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    Rothenburg ob der Tauber

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    Rothenburg ob der Tauber

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    Rothenburg ob der Tauber owes its distinguishing name to its location above the Tauber.

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    Rothenburg ob der Tauber owes its distinguishing name to its location above the Tauber. The city, with its approximately 11,000 inhabitants, is still surrounded by a 3360-meter-long town wall, whose course dates back to the early 14th century. At Plönlein, a fork in the road lined with half-timbered houses, you look upon Sieberstor and Kobolzellertor.In the market square, the historic clock of the Ratstrinkstube from 1466 displays the scene of the legendary Meistertrunk; from the Town Hall Tower, the view extends 60 meters high over the rooftops. In the Gothic Church of St. Jakob stands Tilman Riemenschneider's Holy Blood Altar. Rothenburg is located on the Romantic Road between Würzburg and Füssen.

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    Plönlein
    Historic Landmark

    1Plönlein

    The small square at a road fork, with half-timbered houses and a fountain, formerly served as a fish stacking place. From here you look onto Sieberstor and Kobolzellertor.
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    Market Square with Town Hall and Council Tavern
    Historic Landmark

    2Market Square with Town Hall and Council Tavern

    The older part of the Town Hall dates back to the 13th century, the Renaissance wing from 1572 to 1578. Over 220 steps take you to the tower's viewing platform 60 meters up. At the 1466 Council Drinking Room, the art clock plays the scene of the Meistertrunk on the hour from 11 AM to 3 PM and from 8 PM to 10 PM.
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    St. Jacob
    Church

    3St. Jacob

    The Gothic basilica was built between 1311 and 1484 and is the city's largest church. Its most famous work is the Holy Blood Altar by Tilman Riemenschneider.
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    Medieval Crime Museum
    Museum

    4Medieval Crime Museum

    The museum is considered Germany's most significant legal history museum. It displays torture and execution instruments, legal documents, and artworks from approximately 1000 years of legal history.
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    City Wall
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    5City Wall

    The city wall surrounds the Old Town for 3,360 meters, and its course dates back to the early 14th century when the hospital quarter was included.
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    Restaurants in Rothenburg ob der Tauber

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    To Hell

    Hearty German cuisine in a historic house with natural stone walls and wooden beams.
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    Restaurante Michelangelo

    Elegant Italian restaurant near the city wall, serving pasta, pizza, grilled fish and meat.
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    Ivy's Deli

    Café and deli on Spitalgasse with breakfast, brunch, and burgers.
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    Franken

    Franken

    Nuremberg is Bavaria's second-largest city. Perched on a sandstone ridge above the Old Town is the Kaiserburg (Imperial Castle), where all emperors and kings of the Holy Roman Empire temporarily resided between 1105 and 1571. The Germanisches Nationalmuseum (German National Museum) is considered the largest cultural history museum in the German-speaking world.In Bamberg, the Old Town has been a UNESCO World Heritage site since 1993, and in Würzburg, Balthasar Neumann's Residenz (Residence) with its Court Garden since 1981. The Romantic Road, founded in 1950 as Germany's first scenic route, leads from Würzburg via Rothenburg ob der Tauber, with its 3,360-meter-long city wall, all the way to Füssen.
    Würzburg

    Würzburg

    Würzburg lies in the Maindreieck region and has a population of around 128,000. The Residence of the Prince-Bishops, built from 1720 according to plans by Balthasar Neumann, has been a UNESCO World Heritage site since 1981, including its Court Garden and Residence Square. The approximately 580-square-meter ceiling fresco by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo stretches above its staircase.The Old Main Bridge, with its twelve statues of saints, has been closed to cars since 1990 and leads over to Marienberg Fortress, which towers approximately 100 meters above the Main river. The city is the center of a renowned wine region; three of Germany's fifteen largest wineries are located here.
    Nuremberg

    Nuremberg

    Nuremberg is Bavaria's second-largest city, with over 520,000 inhabitants. The Pegnitz divides the almost entirely walled Old Town into the Sebalder and Lorenzer sides. On the northern edge, the Imperial Castle stands, where all emperors and kings of the Holy Roman Empire temporarily resided between 1105 and 1571. Albrecht Dürer lived from 1509 until his death in 1528 in his house at the Tiergärtnertor.The city also confronts its dark history: a Documentation Center is located on the former Nazi Party Rally Grounds, and the Nuremberg Trials began in the Palace of Justice in November 1945. The Germanisches Nationalmuseum is considered the largest cultural history museum in the German-speaking world, and during Advent, the Christkindlesmarkt draws visitors.
    Bamberg

    Bamberg

    Bamberg an der Regnitz hat rund 80.000 Einwohner, seine Altstadt ist seit 1993 UNESCO-Welterbe. Weil sie sich über sieben Hügel verteilt, nennt man Bamberg auch das „Fränkische Rom“. Auf dem Domberg steht der viertürmige Kaiserdom, der 1237 geweiht wurde und das einzige Papstgrab Deutschlands birgt.Mitten im linken Regnitzarm sitzt das Alte Rathaus mit seinen bemalten Fassaden, auf der Regnitzinsel reihen sich in Klein-Venedig Fischerhäuser aus dem 17. Jahrhundert mit langen Holzbalkonen. Berühmt ist Bamberg für sein Rauchbier, etwa das Aecht Schlenkerla, dessen Malz über Buchenholz gedarrt wird.
    Heidelberg & Neckar

    Heidelberg & Neckar

    The Neckar links two distinct cities in Baden-Württemberg: Stuttgart, the state capital in its valley location, with the river flowing through its northeast, and Heidelberg, where it exits the Odenwald into the Upper Rhine Plain. Heidelberg's castle ruin above the old town attracts, according to its administration, around a million guests annually.Here, experience the romance of Germany's oldest university city, alongside car city Stuttgart with its Mercedes-Benz and Porsche museums. Stuttgart's vineyards reach right into the city centre, and Wilhelma in Bad Cannstatt ranks among Germany's most visited zoos.