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from: Germany Tourism
www.germany-tourism.de (International)
www.cometogermany.com (U.S./Canada)
Source: Victoria Larson
Published: October, 2007

ABOVE: The Salzstadel in Regensburg, Germany.

Discover the new German-American Heritage website: Germanoriginality.com

NEW YORK -- With the launch of its German-American heritage website, www.germanoriginality.com, the German National Tourist Office and the German Information Center and their partners are riding the wave of heritage travel which is now at an all-time high. They are reaching out to German Americans, who at almost 15 percent of the U.S. population, make up the largest ethnic group in the United States.

Places to go, cities to see

The opening of two sophisticated heritage museums in Bremerhaven and Hamburg are highlights of any heritage trip to Germany.

In Bavaria, the homes and museums dedicated to Levi Strauss (of Levis fame) and to Daniel Pastorius (the founder of Germantown) are must-sees. The nearby UNESCO heritage town of Bamberg and the towns of Fürth and Regensburg are the birthplaces or erstwhile homes of Henry Kissinger, Sandra Bullock and Oskar Schindler.

Further west, history comes alive in the town of Ulm, Einstein’s birthplace in Baden-Wuerttemberg. In and around the beautiful vineyards of the Palatinate, visitors can travel to a number of towns from where many Germans emigrated to America.

Berlin also offers a plethora of information and personalities on German American heritage, especially in the 20th century.

Heritage tours make it easy to revisit your roots

In planning your trip to discover your German Origin(ality) first hand, there are new heritage tours to Germany which include those offered by General Tours and Globus and Cosmos. Even Burt Wolf, the producer and host of PBS’s "Travel & Traditions" has jumped on board with his own specialized heritage tours of Germany.

For more information on travel to Germany and special heritage offers, go to the website of the German National Tourist Office: www.cometogermany.com. For more current and historical information on Germany, go to the website of the German Information Center: www.germany.info.

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