Dramatic stories illustrate the rise and fall or our industrial cities, of the struggle for survival and the search for a new identity.

WRITER: Susanne Utzt     DIRECTOR: Stefan Schneider, Martin Carazo Mendez, Achim Scheunert   CAMERA: Martin Christ, Torbjörn Karvang, Marc Riemer, Meike Schötteldreier  EDITOR: Josef van Ooyen    MUSIC: Paul Rabiger     COMMISSIONING EDITOR: Bernhard von Dadelsen (ZDF)   

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Terra X: Germany’s cities

Power and wealth

In the Middle Ages, Germany experienced an urban revolution: over 2000 towns, most of them small, evolved in a period of just 250 years. We explain the myths surrounding their…

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Terra X: Germany’s cities

Pomp and circumstance

For many years, we did not have one outstanding capital city like London or Paris. Germany was a country of small states – and every ruler created his own royal…

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Terra X: Germany’s cities

Progress and hardship

Dramatic stories illustrate the rise and fall or our industrial cities, of the struggle for survival and the search for a new identity.   WRITER: Susanne Utzt     DIRECTOR: Stefan Schneider,…

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