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Read a book for each German state.

Here is a link to help get you started: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/States_o...

Time Limit: None
Genre: Any

Here is a list of the 16 German States:

1. Baden-Württemberg (Stuttgart, Baden-Baden, Freiburg, Mannheim, Heidelberg, Karlsruhe)
2. Bavaria (Munich, Nuremburg, Augsburg)
3. Berlin (Berlin)
4. Brandenburg (Potsdam)
5. Bremen (Bremen, Bremerhaven)
6. Hamburg (Hamburg)
7. Hesse (Wiesbaden, Frankfurt, Offenbach)
8. Lower Saxony (Hanover, Braunschweig)
9. Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (Rostock, Schwerin, Neubrandenburg, Stralsund, Greifswald)
10. North Rhine-Westphalia (Düsseldorf, Cologne, Essen)
11. Rhineland-Palatinate (Mainz, Koblenz, Trier, Speyer)
12. Saarland (Saarbrücken)
13. Saxony (Dresden, Leipzig, Chemnitz)
14. Saxony-Anhalt (Magdeburg, Halle)
15. Schleswig-Holstein (Kiel, Lübeck, Flensburg Neumünster.)
16. Thuringia (Erfurt, Weimar, Jena)

I'm definitely in on this one again!

1. Baden-Württemberg (Stuttgart, Baden-Baden, Freiburg, Mannheim, Heidelberg, Karlsruhe): Hab und Gier by Ingrid Noll (read 22/08/14)
2. Bavaria (Munich, Nuremburg, Augsburg): Dracula's Guest by Bram Stoker (read 20/02/14) AND Sauerkrautkoma by Rita Falk (read 31/07/14)
3. Berlin (Berlin): Kreuzberg 007: Mission grünes Monster by Antonia Michaelis (read 12/01/14) AND Nesthäkchen und ihre Puppen by Else Ury (read 13/01/14) AND The Glass Bees by Ernst Jünger (read 13/02/14)
4. Brandenburg (Potsdam): Vor dem Fest by Saša Stanišić (read 02/04/14)
5. Bremen (Bremen, Bremerhaven): Islands by Dan Sleigh
6. Hamburg (Hamburg): The Invention of Curried Sausage by Uwe Timm (read 02/01/14)
7. Hesse (Wiesbaden, Frankfurt, Offenbach): Die Wolke by Gudrun Pausewang
8. Lower Saxony (Hanover, Braunschweig): All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque (read 28/01/14)
9. Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (Rostock, Schwerin, Neubrandenburg, Stralsund, Greifswald): Nachdenken über Christa T. by Christa Wolf (read 09/09/16)
10. North Rhine-Westphalia (Düsseldorf, Cologne, Essen): Homo Faber by Max Frisch (read 29/07/14)
11. Rhineland-Palatinate (Mainz, Koblenz, Trier, Speyer): Die Witwen by Dagmar Leupold (read 09/20/16)
12. Saarland (Saarbrücken): Wandern. Radeln. Paddeln.: 12000 Kilometer Abenteuer in Europa by Christine Thürmer
13. Saxony (Dresden, Leipzig, Chemnitz): Deutschlandalbum by Axel Hacke (read 09/07/16)
14. Saxony-Anhalt (Magdeburg, Halle): Die Harzreise by Heinrich Heine (read 27/02/14)
15. Schleswig-Holstein (Kiel, Lübeck, Flensburg Neumünster.): Tonio Kröger by Thomas Mann
16. Thuringia (Erfurt, Weimar, Jena): Henry von Ofterdingen by Novalis

States: 16

This sounds like fun! But I cannot join - too many challenges already!

I'm in!

Summary post
completed:

Baden-Wurttemberg The Burgermeister's Daughter: Scandal in a Sixteenth-Century German Town
Bavaria - A Night Of Long Knives
Berlin - The Collini Case
Brandenburg - Rose Under Fire
Bremen - The Wine-ghosts of Bremen
Hamburg - The Aftermath
Hesse - Altenhain: Snow White Must Die
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern - Elizabeth and Her German Garden
Lower Saxony - Floating in My Mother's Palm
North Rhine-Westphalia - The Vanishing of Katharina Linden
Rhineland-Palatinate- The Reader
Saarland - To Do or Die
Saxony - Five Past Midnight: A Novel
Saxony-Anhalt - The Blue Flower
Schleswig-Holstein- Flensburg, Kiel: The Riddle of the Sands
Thuringia - Those Who Save Us

Hesse - Altenhain: Snow White Must Die by Nele Neuhaus

Schleswig-Holstein- Flensburg, Kiel:The Riddle of the Sands by Erskine Childers

I read in December. It's not set in Germany, but Krampus is German.

