With its pointed roofs, leaning facades and perched castle, Quedlinburg immediately catches the eye. This town of just 20,000 inhabitants, nestled at the foot of the Harz mountains in the heart of ...

Despite your millions or more medieval ancestors, you inherit DNA from only a tiny fraction of them. So, we’re sorry, you probably didn’t inherit any DNA from Charlemagne or Edward I.

My suspicions about what lies behind the classical façade are confirmed: Thon-Dittmer Palace is actually made up of the remains of two medieval merchant houses, masquerading in an 1809 trench coat.

As a young backpacker, I first fell in love with the picturesque village of Rothenburg, in Germany’s Franconian heartland. At that time, the town still fed a few farm animals within its medieval ...

In the German countryside, archaeologists are working to uncover what farm life looked like in the medieval era. The excavation began in January 2023 outside the town of Werne, where traces of a ...

The capital of the German region of Thuringia, Erfurt has history swinging from its eaves. It's most notable as the place where Martin Luther studied and became a monk, and (by translating the ...

Ruins of Rungholt, known as ‘Atlantis of the North Sea,’ are uncovered on German coast, researchers say. 19 mounds were discovered.

A United Nations committee designated a group of medieval Jewish buildings in Erfurt, Germany, as a World Heritage Site on Sunday. UNESCO, the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization ...

In the German countryside, archaeologists are working to uncover what farm life looked like in the medieval era. The excavation began in January 2023 outside the town of Werne, where traces of a ...

Archaeologists in Germany uncovered the remains of a medieval man with a “sophisticated” centuries-old iron prosthetic hand. The complete skeleton of a middle-aged man at the time of his death ...

Long ago I gave up looking for an untouristy, half-timbered medieval German town, but a few years back I stumbled upon it in the sleepy town of Erfurt. The capital of the German region of ...