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Text © 2015 by Rick Steves. All rights reserved.
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eISBN: 978-1-63121-190-4
ISBN 978-1-63121-189-8
ISSN 1553-6866
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Rick Steves’ Europe
Special Publications Manager: Risa Laib
Managing Editor: Jennifer Madison Davis
Editors: Glenn Eriksen, Tom Griffin, Katherine Gustafson, Suzanne Kotz, Cathy Lu, John Pierce, Carrie Shepherd
Editorial & Production Assistant: Jessica Shaw
Editorial Intern: Chelsea Wing
Researchers: Sandra Hundacker, Robyn Stencil, Gretchen Strauch, Cary Walker
Contributor: Gene Openshaw
Maps & Graphics: David C. Hoerlein, Sandra Hundacker, Lauren Mills, Mary Rostad
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Editor: Jamie Andrade
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Copy Editor: Patrick Collins
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Indexer: Stephen Callahan
Production & Typesetting: Rue Flaherty, Tabitha Lahr, and Jane Musser
Cover Design: Kimberly Glyder Design
Maps & Graphics: Kat Bennett, Mike Morgenfeld
Photo Credits
Front Cover: Neuschwanstein Castle, Bavaria © Richard Price/Getty Images
Title Page: Pretzel Girl, Munich © Dominic Arizona Bonuccelli
Full-page photos: p. xii, Burg Eltz © Dominic Arizona Bonuccelli
Additional Photography: Dominic Arizona Bonuccelli, Ben Cameron, Lisa Friend, Cameron Hewitt, David C. Hoerlein, Sandra Hundacker, Gene Openshaw, Rhonda Pelikan, Rick Steves, Gretchen Strauch, Ragen Van Sewell, Ian Watson, Matt Yglesias, Wikimedia Commons—PD-Art/PD-US. Photos are used by permission and are the property of the original copyright owners.
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