Southern Germany as a region has no exact boundary but is generally taken to include the areas in which Upper German dialects are spoken. That corresponds roughly to the historical stem duchies of Bavaria and Swabia or, in a modern context, to Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg within the Federal Republic of Germany, to the exclusion of the areas of the modern states of Austria and Switzerland.
The Saarland and the southern parts of Hesse and Rhineland-Palatinate are sometimes included as well and correspond to the historical Franconia.
Alsace, German-speaking Switzerland, Austria, Liechtenstein and South Tyrol are now not considered as part of Southern Germany but historically, culturally and linguistically, they are related to Southern Germany in many ways.
These wonderful color photos of Southern Germany were taken by Roger W from January-July in 1960 when he was stationed in Heilbronn in the U.S. Army, from December 1959 to the end of July 1960.
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| Southern Germany in 1960 |
The Saarland and the southern parts of Hesse and Rhineland-Palatinate are sometimes included as well and correspond to the historical Franconia.
Alsace, German-speaking Switzerland, Austria, Liechtenstein and South Tyrol are now not considered as part of Southern Germany but historically, culturally and linguistically, they are related to Southern Germany in many ways.
These wonderful color photos of Southern Germany were taken by Roger W from January-July in 1960 when he was stationed in Heilbronn in the U.S. Army, from December 1959 to the end of July 1960.
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| Bad Wimpfen from Blauer Turm |
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| Bad Wimpfen. Blauer Turm, the Blue Tower, part of the Kaiserpfalz (Emperor's palace), was built around 1200 |
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| Bad Wimpfen. Half-timbered houses, a city gate, and the Blue Tower at left |
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| Bad Wimpfen. Roter Turm, the Red Tower was also part of the Kaiserpfalz (Emperor's palace) in Bad Wimpfen. It was built sometime around 1200 |
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| Bad Wimpfen. The Kaiserpfalz was built by the Hohenstaufen Emperors in the 12th century |
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| Bavarian farmhouse |
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| Bebenhausen. Schloss |
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| Beilstein. Rathaus |
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| Burg Hornberg |
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| Comburg Abbey, outside Schwäbisch Hall |
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| Gundelsheim from Bundesstrasse 37, near the station, showing Schloss Horneck |
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| Gundelsheim from Neckar River Lock |
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| Gundelsheim, a small city on the Neckar River, 20 km (12 miles) north of Heilbronn |
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| Heidelberg Castle from the terrace |
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| Heidelberg Castle. Ottheinrichsbau, one of the main buildings in the courtyard, built by Prince-Elector Otto Heinrich in the 1550s |
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| Heidelberg from castle. The Neckar River is in the background |
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| Heilbronn. A V 60 diesel locomotive is moving an old two-axle freight car in the Heilbronn station yard |
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| Heilbronn. Badenerhof Kaserne |
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| Heilbronn. The Harmonie |
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| Hornberg from Burg Guttenberg |
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| Karlsruhe. Schloss (Not yet rebuilt). The two wings of the palace in Karlsruhe had not yet been rebuilt after damage in World War II |
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| Karlsruhe. The former palace of the Grand Dukes of Baden, now a city building |
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| Langenburg. A city gate in Langenburg, east of Heilbronn, topped by a half-timbered house |
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| Limes near Öhringen |
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| Linderhof |
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| Ludwigsburg Palace at the height of the "Blühendes Barock" (blooming baroque) season |
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| Ludwigsburg. Schloss Favorite, a house built by Eberhard Ludwig, Duke of Württemberg, for his mistress |
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| Ludwigsburg. Schloss |
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| Ludwigsburg. South Garden. Some of the 500,000 tulips at Ludwigsburg Palace |
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| Mosbach. Marktplatz |
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| Mosbach. Rathaus and fountain |
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| Öhringen. Altstadt (Old City) |
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| Rothenburg. "Meistertrunk" |
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| Rothenburg. Rathaus, the main building of Rothenburg's city hall was built in the 1570s |
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| Rothenburg's skyline from the Tauber River valley. The famous "double bridge" is in the foreground. It was built around 1330 |
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| Schloss Lichtenstein |
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| Schloss Zwingenberg |
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| Schwäbisch Hall and the Kocher River from near the railroad station |
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| Schwäbisch Hall. Half-timbered Houses |
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| Schwäbisch Hall. Houses on Kocher River |
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| Schwäbisch Hall. Kocher River |
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| The Ammer River, seen from a highway bridge on the way to Garmisch-Partenkirchen |
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| The Zugspitzbahn, at the Eibsee station near the base of the Zugspitze |
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| The Zugspitze, Germany's highest mountain (2,962 m, 9,715 ft) from the Eibsee |
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| The Zugspitze. Münchnerhaus and Alps |
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| Untergruppenbach. Burg Stettenfels |
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| View of the Alps (at least, the beginning of the Alps), near Garmisch-Partenkirchen |
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| Waldenburg. A small house with spring flowers |
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| Waldenburg. The Evangelical (Lutheran) church |
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| Weinsberg. Ruined Weibertreu |
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