May Day and Maypoles in German-Speaking Europe

Der Maibaum • The Maypole The month of May in Germany and Europe is not only the first month when it’s nice to be outside again, it is a month of many traditions. It all starts on the eve of May Day, on Walpurgis Night (Walpurgisnacht), the night that passes...

German Geographer Ferdinand von Richthofen and The Silk Road

The Silk Road and German Geographers The Silk Road or Silk Route (Silk Routes, plural, being more accurate) was a network of overland trade routes extending between the Oriental and the Occidental regions of the Northern Hemisphere from the 2nd century BCE to the 18th...