(Oberpfalz), 48 km south-east of Hof, has for centuries been one of the chief sources of buttons in Germany, and the industry continues today. The museum, located in a former brewery and opened in 1975, displays

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Detmold, capital of the former principality of Lippe-Detmold, is reckoned the largest of its kind in Germany. It extends over 90 ha and its collection totals more than a hundred buildings. It displays in rich

exercised the privileges of a free city, but new arrangements had to be made after it became part of the Germany Empire in 1871. The city authorities decided in 1883 to create new harbour facilities, originally

in 1967, and also has a museum at Bochum-Dahlhausen, whose focus is on the railways of northern Germany. The museum at Neustadt-an-der-Weinstrasse concentrates on lines in Bavaria, Baden and Württemburg

Maffei in 1918, and No 38 3180, a 4-6-0 of the class designed in Prussia, but used in most parts of Germany. There are also Kriegslok 2-10-0s, a variety of electric locomotives and some railbuses. Diesel and

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