HAP Grieshaber was a German artist best known for his large-format woodcuts. He developed a signature stylized aesthetic through his printmaking, rendering his subjects in more than three colors at a ...

A new culinary highlight is set to enrich Berlin’s food scene: from June to October, a new food market will open at the Humboldt Forum next to the museum island. Look forward to fresh vibes, creative ...

The guided tour in German sign language through the "BerlinZEIT" exhibition provides interesting facts about the city's history. If you want to know why a quarter of Berlin's population actually came ...

In Berlin last week, Pastor Reinhold George, 40, had just finished conducting vesper services in the Marienkirche, a stately Evangelical church in the Russian sector. When he stepped outside the ...

The R.A.F. went after the Baltic port of Liibeck one night in March 1942 because Lübeck was a vital link on the Wehrmacht supply line to Russia. It was no part of the R.A.F. plan that the fire bombs ...

The lithuanian archbishop Rolandas Cardinal Makrickas is the coadjutor of the Archpriest of Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome. Makrickas helped Pope Francis choose the right place for his last resting ...

German officials recently announced the excavation of Marienkirche in Gardelegen, which yielded unusual artifacts including tweezers, hundreds of coins and a bronze monkey.

A medieval church yielded unusual artifacts during an archaeological excavation – and officials recently brought the discoveries to light. In a Jan. 31 press release, the State Office for Heritage ...

Whether for monetary gain or thrill alone, history’s art forgers have fabricated lost pieces, made exacting copies of originals, and imagined whole new visions in the style of famed creators. There ...

1705. It’s autumn in northern Germany. A young composer sets out from the city of Arnstadt to make the gruelling journey on foot to Lübeck, almost 400 km to the north. His reason? To hear some music ...

Tuesday marks the 75th anniversary of the bombing of the north German city of Lübeck by the Royal Air Force. Some 400 tons of explosives fell in just under four hours; incendiary bombs created a ...

For the first time, a same-sex couple were able to have a full wedding in a Protestant church in Berlin-Brandenburg on Aug. 14. Sven Kretschmer and Tim Schmidt, who have been together for 14 years, ...