Strasbourg: Cross of France and Germany
Dr. Gay Rawson (French) and Dr. Stephan Grollman

Traveling To Strasbourg, France

Corresponds to Completion or current enrollment in French or German 112

Estimated Price: $1,400

Our seminar is a uniquely European experience. Where can you speak French and German while enjoying foie gras, sauerkraut, quiche or flammkuchen? In Strasbourg, France, the exciting crossroads of French and German history, politics and culture. Located in the Alsace region along France’s eastern border to Germany, visitors experience Strasbourg’s unique fusion of French and German influences from its French country architecture to the ostentatious neoclassical 19th-century Prussian designs of the German quarter. For more than a thousand years, Strasbourg has transcended national boundaries. The Strasbourg Cathedral, one of Europe’s largest and most impressive structures, attests to the city’s importance as a former free city of the Holy Roman Empire. Although Strasbourg withstood many generations of warfare between France and Germany, it has enjoyed peace and prosperity since World War II. Now the site of the European Union Parliament and the Council of Europe, Strasbourg symbolizes European unity perhaps more poignantly than any other city on the continent. Our visit will help us witness firsthand not only artifacts of European history, but also its lasting effects on the current political system. We will also travel to a former concentration camp at Natzwiller, the restored 12th century castle fortress Haut Königsbourg, the French city of Colmar, the Swiss city of Basel and the German resort of Baden-Baden.

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