"Si nolis bellum para pacem!" THE November revolution of 1918 relieved Germany of her various monarchies. At that time nothing seemed more obvious than that the artificial states which had been ...

SINCE the day when the German Foreign Minister, Walter Rathenau, closed his celebrated speech at the Genoa Conference with the impressive words "Peace! Peace! Peace!" and since Locarno and Thoiry laid ...

BERLIN – Tens of thousands of revelers danced in the streets of Cologne, Duesseldorf, Bonn and other cities and towns across the Rhineland Thursday as they celebrated the traditional start of Carnival ...

Castles, churches and abbeys reflect the rich history. Trier, Germany's oldest town and a UNESCO World Heritage site, was founded by the Romans. Over 300 castles let you experience their authentic and ...

Voters in Rhineland-Palatinate are set to choose a new state government. Runoff local elections are to take place in Bavaria, with the mayoral race in Munich in focus. DW has the latest. Voters to go ...

Commentator Aaron Freeman offers a history lesson on the Rhineland Blacks. When France occupied the Rhineland after World War I, black troops from Algeria and Morroco fathered hundreds of mixed-race ...