The German village of Fuggerei has not raised rent for more than 500 years, enabling residents to live there for $1 a year. Established in 1521, the Fuggerei, which is not a village per se but rather ...

An outdated law allows coal companies to take private land for lignite mining that is in the “public interest,” even after the country’s highest court ruled that the government must reduce emissions.

For years, activists tried to save tiny Lützerath from being razed to make way for the expansion of an open-pit coal mine. This past week, the police moved them out. By Christopher F. Schuetze ...

The protest started cheerfully enough on Wednesday, with music blaring and flags flying even under the driving rain. Then the police arrived, decked out in riot gear and backed by bulldozers, ready to ...

RAA-BESENBEK, Germany—A two-hour drive from Hamburg, the small village of Raa-Besenbek is easily spotted from afar, its towering windmills casting long shadows across the grassy terrain. As you get ...

German Village remained a working-class neighborhood throughout much of the mid-20th century. Throughout the years of World War II, the city suffered from deferred maintenance because of the war ...

German Village residents say the weekend theft of Pride flags does not reflect the neighborhood's spirit or deter its commitment to celebrating the LGBTQ+ community. Security cameras captured many of ...

Although many travelers flock to Europe to experience cute German Christmas markets firsthand, the winter village in ...

There's no need to wait until December to get into the holiday spirit when tradition comes alive at Baltimore's Inner Harbor.