Architecture in Germany

Explore Treuenbrietzen’s past inside a restored medieval chapel with artifacts, crafts, and a historic pharmacy.

A mammoth WWII anti-air defense tower has been repurposed as a hotel with a rooftop garden.

Located in a heritage building, this Mickey D's is missing its Golden Arches.

This feat of German engineering is one of the only elevators in the world following a curved path.

One of the few German synagogues to survive the Kristallnacht pogrom has been beautifully restored.

After falling into disuse, this imposing department store found new life as a Hollywood backdrop and a theater.

A ruined castle made famous in German movies and TV productions.

The ruins of a medieval castle that survived two sieges.

After local authorities changed the design, the building's architect, Le Corbusier, wanted nothing to do with it.

In the summer of 1957, a massive architectural exhibition showed off the future of urban living in this German neighborhood.

How did a lighthouse wind up in the middle of this landlocked German city?

This 165-foot water tower has been supplying the residents of Varel with drinking water for more than a century.

Designed to resemble foreign architecture, this mosque-looking structure was used to pump water to a royal fountain.

One room inside this building mesmerizes all with its parabolic dome.

On high feast days, the entire blue-glass front of this modern church opens up to reveal the small wooden church inside.

This Late Gothic building that once housed Erasmus is now known as the filming location of "Suspiria."