Hamburg - The Aftermath by Rhidian Brook

Baden-Wurttemberg - Schwäbisch Hall - The Burgermeister's Daughter: Scandal in a Sixteenth-Century German Town by Steven E. Ozment

Berlin - The Collini Case by Ferdinand von Schirach

Adding Brandenburg: Vor dem Fest by Saša Stanišić

North Rhine-Westphalia- Bad Münstereifel- The Vanishing of Katharina Linden by Helen Grant

Saxony - Leipzig - Five Past Midnight: A Novel by James Thayer

Bavaria - Munich - A Night Of Long Knives by Rebecca Cantrell

Lower Saxony - Burghdorf - Floating in My Mother's Palm by Ursula Hegi

Rhineland-Palatinate - Neustadt an der Weinstraße - The Reader by Bernhard Schlink

Summary post 4

Thuringia - Weimar - Those Who Save Us by Jenna Blum

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern - Elizabeth and Her German Garden by Elizabeth von Arnim

Brandenburg - near Fürstenberg - Rose Under Fire by Elizabeth Wein

Saxony-Anhalt - Weissenfels - The Blue Flower by Penelope Fitzgerald

Bremen - Bremen - The Wine-ghosts of Bremen by Wilhelm Hauff

Summary post 4

Saarland - Saarlouis - To Do or Die by Max Adams

I am in this one

Updated post #2

Updates post #2, adding Thuringia

Updated pos #2, adding Baden-Wurtemberg.

I am starting this one. Here are my proposed books:

1. Baden-Württemberg (Stuttgart, Baden-Baden, Freiburg, Mannheim, Heidelberg, Karlsruhe): Summer in Baden-Baden or The Gambler
2. Bavaria (Munich, Nuremburg, Augsburg): Austerlitz
3. Berlin (Berlin): The Berlin Stories: The Last of Mr Norris/Goodbye to Berlin
4. Brandenburg (Potsdam): Michael Kohlhaas
5. Bremen (Bremen, Bremerhaven): The Wine-Ghosts of Bremen
6. Hamburg (Hamburg): The Invention of Curried Sausage
7. Hesse (Wiesbaden, Frankfurt, Offenbach): Spring Torrents
8. Lower Saxony (Hanover, Braunschweig): Stones from the River
9. Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (Rostock, Schwerin, Neubrandenburg, Stralsund, Greifswald): Effi Briest
10. North Rhine-Westphalia (Düsseldorf, Cologne, Essen): The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum
11. Rhineland-Palatinate (Mainz, Koblenz, Trier, Speyer): Emil And The Three Twins
12. Saarland (Saarbrücken): Innocence Lost
13. Saxony (Dresden, Leipzig, Chemnitz) : Slaughterhouse-Five
14. Saxony-Anhalt (Magdeburg, Halle): Doctor Faustus
15. Schleswig-Holstein (Kiel, Lübeck, Flensburg Neumünster.): The Riddle of the Sands or Buddenbrooks: The Decline of a Family
16. Thuringia (Erfurt, Weimar, Jena): Henry von Ofterdingen

Finished first book:

Berlin: The Berlin Stories by Christopher Isherwood.

Since I was born in Germany, I think I will like this challenge!

1. Baden-Württemberg - Unterm Rad by Hermann Hesse (July 2020)
2. Bavaria - Der Besondere by Ludwig Ganghofer (June 2018)
3. Berlin- Leberecht Hühnchen by Heinrich Seidel (August 2016)
4. Brandenburg - The House by the Lake: One House, Five Families, and a Hundred Years of German History by Thomas Harding (February 2020)
5. Bremen - Phantasien Im Bremer Ratskeller by Wilhelm Hauff (January 2020)
6. Hamburg - The Story of a Seagull and the Cat Who Taught Her to Fly by Luis Sepúlveda (July 2020)
7. Hesse - The Good Soldier by Ford Madox Ford (March 2017)
8. Lower Saxony- Das vergnügliche Leben der Doktorin Löhnefink by Konrad Beste (January 2017)
9. Mecklenburg-Vorpommern- Elizabeth and Her German Garden by Elizabeth von Arnim(September 2019)
10. North Rhine Westfalia - Murder in A-Major by Morley Torgov(January 2020)
11. Rhineland Palatinate- Wenn Wir Alle Engel Wären Roman by Heinrich Spoerl (August 2016)
12. Saarland - Sagen und Legenden aus Saarbrücken: Saarbrücken Sagen und Legenden by Christine Giersberg (July 2020)
13. Saxony- Faust: First Part by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (October 2016)
14. Saxony-Anhalt - Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe (August 2017)
15. Schleswig Holstein - Der Schimmelreiter by Theodor Storm (September 2018)
16. Thuringia - Goethe und Schiller. Geschichte einer Freundschaft by Rüdiger Safranski (June 2019)

I finished the challenge on July 25, 2020.

