of the Teutoburger Wald range near Horn-Bad Meinberg - together they form part of a natural conservancy named "Naturpark Eggegebirge und Südlicher Teutoburger Wald". The nature park... |
Rhineland-Palatinate
Fuchskaute | |
| Fuchskaute is the highest mountain in the Westerwald which is known as a volcaneous region with cold winds and strong winters. It is a former vulcano, 657 metres high, deriving its name from a fox ("Fuchs") having its den ("Kaute") there. Geographically, the Fuchskaute is located in... |
Vulkaneifel | |
| The Vulkaneifel comprises a region in the northwest of Rhineland-Palatinate, from the Rhein between Andernach and Koblenz to the area surrounding Manderscheid. The towns of Adenau, Brohltal, Mendig, Ulmen and Manderscheid are also parts of the Vulkaneifel. There are numerous interesting places of sight... |
Moselle |
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| Moselle river, in German Mosel, flows through France, Luxembourg and Germany, having its source at the wester slope of the Ballon d'Alsace in the Vosges mountains. It is a left tributary of the Rhine river, joining it at the Germany city of Koblenz. In Germany, it is famous... |
Saarland
Cloef/Saarschleife | |
| The Sarre River leaves France and becomes the Saar River as it enters Germany, just south of Saarbrücken - not far from the town of Mettlach, where the river forms the Saar-River-Loop, making a U-turn around a wooded promontory. This is also the location of the ruins... |
Saxony
Bastei | |
| Wandern Naturorte Bastei Sachsen The Bastei is a rather rocky prominence overlooking the Elbe River within the Elbe Sandstone Mountains in Saxony. With its 305 metres height it surpasses the river that formed it a million years ago. The Bastei is a famous landmark in the Sächsische Schweiz... more about Bastei |
Saxony-Anhalt
Dübener Heide | |
| Right in Saxony-Anhalt the Düben Heath is situated, accessed by the "Tor zur Dübener Heide" (gate to the Düben heath), meaning the district of Wittenberg. It is a nature park extending from there to the east and to the north of the eastern banks of the Mulde river. The natural park Dübener Heide comprises... |
Schleswig-Holstein
Sylt | |
| A very distinctive shoreline shapes this island in northern Germany, the largest island in North Frisia. It is well known for 40 kilometres of sandy beach, but unfortunately also for its continuous loss of land during storm surges. The Hindenburgdamm, built in 1927, connects... |
Thuringia
Kyffhäuser | |
| The Kyffhäuser Monument (also named Barbarossa Monument) is a monument on the summit of the Kyffhäuser Mountain near the town Bad Frankenhausen in the state of Thuringia. The monument was built towards the end of the 19th century, led by the German architect Bruno Schmitz... |
