Title: Tourism in Germany - Wikipedia
Headings: Tourism in Germany
Tourism in Germany
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Content: Since the 1930s, local and regional governments have set up various theme routes, to help visitors get to know a specific region and its cultural or scenic qualities. The table below shows some of the most prominent theme routes. Other popular German theme routes include parts of the European Route of Brick Gothic and European Route of Industrial Heritage, the Harz-Heide Road, Bertha Benz Memorial Route and Bergstrasse. List of theme routes (incomplete)
Route
Established
Theme
Length
German Wine Road ( Deutsche Weinstraße )
1935
Palatinate wine route
85 km
German Avenue Road ( Deutsche Alleenstraße )
1993
Tree-sided avenues and lush countrysides
2900 km
Romantic Road ( Romantische Straße )
1950
Romanticism
366 km
Black Forest High Road ( Schwarzwaldhochstraße )
1952
Black Forest
60 km
Castle Road ( Burgenstraße )
1954
Castles in Germany
1,000 km
Road of Weser Renaissance ( Straße der Weserrenaissance )

Weser Renaissance
350 km
Romanesque Road ( Straße der Romanik )
1993
Romanesque architecture
1,195 km
German Ferries Route
2004
Fords, ferries, bridges and tunnels
250 km
German Timber-Frame Road
1990
Timber framing ( Fachwerk )
3,000 km
German Clock Road ( Deutsche Uhrenstrasse )

Cuckoo clock Manufacturers, clock-face paintings workshops,
museums, Black Forest and Baar villages, landscapes
320 km
Industrial Heritage Trail ( Route der Industriekultur )

Industrial heritage of the Ruhr area
400 km
German Fairy Tale Route ( Deutsche Märchenstraße )

Fairy tales and legends of the Brothers Grimm
600 km
Winter sport
View of Bolsterlang, Oberallgäu
See also: List of ski resorts in the German Alps and List of ski resorts in the German Central Uplands
The main winter sport regions in Germany are the Bavarian Alps and Northern Limestone Alps, as well as the Ore Mountains, Harz Mountains, Fichtel Mountains and Bavarian Forest within the Central Uplands. First class winter sport infrastructure is available for alpine skiing and snowboarding, bobsledding and cross-country skiing . In most regions, winter sp