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Germans love their cars enough to get them back to the factory, something similar to bringing home a new baby in the hospital's five major German car manufacturers Audi, BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Porsche and Volkswagen have fueled passion with museums, factory tours, restaurants and other car-themed attractions to enjoy, even if you aren t buy a new car by his guide to museums and their home towns, where you'll get a new appreciation how motorized transport has changed the world.
The Audi Forum displays vehicle Horch, DKW and Wanderer Auto Union, brands that merged to form Audi, as well as examples of the Audi racing history and technical displays, including hybrid race car R18 Add a factory tour at the museum for the full experience.
History An hour from Munich, Ingolstadt is where German beer purity laws were written in 1674 and which still govern the brewing of the city's old enough that its Neue Schloss New Castle dates back to 1400, replacing a of 1200. It now has the country's largest collection of medieval weapons and armor Audi moved here at the end of World War II Dresden, in what became East Germany, it could therefore selling cars in the West.
See also Assamkirche Assam Church, built in the 1730s, has an optical illusion painted in the ceiling decorated Wherever you walk, when you look, it seems an archer bow follows you.
BMW Welt world is in Munich's Olympic Park, the site of the Summer Games in 1972 A building houses a car, motorcycle and boat showroom where everyone stops to applaud the owners pick up their new cars The museum focuses on BMW technology and design, past and future, including one original door Isetta 50s, BMW brand Rolls-Royce and Mini, as well as examples of art painted by car artists such as Jeff Koons.
History Founded in the 12th century, Munich seems to be the most famous today for its gargantuan Oktoberfest every BMW autumn, which means Bavarian Motor Werks began as a manufacturer of aircraft and engines in 1916 and put the cars after the Second World war is an ongoing debate whether the BMW logo is a pie represents the blue and white flag of Bavaria, an airplane propeller, or both.
Also see the Residenz Royal Palace, home of the duke of Bavaria 1363-1918, contains a family portrait gallery more than a football field and an amazing collection of royal diamonds, emeralds and other jewels in the shape of crowns, scepters and necklaces.
The Mercedes museum displays cars in historical chronology A glass lift takes you to 1888 to see contraptions designed by Gottlieb Daimler and Carl Benz Follow the circular ramp to successive decades, including the 1950 iconic roadster Gullwing, the 300SL, and 500K roadster 1936, the vehicle of the most powerful street of his time, which cost the equivalent of 500,000 dollars of sophisticated today, multi-track audio tour with admission to the museum, you selects the historical, social and technical interpretations at each stop the children's trail offers insight for adults too.
History The sixth largest city in Germany, and one of its richest per capita, Stuttgart was settled originally as a Roman fort for its mineral springs, which still attracts devotees Mercedes moved in 1926.
See also Stadtgalerie State Gallery houses one of the finest art collections in Germany, with a medieval art treasure and French impressionist.
This elegant white museum in suburban Stuttgart Zuffenhausen grows upward and outward from the street, like a sports stadium The race car section includes an Austro-Daimler in 1922 and 2008 Penske RS Spyder Hundreds of trophies race are suspended from filaments see through that make them appear to float in the air non-racing collection includes an original vehicle 64 better known as the Beetle, designed by Ferdinand Porsche for the company that became Volkswagen booth in sound cones to hear different engines run, purring and roaring, a James Dean 550A Spyder in a GT3.
See also Ludwigsburg is just 15 miles from Stuttgart, an easy daytrip to enjoy the largest baroque palace in Germany, which contains a garden of 74 acres, and fashion, ceramics and art museums putting focus on royal clothing and art of the 18th century.
Autostadt Car City is a theme park combination of automotive and museum, with separate buildings for each brand VW Bentley and Lamborghini concentrate on their racing heritage, while the Czech brand Skoda focuses on work and Bohemian crystal the main museum, ZeitHaus includes any of a rare 1957 Bugatti Atlantic AC 1959 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz and a jewel encrusted Beetle with the recent merger of Porsche and Audi in the VW family, there are also pavilions showcasing their technology design and get behind the wheel to test your driving skills on a wide -Road track and a mini circuit.
History A Berlin time, historical Wolfsburg has retained the factory original red brick built by Adolf Hitler in the 1930s to build affordable Volkswagen Beetles is reflected in the people's car it's been transformed into a space for concerts and events artistic.
See also it is with its own Ritz Carlton only car factory in the world designed in the same open and airy architectural style as the rest of Autostadt.
Evelyn Kanter is a New York-based travel and automotive journalist who loves to merge his two specialties in one article A regular visitor to Germany, she has updated several sections in the latest edition of Germany Fodor guide, including Stuttgart .
With the kind permission racing car Audi Forum; Courtesy of BMW Isetta Museum; Courtesy of Mercedes 300SL Museum before; Courtesy of Porsche Museum; Courtesy of VW Autostadt.
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