Adding:

Saxony: Slaughterhouse-Five

Adding Brandenburg: Michael Kohlhaas by Heinrich von Kleist.

This books has settings in both Brandenburg and Saxony.

Diane, Elizabeth and her German Garden is a fun book. Have you ever read The Enchanted April? It is a wonderful book.

Rosemarie wrote: "Diane, Elizabeth and her German Garden is a fun book. Have you ever read The Enchanted April? It is a wonderful book."

I have not read it, but I would love to.

Adding North Rhine-Westphalia: The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum by Heinrich Böll

For those who haven't read it, Buddenbrooks: The Decline of a Family by Thomas Mann is one of my favorite books from Germany, and it is another option for Schleswig Holstein. The book is long, but the story is well-told.

I have Buddenbrooks twice and loved it both times. My family is from Bavaria, so I really enjoyed the scenes with Toni's husband.

Mome_Rath wrote: "For those who haven't read it, Buddenbrooks: The Decline of a Family by Thomas Mann is one of my favorite books from Germany, and it is another option for Schleswig Hols..."

I have wanted to read that one for a long time but I wasn't sure where in Germany it was set. I added it to my list. Thanks!

Adding: Hesse: Spring Torrents by Ivan Turgenev.

Adding Hesse: The Good Soldier by Ford Madox Ford

Journey Through Germany

Goal/Plans: I've been doing family genealogy since I was 13 years old. Many of those paths lead to Germany, so this challenge is an excellent opportunity to combine my desire to read with my need to study German genealogy. So I will look to read books set in each of these areas, but will also add overall German history books, as well as books on doing German genealogy.


1. Baden-Württemberg (Stuttgart, Baden-Baden, Freiburg, Mannheim, Heidelberg, Karlsruhe)
2. Bavaria (Munich, Nuremburg, Augsburg)
3. Berlin (Berlin)
4. Brandenburg (Potsdam)
5. Bremen (Bremen, Bremerhaven)
6. Hamburg (Hamburg)
7. Hesse (Wiesbaden, Frankfurt, Offenbach)
8. Lower Saxony (Hanover, Braunschweig)
9. Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (Rostock, Schwerin, Neubrandenburg, Stralsund, Greifswald)
10. North Rhine-Westphalia (Düsseldorf, Cologne, Essen)
11. Rhineland-Palatinate (Mainz, Koblenz, Trier, Speyer)
12. Saarland (Saarbrücken)
13. Saxony (Dresden, Leipzig, Chemnitz)
14. Saxony-Anhalt (Magdeburg, Halle)
15. Schleswig-Holstein (Kiel, Lübeck, Flensburg Neumünster.)
16. Thuringia (Erfurt, Weimar, Jena)

Adding Thuringia: Henry Von Ofterdingen: A Romance by Novalis.

Adding Saxony-Anhalt: Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe

Adding Bavaria

Der Besondere by Ludwig Ganghofer

Adding:

Bavaria: Austerlitz
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern: Effi Briest
Saxony-Anhalt: Doctor Faustus

Adding Schleswig-Holstein

Der Schimmelreiter

Adding Mecklenberg Vorpommern

Elizabeth and Her German Garden

Adding Bremen

Phantasien Im Bremer Ratskeller

Wayne in Germany (guess it will be a crawl, cannot recall having read many books set in Germany)

1. Baden-Württemberg (Stuttgart, Baden-Baden, Freiburg, Mannheim, Heidelberg, Karlsruhe)
2. Bavaria (Munich, Nuremburg, Augsburg)
3. Berlin (Berlin)
4. Brandenburg (Potsdam)
5. Bremen (Bremen, Bremerhaven)
6. Hamburg (Hamburg)
7. Hesse (Wiesbaden, Frankfurt, Offenbach)
8. Lower Saxony (Hanover, Braunschweig)
9. Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (Rostock, Schwerin, Neubrandenburg, Stralsund, Greifswald)
10. North Rhine-Westphalia (Düsseldorf, Cologne, Essen)
11. Rhineland-Palatinate (Mainz, Koblenz, Trier, Speyer)
12. Saarland (Saarbrücken)
13. Saxony (Dresden, Leipzig, Chemnitz)
14. Saxony-Anhalt (Magdeburg, Halle)
15. Schleswig-Holstein (Kiel, Lübeck, Flensburg Neumünster.)
16. Thuringia (Erfurt, Weimar, Jena)

