Because Brev usually has Sundays off, that’s when our day trips typically happen. A couple Sundays ago we visited Rothenburg ob der Tauber.
Rothenburg is one of the cities on Germany’s famous Romantic Road and one of three towns in Germany with its entire city walls still intact.
Rothenburg is so charming! It has many of the colorful buildings that Bavaria (a southern German state) is known for.
During WWII, the city was attacked by the allies. After the initial attack, the US assistant Secretary of War ordered the soldiers to not use artillery when taking the city. Instead, soldiers marched in and asked the city to surrender to preserve Rothenburg.
Facts
- Rothenburg was a Free Imperial City of the Holy Roman Empire from 1274 to 1803
- Rothenburg was the epitome of the German “hometown” for the Nazi ideologists
- About 32% of the town had to be rebuilt following the bombings in WWII
- The staple pastry of Rotheburg is the Schneeball, a deep friend dough ball covered in confectioner’s sugar or chocolate
- Pope Francis studied German in Rothenburg in 1986
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