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Dark skies of Germany.

24 sky guides in Germany, out of 96 places we know there.

2Bortle79mountainGroßer ArberGermanyGermany21.74 mag/arcsec² · Feb–Mar, Sep–Oct3Bortle76International Dark Sky ParkWinklmoos-AlmGermanyGermany21.66 mag/arcsec² · Sep–Jan2Bortle76islandAmrumGermanyGermany21.76 mag/arcsec² · Mar, Sep–Nov2Bortle76islandFöhrGermanyGermany21.74 mag/arcsec² · Mar, Sep–Nov3Bortle76lakeMüritzGermanyGermany21.65 mag/arcsec² · Sep–Nov3Bortle75astronomical observatorySonneberg ObservatoryGermanyGermany21.58 mag/arcsec² · Sep–Oct3Bortle74International Dark Sky ReserveRhön Biosphere ReserveGermanyGermany21.57 mag/arcsec² · Sep–Oct3Bortle74canyonBreitachklammGermanyGermany21.59 mag/arcsec² · Sep–Jan3Bortle74International Dark Sky ReserveWesthavelland Nature ParkGermanyGermany21.52 mag/arcsec² · Sep–Nov3Bortle73islandSyltGermanyGermany21.51 mag/arcsec² · Mar, Oct–Jan3Bortle73volcanoVogelsbergGermanyGermany21.49 mag/arcsec² · Mar, Sep–Oct3Bortle71astronomical observatoryKarl Schwarzschild ObservatoryGermanyGermany21.34 mag/arcsec² · Sep–Dec3Bortle71astronomical observatoryHoher List ObservatoryGermanyGermany21.29 mag/arcsec² · Jan–Mar, Sep–Oct3Bortle70astronomical observatoryDrebach ObservatoryGermanyGermany21.28 mag/arcsec² · Sep–Oct4Bortle66International Dark Sky ParkEifel National ParkGermanyGermany20.98 mag/arcsec² · Jan–Mar, Sep–Oct5Bortle57astronomical observatoryStarkenburg ObservatoryGermanyGermany20.28 mag/arcsec² · Feb–Mar, Sep–Oct5Bortle54astronomical observatoryHeidelberg-Königstuhl State ObservatoryGermanyGermany20.04 mag/arcsec² · Feb–Mar, Sep–Oct5Bortle50astronomical observatoryHamburg-Bergedorf ObservatoryGermanyGermany19.80 mag/arcsec² · Feb–Mar, Sep–Nov6Bortle43astronomical observatoryAstronomical Calculation InstituteGermanyGermany19.29 mag/arcsec² · Feb–Mar, Sep–Oct6Bortle40International Dark Sky CommunityFuldaGermanyGermany19.08 mag/arcsec² · Mar, Sep–Oct6Bortle39astronomical observatoryLeibniz Institute for Astrophysics PotsdamGermanyGermany19.00 mag/arcsec² · Sep–Nov7Bortle33astronomical observatoryEinstein TowerGermanyGermany18.54 mag/arcsec² · Sep–Nov9Bortle19astronomical observatoryArchenhold ObservatoryGermanyGermany17.53 mag/arcsec² · Sep–Nov9Bortle19astronomical observatoryBerlin ObservatoryGermanyGermany17.48 mag/arcsec² · Sep–Nov

Other places in Germany

  • GrödeBortle 2
  • Kummerower SeeBortle 3
  • Plauer SeeBortle 3
  • WasserkuppeBortle 3
  • SchaalseeBortle 3
  • DümmerBortle 3
  • BungsbergBortle 3
  • ArendseeBortle 3
  • PellwormBortle 2
  • LangeneßBortle 2
  • HeligolandBortle 2
  • Göttingen ObservatoryBortle 7
  • Zeiss Major PlanetariumBortle 9
  • Hamburg PlanetariumBortle 9
  • Bergisch Gladbach ObservatoryBortle 4
  • Jena ObservatoryBortle 6
  • Stuttgart ObservatoryBortle 8
  • Seeberg ObservatoryBortle 6
  • BacherlochBortle 3
  • EistobelBortle 3
  • Geodetic Observatory WettzellBortle 3
  • Ehrensberg Observatory TraunsteinBortle 3
  • NorderneyBortle 3
  • SpiekeroogBortle 3

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