Home of the Sorbs, a Slavic minority living in Germany and Poland, the Spreewald is a UNESCO biosphere reserve made of wetlands and pine forests, criss-crossed by more than 200 small channels. Read more.
Containing probably the oldest church library in the country, first mentioned in 1398, the jury saw a model conservation project and awarded it the 2014 Europa Nostra Award in the same category. Read more.