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UNESCO World Heritage Sites

Aachen Cathedral Speyer Cathedral Würzburg Residence with the Court Gardens and Residence Square Pilgrimage Church of Wies Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust at Brühl St Mary's Cathedral and St Michael's Church at Hildesheim Roman Monuments, Cathedral of St Peter and Church of Our Lady in Trier Frontiers of the Roman Empire Hanseatic City of Lübeck Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin Abbey and Altenmünster of Lorsch Mines of Rammelsberg and Historic Town of Goslar Maulbronn Monastery Complex Town of Bamberg Collegiate Church, Castle, and Old Town of Quedlinburg Völklingen Ironworks Messel Pit Fossil Site Bauhaus and its Sites in Weimar and Dessau Cologne Cathedral Luther Memorials in Eisleben and Wittenberg Classical Weimar Museumsinsel (Museum Island), Berlin Wartburg Castle Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz Monastic Island of Reichenau Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex in Essen Historic Centres of Stralsund and Wismar Upper Middle Rhine Valley Dresden Elbe Valley Muskauer Park / Park Muzakowski Town Hall and Roland on the Marketplace of Bremen Old town of Regensburg with Stadtamhof

The Federal Republic of Germany has a chequered and infamous past which history should not let us forget.

Nowadays, it is Europe's foremost industrial power and the second biggest exporter in the world.