Varecia`s Journey through Germany (11/16):

✔ 1. Baden-Württemberg (Stuttgart, Baden-Baden, Freiburg, Mannheim, Heidelberg, Karlsruhe)
Herkunft by Saša Stanišić (January 2020)
✔2. Bavaria (Munich, Nuremburg, Augsburg)
Herzfaden by Thomas Hettche (September 2020)
✔ 3. Berlin (Berlin)
Gehen, ging, gegangen by Jenny Erpenbeck (January 2020)
✔4. Brandenburg (Potsdam)
Der Große Garten by Lola Randl ( March 2020)
✔ 5. Bremen (Bremen, Bremerhaven)
Radio Activity by Karin Kalisa (January 2020)
✔6. Hamburg (Hamburg)
Laufen by Isabel Bogdan (August 2020)
✔ 7. Hesse (Wiesbaden, Frankfurt, Offenbach)
Streulicht by Deniz Ohde ( October 2020)
8. Lower Saxony (Hanover, Braunschweig)
✔9. Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (Rostock, Schwerin, Neubrandenburg, Stralsund, Greifswald)
Sommerlieben by Hedwig Dohm (August 2021)
✔10. North Rhine-Westphalia (Düsseldorf, Cologne, Essen)
Identitti by Mithu M. Sanyal (März 2021)
✔11. Rhineland-Palatinate (Mainz, Koblenz, Trier, Speyer)
Ein Mann seiner Klasse by Christian Baron (April 2020)
12. Saarland (Saarbrücken)
✔13. Saxony (Dresden, Leipzig, Chemnitz)
Nichts, was uns passiert by Bettina Wilpert (September 2021)
14. Saxony-Anhalt (Magdeburg, Halle)
15. Schleswig-Holstein (Kiel, Lübeck, Flensburg Neumünster)
16. Thuringia (Erfurt, Weimar, Jena)

Adding Rhineland Westfalen:

Murder in A-Major by Morley Torgov

Message 18

Wayne in Germany

1. Baden-Württemberg (Stuttgart, Baden-Baden, Freiburg, Mannheim, Heidelberg, Karlsruhe)
2. Bavaria (Munich, Nuremburg, Augsburg) : The Ice Museum: In Search Of The Lost Land Of Thule -(02/02/2020)
3. Berlin (Berlin)
4. Brandenburg (Potsdam)
5. Bremen (Bremen, Bremerhaven)
6. Hamburg (Hamburg)
7. Hesse (Wiesbaden, Frankfurt, Offenbach)
8. Lower Saxony (Hanover, Braunschweig)
9. Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (Rostock, Schwerin, Neubrandenburg, Stralsund, Greifswald)
10. North Rhine-Westphalia (Düsseldorf, Cologne, Essen)
11. Rhineland-Palatinate (Mainz, Koblenz, Trier, Speyer)
12. Saarland (Saarbrücken)
13. Saxony (Dresden, Leipzig, Chemnitz)
14. Saxony-Anhalt (Magdeburg, Halle)
15. Schleswig-Holstein (Kiel, Lübeck, Flensburg Neumünster.)
16. Thuringia (Erfurt, Weimar, Jena)

Adding Brandenburg:

The House by the Lake: One House, Five Families, and a Hundred Years of German History

Wayne in Germany

1. Baden-Württemberg (Stuttgart, Baden-Baden, Freiburg, Mannheim, Heidelberg, Karlsruhe): The Book Thief - (12/03/2020)
2. Bavaria (Munich, Nuremburg, Augsburg) : The Ice Museum: In Search Of The Lost Land Of Thule -(02/02/2020)
3. Berlin (Berlin)
4. Brandenburg (Potsdam)
5. Bremen (Bremen, Bremerhaven)
6. Hamburg (Hamburg)
7. Hesse (Wiesbaden, Frankfurt, Offenbach)
8. Lower Saxony (Hanover, Braunschweig)
9. Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (Rostock, Schwerin, Neubrandenburg, Stralsund, Greifswald)
10. North Rhine-Westphalia (Düsseldorf, Cologne, Essen)
11. Rhineland-Palatinate (Mainz, Koblenz, Trier, Speyer)
12. Saarland (Saarbrücken)
13. Saxony (Dresden, Leipzig, Chemnitz)
14. Saxony-Anhalt (Magdeburg, Halle)
15. Schleswig-Holstein (Kiel, Lübeck, Flensburg Neumünster.)
16. Thuringia (Erfurt, Weimar, Jena)

