Karlsruhe is a city in Baden-Württemberg in southwestern Germany. It lies in the Upper Rhine Plain, on the Rhine, Alb and Pfinz rivers. It was founded in 1715 by the Margrave of Baden, Karl Wilhelm von Baden-Durlach. What undoubtedly distinguishes the city is its layout in the classic star-shaped layout. At the center is the palace, from which 32 avenues descend radially.
Already in the 19th century Karlsruhe was an important European scientific center. Research on electromagnetic waves was conducted there by Heinrich Hertz, and Karl Drais constructed the first bicycle in 1817. The city is home to Germany's oldest technical university.
One of the most important sights in the city is the Renaissance palace located in the center. Its interiors now house the Baden State Museum with collections on the region and Karlsruhe itself. This castle is surrounded by an extensive park with a botanical garden and other thematic gardens, where you can have a nice rest amidst the greenery. Another museum worth visiting is the Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, with its valuable collection of paintings by such famous artists as Rembrandt, Dürer and Cézanne, among others.
The city is well connected - important highways such as the A5, A8 and A65 pass close by, and the French border is only about twenty kilometers away. Karlsruhe's location on the Rhine makes the city an important inland port, the fourth largest in Germany.
The city is also a major rail hub with a freight station where numerous lines converge, including those from Heidelberg to Basel and Mannheim to Rastatt. The Karlsruhe bus station is located near the city's main train station, Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof at Schwarzwaldstrsse. Sinbad offers numerous buses to Karlsruhe - an affordable and environmentally friendly option for getting to this German city.
Brzeg is a small historic city of over 35,000 people in the Opole Province. It lies on the Oder River, half an hour from Wroclaw. It is called the city of the Silesian Piasts, as it was here that the Silesian Piasts - the dukes of Legnica and Brest - held office from the 14th to the 17th century.
.First steps should be directed to the Museum of the Silesian Piasts located in the 13th-century Brzeg Castle, known as the Silesian Wawel. There you can see exhibitions devoted to the Silesian line of the Piasts, displays of armament, clothing or 15th-17th century Silesian art. Brzeg is home to one of the largest Gothic temples in the region - St. Nicholas Church, built in 1370-1420. At the end of World War II it completely burned down, but was rebuilt according to 14th-century designs. And some of the furnishings that remained of the original temple are in the National Museum in Wroclaw and the Museum of Silesian Piasts in Brzeg, among others.
.While visiting Brzeg, it is worth directing your steps at least to one of several parks spread throughout the city. The largest of them, the Julius Peppel Freedom Park, is now an ideal place for lazy as well as active recreation in the fresh air.
.National and provincial roads run through the city. Brzeg lies on the A4 highway. Rail transportation is also well developed here. The city has railroad connections to many places in Poland, and the station in Brzeg, located halfway between Wroclaw and Opole, is one of the oldest in Poland and lies on the oldest railroad line established in the current Polish lands. The first trains arrived there as early as 1842.
.The city also has a Brzeg bus station, the so-called Transfer Center located at Dworcowy Square, near the train station. Both domestic and international bus services depart from there. If you are planning to visit Brzeg, you can find buses from your town and the current schedule of buses Brzeg on our website.
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