The Sauerland is becoming increasingly popular among vacationers and visitors—and this trilingual illustrated book makes it abundantly clear why. Through striking photographs, Holger Klaes has captured both the well-known and lesser-known aspects of the region. He showcases the landscape with its mountains and valleys, forests and meadows, caves and lakes, the buildings in towns and the countryside, the churches and monasteries, castles and palaces. He has visited museums both large and small, as well as open-air theaters and amusement parks; carnivals and shooting festivals are featured, as are the famous processions and markets. The Sauerland is presented as a paradise for hiking and winter sports, as a destination for ski jumpers and bobsledders—and, finally, as a vibrant economic region that has much more to offer than just wood, beer, and wire. The region’s colorful diversity is explained and commented on in texts by Peter Kracht.

The Sauerland is becoming increasingly popular among vacationers and visitors—and this trilingual illustrated book makes it abundantly clear why. Through striking photographs, Holger Klaes has captured both the well-known and lesser-known aspects of the region. He showcases the landscape with its mountains and valleys, forests and meadows, caves and lakes, the buildings in towns and the countryside, the churches and monasteries, castles and palaces. He has visited museums both large and small, as well as open-air theaters and amusement parks; carnivals and shooting festivals are featured, as are the famous processions and markets. The Sauerland is presented as a paradise for hiking and winter sports, as a destination for ski jumpers and bobsledders—and, finally, as a vibrant economic region that has much more to offer than just wood, beer, and wire. The region’s colorful diversity is explained and commented on in texts by Peter Kracht.