Starting 2020-05-22

1. Baden-Württemberg (Stuttgart, Baden-Baden, Freiburg, Mannheim, Heidelberg, Karlsruhe)
2. Bavaria (Munich, Nuremburg, Augsburg)
3. Berlin (Berlin) - Death in Focus
4. Brandenburg (Potsdam)
5. Bremen (Bremen, Bremerhaven)
6. Hamburg (Hamburg)
7. Hesse (Wiesbaden, Frankfurt, Offenbach)
8. Lower Saxony (Hanover, Braunschweig)
9. Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (Rostock, Schwerin, Neubrandenburg, Stralsund, Greifswald)
10. North Rhine-Westphalia (Düsseldorf, Cologne, Essen)
11. Rhineland-Palatinate (Mainz, Koblenz, Trier, Speyer)
12. Saarland (Saarbrücken)
13. Saxony (Dresden, Leipzig, Chemnitz)
14. Saxony-Anhalt : Stasi Wolf
15. Schleswig-Holstein (Kiel, Lübeck, Flensburg Neumünster.)
16. Thuringia (Erfurt, Weimar, Jena)

Wayne in Germany (3/16)

1. Baden-Württemberg (Stuttgart, Baden-Baden, Freiburg, Mannheim, Heidelberg, Karlsruhe): The Book Thief - (12/03/2020)
2. Bavaria (Munich, Nuremburg, Augsburg) : The Ice Museum: In Search Of The Lost Land Of Thule -(02/02/2020)
3. Berlin (Berlin)
4. Brandenburg (Potsdam)
5. Bremen (Bremen, Bremerhaven)
6. Hamburg (Hamburg)
7. Hesse (Wiesbaden, Frankfurt, Offenbach)
8. Lower Saxony (Hanover, Braunschweig)
9. Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (Rostock, Schwerin, Neubrandenburg, Stralsund, Greifswald): The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (Volume I of VI): 1
10. North Rhine-Westphalia (Düsseldorf, Cologne, Essen)
11. Rhineland-Palatinate (Mainz, Koblenz, Trier, Speyer)
12. Saarland (Saarbrücken)
13. Saxony (Dresden, Leipzig, Chemnitz)
14. Saxony-Anhalt (Magdeburg, Halle)
15. Schleswig-Holstein (Kiel, Lübeck, Flensburg Neumünster.)
16. Thuringia (Erfurt, Weimar, Jena)

Wayne in Germany (4/16)

1. Baden-Württemberg (Stuttgart, Baden-Baden, Freiburg, Mannheim, Heidelberg, Karlsruhe): The Book Thief - (12/03/2020)
2. Bavaria (Munich, Nuremburg, Augsburg) : The Ice Museum: In Search Of The Lost Land Of Thule -(02/02/2020)
3. Berlin (Berlin)
4. Brandenburg (Potsdam)
5. Bremen (Bremen, Bremerhaven)
6. Hamburg (Hamburg): Neither Here Nor There: Travels in Europe
7. Hesse (Wiesbaden, Frankfurt, Offenbach)
8. Lower Saxony (Hanover, Braunschweig)
9. Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (Rostock, Schwerin, Neubrandenburg, Stralsund, Greifswald): The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (Volume I of VI): 1
10. North Rhine-Westphalia (Düsseldorf, Cologne, Essen)
11. Rhineland-Palatinate (Mainz, Koblenz, Trier, Speyer)
12. Saarland (Saarbrücken)
13. Saxony (Dresden, Leipzig, Chemnitz)
14. Saxony-Anhalt (Magdeburg, Halle)
15. Schleswig-Holstein (Kiel, Lübeck, Flensburg Neumünster.)
16. Thuringia (Erfurt, Weimar, Jena)

Adding Hamburg

The Story of a Seagull and the Cat Who Taught Her to Fly by Luis Sepúlveda

Adding Baden-Württemberg:

Unterm Rad by Hermann Hesse

I finished the challenge!

Ellinor wrote: "I'm definitely in on this one again!

1. Baden-Württemberg (Stuttgart, Baden-Baden, Freiburg, Mannheim, Heidelberg, Karlsruhe): Hab und Gier by Ingrid Noll (read 22/..."

I finally finished this challenge! It took me way longer than expected because books set in Saarland and Bremen were quite hard to find.

Rosemarie wrote: "Since I was born in Germany, I think I will like this challenge!

1. Baden-Württemberg - Unterm Rad by Hermann Hesse (July 2020)
2. Bavaria - [book:Der Besondere|3619..."

Congrats on finishing!

Congrats to you too, Ellinor!

I ended up buying an inexpensive ebook for Saarland, since there really aren't very many books set there.