German Tourism Guides

Front cover of a 16-page promotional published by "Deutsch Zentrale fur Fremdenverkehr, Frankfurt-on-Main. Cover design: H. Schneider, Munchen."

"It does for those needing rest in a lounge-chair in the sun, just as strong for alpinists seeking the summits as for fervents of down-hill ski runs..."

"The highest part of the German Alps lies between the rivers Inn and Lech, just before the 'Gates of Munich', where the ski-fields go up to nearly 9840 feet ensuring ski-ing from November until the end of May..."

Even with no text, you'd know these photos weren't taken in the U.S. If they were, everyone would be puffing on cigarettes. :p

"The beauty of the German Alps is at its zenith in the Werdenfelser region where the Zugspitz (9720 feet) near Garmisch-Partenkitchen, with its lifts and mountain railways is the culminating point..."

The saleswoman at the junk shop swore to me that if I stared at this picture for five minutes, I'd see the face of Chancellor Adenauer in the ski tracks. I think she was just messing with me, though.

It probably all belongs to Starbucks and Disney now.

Front cover of a 72-page guide. "Alle Rechte vorbehalten... by William S. Leedom, Printed in Germany, Brausdruck GmbH, Heidelberg." Shown slightly larger than actual size.

"Top: North German scene (Hartz, Hamburg).-- Right: Kurfurstendamm, Berlin Eschen, Berlin (Eschen, Berlin).-- Bottom: Scene in the German Alps (Arnold, Fussen).-- Left: The Rhine near Bonn (Sachsse, Bonn)." Front cover of a 36-page promo published by "Bund Deutscher Verkehsverbande (Frankfurt am Main, Beethovenstr. 69... Designed by: Grave-Schmandt, Frankfurt/M."