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and towns, especially the almost completely preserved (except for the city walls) town of
Heppenheim with its splendid city hall, marketplace, "Bergstraße Cathedral", and numerous medieval half-timbered structures; and in addition the old town centers of Zwingenberg, Bensheim and Weinheim. An extraordinary sight in the immediate vicinity of the Bergstraße is the Carolingian-era entrance hall of the one-time Lorsch monastery, designated by UNESCO as a world cultural heritage site.
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art, with its artists' colony; the chain of castles on the edge of the Oden forest (Castle
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The countryside directly along the route is also named after the road. The weather in the region is typically particularly mild and sunny, with around 1500 hours of sun every year. Spring starts earlier here than anywhere else in
Germany. This and the good soil conditions (a fertile
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rivers meet, the
Bergstraße is highly developed and industrialised. But tourism is also of some importance there. Apart from the countryside, the most important sights are Heidelberg with its castle and old city; Darmstadt, the center of
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Bergstraße one of Germany's richest fruit-producing areas, with grapes, other fruit, almonds, sweet chestnuts and walnuts. The Bergstraße is famous for its
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trees which thrive in the area and bloom as early as March. Other
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The Bergstraße travels through the following towns (from north to south):
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162:Landkreis Darmstadt-Dieburg
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23:The Bergstraße route
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549:References
499:Jugendstil
422:Heidelberg
397:Heidelberg
392:Dossenheim
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308:Bickenbach
252:Bergstraße
238:Heppenheim
234:Roman road
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192:Heppenheim
170:Heidelberg
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528:See also
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358:Weinheim
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321:Bensheim
172:and the
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93:Odenwald
73:Weinheim
41:Odenwald
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302:Alsbach
286:Seeheim
283:Malchen
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460:almond
415:Neckar
187:Länder
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486:Rhine
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203:Roman
182:Baden
178:Hesse
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