Imperial City Museum

Cloister of the Imperial City Museum

Founded in 1258 as a dominican nunnery convent by the Imperial master cook Lupold of Nordenberg, the impressing building houses today the Imperial City Museum and the municipal collections as well as the possessions of the Verein Alt-Rothenburg and a famous weapon collection. Most important exhibits are the "Rothenburg Passion" (1494), romanesque, gothic and baroque sculptures, romantic paintings, a jewish section and hundreds of other objects illustrating the city history.

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address:	Klosterhof
tel:	+49 9861 - 93 90 43
openings:	9.30 a.m. - 5.30.p.m., winter 1 p.m. - 4 p.m.
url:	www.reichsstadtmuseum.rothenburg.de

St. Wolfgang's Church

Nice old church. Do not miss the pagan altars in the cellar.

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Medieval Crime Museum

On 4 floors, about 2000 square-meters, and in more than 130 glass-cases the museum gives you a unique and complete glance at more than thousand years of legal history. It shows the development of jurisprudence and state and constitutional law. Their prime interest are civil degradation penalties and police laws, which are very revealing with respect to the notions, laws, customs and cultures of our forefathers.

Additionally, these exhibits include instruments of torture, items used in the execution of sentences, costly books, graphic arts, documents of emperors, princes, more..

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address:	Burggasse
tel:	+49 9861 - 53 59

Doll and Toy Museum

A house build in the 15th century houses the Rothenburg Toy Museum, where they exhibit old puppets, dolls and tin toys.

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address:	Hofbronnengasse 13
tel:	+49 9861 - 73 30

Town Hall and Market Square

The town hall and its vaults Mark's Tower and Röder Arch are a must see. You will probably recognize them since they are on every "visit germany" poster. The Gothic town-hall with it's Imperial Hall and the tower (200 ft) dates from the period between 1250 and 1400. The front part, in Renaissance style, was built between 1572 and 1578, the arches were added in 1681. The electoral emblem can be seen at the front. The buildings are connected by a courtyard (note the remarkable Renaissance portal). Here and on the "Green Market" behind the townhall, the traditional Rothenburg more..

The Castle Garden

Here the former Imperial castle stood - built in 1142 and destroyed by an earthquake in 1356. The town was built at the front of the castle by servants and craftsmen who settled there, and has been a Free Imperial City since 1274. Up to the beginning of the 15th century it had developed into a respected City State extending over 155 sq. miles, 167 villages with a population of 20,000. In 1803 the town lost its imperial freedom and was joined to Bavaria - half of its land was given to Württemburg.

St. Jakob church

Inside this most famous church of Rothenburg (14th century) is the "Heilig-Blut-Altar" (Holy Blood Altar) of Tilman Riemenschneider the unique jewel. Worth seeing are also the "Zwölfbotenaltar" of Friedrich Herlin and the glass windows of the eastern choir.

German Christmas Museum