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Nuremberg ( / ˈnjʊərəmbɜːrɡ / NURE-əm-burg; German: Nürnberg [ˈnʏɐ̯nbɛɐ̯k] ⓘ; in the local East Franconian dialect: Nämberch [ˈnɛmbɛrç]) is the largest city in Franconia, the second-largest city in the German state of Bavaria, and its 545,000 inhabitants [3] make it the 14th-largest city in Germany.
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- Kaiserburg
- Documentation Center Nazi Party Rally Grounds
- Nuremberg Trials Memorial
- Germanisches Nationalmuseum
- St. Sebaldus Church
- St. Lorenz Church
- German National Railways Museum
- Albrecht Dürer’s House
- Schöner Brunnen
- City Walls
On the steep sandstone cliffs over the north side of Nuremberg’s Altstadt is a castle that carried real power in the times of the Holy Roman Empire. The imperial courts met here, and every newly elected emperor was obligated by decree to hold his first Imperial Diet at Kaiserburg. The castle keep at the circular Sinwell Tower dates to the 14th cent...
Nuremburg was important to the National Socialist regime because of its status in the Holy Roman Empire, and its central location in the German-speaking world. Even before they rose to power in 1933 they had chosen Nuremberg for their annual mass propaganda rallies. During the 30s they went about building a congress hall, one element of an unrealis...
Courtroom 600 at the Justizpalast, where high-ranking Nazis were brought to justice between 1945 and 1949, is a still a working courtroom. It can be tricky to visit during the week unless you come between sessions. The best time of all is Saturdays, out of session, when English speakers can take a sobering audio tour of a room that resonates with h...
The Germanic National Museum is a sort of treasury for the German speaking world, mapping its cultural past with over 25,000 exhibits. The galleries are in a complex partly made up of the Nuremberg Charterhouse, and are endowed with art going back to the medieval period, as well as decorative items, toys, armour, books, scientific instruments, clot...
Looking at it from the north side you can tell how St. Sebaldus Church is in two halves. The west side, including the naves and towers is Romanesque and early Gothic, from the 13th century. The east side made up of the hall chancel is Late Gothic and was built around 100 years later. The 8th-century Saint Sebald is Nuremburg’s patron saint, and in ...
Like St. Sebaldus, this church, which was started in the 13th century was later given a hall chancel. That eastern section went up during the 15th century and is in the German Late Gothic style known as “Sondergotik”. St Lorenz Church was one of the first to become Lutheran, converting in 1525. But fortunately for us, it escaped the iconoclasm of t...
Nuremberg was the scene of the first German railway, the Bavarian Ludwigsbahn which ran from here to Fürth close by. So it makes sense that the city should have the national museum on this topic. The attraction is also the oldest in the country and opened as the Bavarian Railway Museum in 1899. Some of the many captivating exhibits are sections fro...
Arguably Germany’s greatest painter lived and worked at this timber framed townhouse in Nuremberg from 1509 to his death in 1528. As a historical document Albrecht Dürer’s House is unrivalled, as there are no other examples of a 15th-century artist’s house in Europe. The building suffered some damage in the war but was soon restored and the reopeni...
One of the wonders of medieval Nuremberg is a 19-metre Gothic fountain on the edge of the main market square. The fountain was crafted in 1385-1396 and was the work of architect and stonemason Heinrich Beheim. It was designed like a Gothic church spire and has forty polychrome figures on four levels, all evoking the “worldview” of the Holy Roman Em...
In the long history of Nuremberg’s fortifications, the city was only ever captured once: In 1945 by the Americans. These walls were first put up in the 1000s and got their current, streamlined appearance when they were modified for canons in the 1500s. Some four kilometres of the Medieval walls are still standing, and they incorporate the castle to...
Nuremberg offers a rich and diverse experience of German history, from the medieval castle to the Nazi rally grounds and the war crimes trials. Explore the city's museums, churches, fountains, sausages and Christmas market.
May 4, 2024 · Nurnberg, city, Bavaria state, southern Germany. Bavaria’s second largest city (after Munich), Nurnberg is located on the Pegnitz River where it emerges from the uplands of Franconia. The city was first mentioned in 1050 in official records as Noremberg, but it had its origin in a castle built about 10 years earlier.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Dec 7, 2020 · Discover the history, culture and attractions of Nuremberg, a 950-year old city in Bavaria. Explore the medieval castle, the Nazi rally grounds, the Albrecht Dürer house and more.
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