Kissing, Germany

Travel Blog  •  Ben Keene  •  12.15.06 | 7:08 AM ET

Coordinates: 48 18 N 10 59 E
Population: 10,988 (2004 est.)
imageMany things may cross your mind while standing under the mistletoe this year, but I’ll wager that geography is not one of them. Although it could. In North America you might think of Love, Canada, or Love County, Oklahoma. But the town of Kissing, Germany works quite well, too. A short distance from the city of Augsburg and the Lech River in the Free State of Bavaria, the country’s oldest and largest, Kissing would be a good place to hear the traditional Christmas carols performed on Klöpfelnächte. Matthäus Klostermair, a folk hero known as the Bavarian Robin Hood for redistributing the wealth of the aristocracy, was born in Kissing in 1736.

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Tags: Europe, Germany

Ben Keene has appeared on National Public Radio, Peter Greenberg Worldwide Radio as well as other nationally syndicated programs to discuss geographic literacy and his work updating a bestselling world atlas. Formerly a touring musician, he has written for Transitions Abroad and inTravel.


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