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Aschaffenburg
Germany is located in Central Europe and it shares borders with Denmark in the North, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg and France in the West, Austria and Switzerland in the South and Poland and the Czech Republic in the East. The North Sea and the Baltic Sea represent additional National Borders in the North. The official language of Germany is German and Berlin is the capital. The climate is quite pleasant with almost all variety of seasonal flavors as temperate, marine, cool, cloudy, wet winters and summers, occasional warm, tropical foehn wind and high relative humidity. Germany is divided into 16 states which are further subdivided into 439 districts and cities. Germany is one of the largest European economy and the third largest economy in the world in real terms, placed behind the United States and Japan, and fifth behind the United States, China, India and Japan counted by purchasing power parity.
Aschaffenburg is a city in Bavaria, Germany located on the right bank of the Main and its confluence with the narrow Aschaff River, near the foot of the Spessart. The city of Aschaffenburg is not included in the district of Aschaffenburg, but is its administrative seat. It is also known as the Tor zum Spessart or gate to the Spessart mountain range. Although it is within Bavaria, the city's inhabitants claim to be Franconians, not Bavarians. This can be doubted as well as the city never was part of historical Franconia, but belonged to the archbishop of Mainz. It has a population of 66,800.
Aschaffenburg, called in the Middle Ages as Ascaphaburg, was originally a Roman settlement. Roman legions had their station here, and on the ruins of their castrum the Frankish mayors of the palace built a castle. Its chief buildings are the Schloss Johannisburg, built by Archbishop Schweikard von Kronberg, which contains a library with a number of incunabula, a collection of engravings and paintings.
A city known for its historic myths and traditions, scenic beauty, luxurious hotels and cottages, Aschaffenburg is one of the favorite holiday destinations for most of the vacation lovers.
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