Wurzburg is a historic college town originally settled in the 700's.  By the 1400's the city university was established and many baroque artifacts and buildings were in place by the 1600's.  Wurzburg was also a seat of psychology in the western world for many years.  My contribution is based on my fascination with the Allied bombing raid of 16 March 1945.  My mother was a 16-year old girl when 226 Allied bombers unloaded 10's of thousands of incendiary bombs in one night and killed over 6000 of my mom's neighbors and instantly displaced 90,000 people.  My mother told me that she and my grandmother ran from their apartment carrying only an old accordion while the city was under siege from the air.  She said that when the wine casks in one of the churches exploded the streets were ankle-deep in wine and everything was on fire.  It must have been surreal.  My mother suffered a shrapnel wound to her knee; the scar she still carries to this day.  Wurzburg was not a military target, but it was later admitted by the British that bombing non-military german targets had the overall effect of terror that would carry the message to at least three generations of remaining german descendants.  The bomber pilots and crews were instructed that Wurzburg was "communication" center and needed to be bombed.  The only actual military target was a power switching station.  The city was, in effect, needlessly destroyed, and many historical artifacts and structures from the 1600's and earlier were completely and instantly vaproized.  My mom still cries when she recalls the event, and remembers the "hell on earth" scenes that must fill her mind.  I cannot imagine what it must have been like to have almost 300 aircraft overhead for 20 minutes raining death and destruction on such a beautiful city.