You’ve come to the right place. It’s cozy around here. Take a seat, get yourself something to drink, and stay a while—this is the MyGermanCity.com Fan Corner.
What Visitors Say About MyGermanCity.com
Readers write me.
Some have a question about a train connection, some just got back from a trip and want to tell somebody, and some write for no reason at all except to say that a page here turned out to be useful. Every note I’ve been given permission to publish is on this page.
A few go back a long way, to a version of this site that looked nothing like the one you’re reading. I left them exactly as they arrived. Spelling, capital letters, stray exclamation marks and all.
Hello Marcus!
Now I am delighted and its my time to say wow! Your site is among the top interesting and informative sites on the Web that I found for any English speaking “Germany Lover.” Please keep on doing your good work as it makes a difference.
~ Adil Mirza, Germany
Adil wrote from Germany, about a German site written in English, which tells you something about who ends up around here.
Marcus,
You are incredible! Your given information would have taken weeks if not months for me to figure out. You have been astoundingly helpful. I truly appreciate your remarkable talent. If it’s at all possible, I would like to thank you in person. You really know your stuff.
~ Timothy Dunworth, USA
Weeks, in Timothy’s case. Spent on something I happen to know off the top of my head, because I live here and always have. That trade is the entire point of this site.
Dear Marcus,
I am so excited about this site. I lived there with my German husband until he passed away. I miss it very much! Thank you sooooooo much!
~ Carol Boehme, USA
Dear Marcus,
Thank you so much for a lot of info that you’ve provided. I shall be much appreciated. You are so great. You helped me and opened wonderful secrets. I am so glad I found your website! God bless you!
~ Jaleesa Lee, Malaysia
This Page Is About You
MyGermanCity.com went online in the summer of 2007 and has grown to close to ten thousand pages since. Cities, towns, and villages of four hundred people that never make it into a guidebook. I run the whole thing myself, which explains both the occasional typo and the fact that nobody upstairs tells me what to write. The second part matters more than it sounds.
The subject helps, of course. Germany happens to be statistically the most beloved country on the planet, so I’m not exactly working uphill here. ;-)
Still, a site nobody reads is a diary with extra steps.
Without you, this one would have been abandoned somewhere around 2009.
Marcus,
Thank you for your time and patience in assisting me with my recent questions. Your simple and thorough explanations made light work of a complex project. Thank you so much for your generosity of spirit.
~ Wendy L., Canada
Marcus,
I am visiting my family here in Germany, yesterday we went to see the Schwetzingen Gardens. I enjoyed your info on this site.
~ Cathy, Canada
Cathy went to Schwetzingen, which sits a short drive from my own desk. Small world, and it gets smaller every year this site stays online.
How To Spread The Word
At the bottom of every page on this site, this one included, sits a row of buttons labeled Print & Share. WhatsApp, Facebook, X, LinkedIn, Telegram, plain e-mail, or a printer if you want the page on paper for the trip.
The e-mail button is the one I’d point you to. It sends whatever page you’re on to whoever you’re thinking of. The cousin planning a trip, the friend who keeps saying she’ll move to Berlin one day, your mother who wants to see the village her family left in a hurry.
No account, no sign-up, two clicks.
Hi Marcus,
Thank you kindly for saving 90% car cost as well as 50% hotel cost. Also, your information, your relations and contacts to my person are so warm. Thank you very much.
~ Dmitry, Russia
Hello Marcus,
I love all your Emails. They are wonderful! I visit North Germany every summer but haven’t been to the South yet. Now that I received your 6-part report The Wallet Protector I found a very cheap and easy way to travel from Hamburg to Munich. Thank you, thank you, thank you! :-)
~ Tahseen AbuZaineh, Kuwait
That report hasn’t gone out to anybody in months. If you want to know what was in it, you know where to find me.
Got Something To Say?
A correction. A memory. A tip about a town I got wrong, a photo of the street your grandfather grew up on, or just a hello because it’s raining where you are and you felt like it. Whatever it is, I read every word.
Hi Marcus!!
I’ve gotta say, I just LOVE what you’ve done with your site. You are so CUTE and personable in your video, that if I weren’t already married, I think I’d have a crush on you, LOL!!!
~ Carolyn Schweitzer, USA
Carolyn, wherever you are: that video is long gone, and I intend to keep it that way.
So. Take a seat again, get yourself a drink (there’s beer, wine, coffee, and then some), and use the form below to say your piece. Yours may well end up on the MyGermanCity.com home page, where a different note greets a different visitor every time somebody drops by. ;-)
If you’d rather write me privately—say, because you’re hunting for the village your great-grandmother left in 1889—use the contact form instead. Different form, same person on the other end.
And if you’re new around here, the story of how this whole thing started is short and mildly ridiculous, while the news page lists every guide as it goes live.
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