GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN —In commemoration of the Great Chicago Fire, which began Oct. 8, 1871, Fire Prevention Week is observed each year during the week of Oct. 9. This year’s Fire Prevention Week ...

Snow-covered Alps, twinkling Christmas lights, and easy access to the Zugspitze make Garmisch-Partenkirchen one of the best places in Germany for a Christmas vacation. There are so many fun things to ...

Just up the mountain about a one-hour drive from Munich is the lovely medieval hamlet of Garmish-Partenkirchen. Originally two towns that joined together in 1935, this Bavarian ski resort town is ...

Tucked into a quiet corner near Garmisch-Partenkirchen’s pedestrian zone, Mukkefuck doesn’t exactly scream “must-try restaurant.” But after decades of family visits to this Alpine ski town, I’ve ...

Aspen and Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, became Sister Cities on Sept. 23, 1966. This international connection was spearheaded by Gretl Uhl, a Partenkirchen native who moved with her husband, Sepp, ...

Sixty miles southwest of Munich, on the fringe of the Bavarian Alps, lie the twin villages of Garmisch-Partenkirchen. The houses have brightly painted walls. The inns have tiled stoves in the dining ...

GARMISCH, Germany - April 29, 1945, began as another sunny spring day in the bucolic villages of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, a quiet German community near the Austrian border. Sixty-three years ago, as ...