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Meeting point is at the market square in front of the town hall. The cost is 7 Euro for adults, 4 Euro for students, kids under 12 years old are free. There is a tour in German at pm. There is another town in Germany called Rothenburg. Looking out the window of our hotel room. A trail leads downhill from Rothenburg's idyllic castle gardens to a cute, skinny, year-old "castle-ette," the summer home of the town's mayor in the 15th century, Mayor Toppler. While called a castle, the floor plan is more like a four-story tree house.
It's intimately furnished and, if you can manage to arrange a visit, well worth a look. From the mayor's getaway, the trail continues downstream along the trout-filled Tauber River to the sleepy village of Detwang. It is actually older than Rothenburg and has a church with another impressive Riemenschneider altarpiece. To see more of the rural countryside old mills, apple trees, and chickens , rent a bike for a breezy half-day pedal around the river valley.
To avoid the hordes of Rothenburg's day-trippers, I like to spend the night. While 2. Rothenburg is mine after dark. In the deserted moonlit streets, the sounds of the Thirty Years' War still echo through turrets and clock towers.
Well before the sun sets, climb the Town Hall tower to enjoy the best view of the town and surrounding countryside. For more views, walk the wall that surrounds the old town.
In medieval times the 42 towers and numerous gates of the city walls protected the town from invaders and provided excellent lookout points beyond the town. The views from the west side of the Rothenburg wall at Kobolzell Gate Kobolzelltor overlook the beautiful Tauber Valley.
It was badly damaged in an Allied air raid in but was rebuilt soon after the war. A small museum in the tower open daily from March to October and December documents the destruction with aerial photographs from the time. Walking along the city walls helps you to appreciate what life must have been like in the Middle Ages. We joined the one hour tour, which operates each evening from mid-March to early January, and thoroughly enjoyed it. With his entertaining style, the Nightwatchman had everyone in fits of laughter as he regaled us with stories from the past and this is definitely one of the most fun things to do in Rothenburg, Germany.
Wait at the front of the Town Hall in Marktplatz for the Nightwatchman to appear! Whilst the Rothenburg Castle no longer exists — it is thought that an earthquake in Switzerland destroyed the castle in — a garden now sits on the site of the Hohenstaufen imperial castle. The park is designed in the style of an English garden and offers some of the most spectacular views of both the Old Town and the Tauber Valley.
The tranquil Castle garden offers a peaceful place to relax and take in the views over the town. Another of the popular Rothenburg attractions is the Medieval Crime Museum Mittelalterliches Kriminalmuseum which explores the history of crime and punishment from the late Middle Ages to the 19th-century.
On display are a collection of historical documents and photographs along with various tools used in medieval times for torture and punishment, masks of disgrace that gossips were forced to wear, chastity belts and more. Military equipment including uniforms, weapons, guns and flags are on display.
Every street in Rothenburg ob der Tauber is lined with brightly painted houses. It was worth putting aside my fear of heights to get this great view of the Rothenburg rooftops from City Tower. Rothenburg ob der Tauber is located in the German state of Bavaria. It sits at the crossroads of the Romantic Road and the Castle Road, 67 kilometres south of Wurzburg and kilometres north of Munich. You can read my tips for driving these scenic routes here:.
Arriving by car is the most popular and convenient way to reach Rothenburg ob der Tauber. Use the following distances and travel times to help plan your trip:. Nowadays Rothenburg - situated in Western Franconia, passed by the motorway A 7 - is one of the most visited towns in Europe.
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