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Aachen Aachen cathedral
Aachen Christmas market is Germany’s closest market to Britain. Its speciality is Printen which is a sort of hard gingerbread. Children would be particularly interested in the carousel and adults would like a glass of mulled wine and a potato fritter.
Aachen town hall was built on the same foundations as Charlemagne’s palace. It was converted into a baroque building in the 17th and 18th century. Unfortunately it was damaged in 2 fires in 1656 and 1883. There are 50 statues of German rulers on the building.
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Allgemeines Der Kölner Dom ist die zweithöchste Kirche der Welt. Sie ist 157,38 Meter hoch und wurde im gotischen Stil errichtet. Der offizielle Name ist Hohe Domkirche St. Petrus. Heute ist sie UNESCO Weltkulturerbe
Geschichte Der erste Bischof von Köln war Maternus. Er wurde im Jahr 313/314 erwähnt. Mit dem Bau der heutigen Kirche begann man im 13. Jahrhundert (gotischer Stil). Fertiggestellt wurde die Kathedrale im 19. Jahrhundert (neugotischer Stil).
Attraktionen - Das älteste monumentale Kruzifix der westlichen Welt aus dem Jahr 976 (Gero-Kruzifix) - Die Knochen der Heiligen Drei Könige (Grund für den Bau der heutigen Kathedrale). - Sehr alte Buntglasfenster (16. Jahrhundert) zweithöchste
second highest
monumental
monumental
Kirche
church
Kruzifix
crucifix
gotisch
gothic
westlich
western
Dom
cathedral
Welt
world
erwähnt
mentioned
fertiggestellt
completed
Buntglasfenster
stained glass windows
Heilige Drei Könige
Three Magi
James Mitchell
Salzburg’s most famous film is probably The Sound of Music which is about an army officer and his 9 children. It is a popular destination for films because of its scenic views and its artistic buildings. A lot of the films had at least one scene in the castle because of its scenic views over Salzburg.
Mozart’s family lived on the third floor in Hagenauer House for 26 years from 1747 to 1773. Mozart was born there on the 27th of January 1756. The house was named after a toy dealer who owned it and was a friend of Mozart’s family.
It has a magnificent dome and is maybe the best piece of church architecture in the city. It is the most impressive early Baroque edifice north of the Alps. It was burnt to the ground and then rebuilt. When it was rebuilt it was expanded. When the city burnt down, the cathedral also burnt, meaning they had to rebuild it again.
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What is it? Lebkuchen is a German Christmas treat that somewhat resembles gingerbread. Literally translated it means cake of life. Its other names are Honigkuchen (honey cake) or Pfefferkuchen (pepper cake)
Printen Printen is a type of Lebkuchen that is made only in Aachen. Originally pharmacists sold Printen as they thought it contained healing ingredients – honey and some herbs and spices.
Ingredients 250 grams of plain flour, 85g ground almonds, 2 tsp ground ginger, 1 tsp ground cinnamon, 1 tsp baking powder, ½ tsp bicarb of soda, pinch of nutmeg and black pepper, 200ml clear honey, 85g butter, lemon zest. 1. Tip the dry ingredients into a large bowl. Heat the honey and butter in a pan over a low heat until the butter melts, then pour into the flour mixture along with the lemon zest. Mix well until the dough is combined and fairly solid. Cover and leave to cool. 2. Heat oven to 180C/fan 160C/gas 4. Using your hands, roll dough into about 30 balls, each 3cm wide, then flatten each one slightly into a disk. Divide the biscuits between two baking trays lined with baking parchment, leaving room for them to expand. Bake for 15 mins, then cool on a wire rack. 3. To ice the biscuits, mix together the icing sugar, egg white and 1-2 tbsp water to form a smooth, runny icing. Dip the top of each biscuit in the icing and spread with the back of a knife. Leave to dry out in a warm place.
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What are they served with? German dumplings can be served with Sauerbraten, oven roasted duck or Rouladen. In fact they can be served up with almost any meat as long as it has good gravy.
Semmelknödel Semmelknödel are very easy to make. Made using egg and milk, they are related to other savoury bread puddings such as stuffing, and like stuffing they are most commonly served with the Christmas bird.
Kartoffelknödel Kartoffelknödel are served all over Germany. They are typical side-dishes for most meats. They are made from both raw and cooked potatoes and come from Bavaria.
Mehlknödel Mehlknödel are made from flour, eggs, salt, nutmeg and milk. They are served with onions, gravy, bacon or roast pork.
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By Matthew Dickinson
In about 120 years Mercedes have gone from the car on the left to the car on the right. Mercedes are known for their luxury, looks, class, technology, speed, F1 cars, and for their history. They have made off-road cars, sports saloons, luxury saloons, luxury sports cars, sports cars and F1 cars. Saloons and Estates Mercedes are best known for their Saloon and Estate models. They are classy, well-engineered, intelligent with their technology, luxurious, and comfortable.
Because of their creativity, designs and hard work, Mercedes are now one of the most recognised car companies in the world. Dan Stevens -8-
Buying Tips As stated on top gear: “The Boxster is the poor man’s 911, so when you are driving around in one, you are advertising that you cannot afford a 911”
The 911 The Porsche 911 is the thoroughbred of the Porsche models. It is exhilarating, powerful and fast. The standard 911 turbo, in a1/4 mile drag race is faster than the Ferrari 458 Italia.
The 4 door models Porsche is not known for its 4 door models. However, they are stunning cars.
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Dan Stevens
A LONG TIME AGO Ever since the two companies started, they were destined to be competitors. And the prediction was right. The two ‘brother companies’ are still competitors and always will be.
THEY BOTH THINK THAT THEY HAVE THE EDGE BUT DOES EITHER OF THEM REALLY HAVE THE EDGE?
Dan Stevens
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Die Mitglieder des German Magazine Clubs sind:
Vielen Dank für eure Mitarbeit! Matthew Dickinson
Thomas Mitchell
joined because he loves
his brother told him about the
Germany!
GMC and it sounded so interesting that he had to join!
Dan Stevens
James Mitchell
has always been interested in German cars („They’re so amazing that no other country can
has been working in the GMC for three years and wants to improve his knowledge about Germany
compete!“)
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The German Magazine Club would like to thank… …Mrs Allen for all the biscuits every week which made working much more pleasent and enjoyable!
…Mr Allen for publishing the issue on the KES website and making it accessible to the interested public!
…Christian for helping us with the German and all kinds of problems!
…Karina for her inspiring tips!
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