Detourmap
Places worth the detour in Germany
Detourmap lists 1,375 places in Germany, across 2 kinds of detour; nature & landscapes are the largest group (913). Best known: Zugspitze. 1,085 rank as little-known. Click any card to open it on the map.
- Places
- 1,375
- Oldest here
- Talheim Death Pit 5100 BC
- Little known
- 1,085 of 1,375
- City pages
- 13
By region
12 first-level divisions of Germany have enough places for a page of their own.
By city
13 cities in Germany have enough places for a page of their own.
Nature & landscapes in Germany 913
Archaeological & historic sites in Germany 462
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1.Königsberg
Archaeological · 13th century · Renowned
Historic capital of East Prussia, since 1945 Russian territory
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2.Neuenburg am Rhein
Archaeological · 13th century · Renowned
Town in the district Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald in Baden-Württemberg, Germany
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3.Hedeby
Archaeological · Renowned
Historic fortified Viking town south of present-day Schleswig town in North Germany
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4.Munich air disaster
Archaeological · 20th century · Renowned
1958 aviation accident in West Germany
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5.Danevirke
Archaeological · 6th century · Renowned
System of Danish fortifications in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
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6.Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex
Archaeological · 19th century · Notable
Large former industrial site in the city of Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Questions about this page
What is the best known place worth the detour in Germany?
Zugspitze. Highest peak of the Wetterstein Mountains (Eastern Alps). It leads because more Wikipedia language editions cover it than any other place here.
How many places worth the detour are there in Germany?
1,375: 913 nature & landscapes and 462 archaeological & historic sites. 1,085 of them are little known — they carry a Wikipedia article in only a handful of languages.
What is the oldest place on this map in Germany?
Talheim Death Pit, dated to 5100 BC. 230 of the 1,375 places here carry a founding date at all, and 12 of those predate the year 1000.
Where does this information come from?
Every place is drawn from Wikidata (CC0), with photographs from Wikimedia Commons and a link to its English Wikipedia article. Selection is deterministic: a place is here because Wikidata files it under one of the classes this atlas carries and it has coordinates, a photo and an article. Nothing is written or chosen by an AI, and the ranking is simply how many Wikipedia language editions cover a place.