Small Germany and Dashbashi canyon

Two hundred years ago, Germans emigrated to the South Caucasus. Settling in villages like Asureti (formerly Elisabethtal) in Georgia, they became quite wealthy. In 1941, the Germans were deported to Central Asia and Georgians were resettled in the empty villages. In Asureti there still exist numerous impressive, albeit poorly conserved half-timbered houses that are a witness to this history.