Germany's Regional Food Specialties |
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Germany, as a nation, is actually very young. Prior to the national unification in 1871, Germany was divided into many kingdoms and principalities, each with distinct customs and even distinct dialects. Explore the menus, manners and main travel destinations of the sixteen Bundesländer (states) that today make up the Federal Republic of Germany.
Baden-Würtemberg, in the southwestern Germany, is home to a quarter of all the Michelin rated restaurants in Germany.
Bavaria is culturally divided between the North and South, with different language patterns, dialects, attitudes and foods.
Berlin has become a center for liberal lifestyle and modern zeitgeist and low-cost, high quality living, with a cuisine as colorful as the city itself.
The heart of the former Prussian Empire, is known for numerous significant historical events and for one of Germany’s most delectable specialties.
Two seaport city-states have been historically privileged with access to a wealth of luxurious, foreign ingredients, Bremen...
...and Hamburg,the largest of the 'Hanseatic Free Cities.'
Hesse's cuisines show the influences of neighbors to the north and south.
Germany's second largest state, stretching from the North Sea to the Harz Mountains, is home to fabulous legends and famed culinary specialties.
Among the least densely populated of Germany's states, this seacoast state boasts recreation areas and a cuisine influenced by the Baltic Sea.
The Rhineland includes one of Germany's most industrial states...
... and an agricultural state which is the home to much of Germany's wine production.
Germany's smallest non-city state, Saarland's cuisine is influenced by its French neighbors.
Germany's easternmost state has a history more than 1000 years long.
The state of Saxony-Anhalt is an important agricultural producer and home to many of Germany's food manufacturers.
The cuisine of this northern-most federal state is dominated by field and sea.
Thuringia's central location, spectacular landscape and rich agricultural soils make it the vital green heart of Germany.
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