Rothenburg ob der Tauber Germany

A look at the famous medieval town that went unscathed during WWII's bombings, so it is an excellent representation of how towns looked a millenium ago. Notable for it's beautiful architecture and cobblestone streets, Rothenburg is a very popular tourist attraction. The walls remain intact around the town, and a walk through the length of the place can be done in 15 minutes, but it takes much longer to take in all of the sights. Quaint and picturesque, Rothenburg is a must see for any visitor to Germany. Video shot in HD in 2007.

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• Rothenburg
• Germany
• medieval
• town
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• tourism
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[px334]

Just one thing interferes with the beautiful views. Why there are so many private cars on these old streets, inside the city walls? Is it really impossible to get rid of them in this historical place?

[bthemedia]

Actually it did _not_ go unscathed during WWII - 40% of it was lost.

wikipedia: Bombing_of_Rothenburg_in_World­_War_II

It went unscathed of modern development because it was abandoned and "sleeping" for so many years after the terrible Thirty Years War, so from the 1630s to the early 1900s when artists romanticized it's ruins and turned it into a tourist sight for the world to see and help fund it's rebuilding.

[whitterzz]

@cossack123321 Moonlight Sonata by Beethoven. :)

[laurids2007]

@cossack123321: Beethoven's 'Moon Sonate'.

[cossack123321]

what song is this

[fhqwoensel]

deutschland ich liebe dich

[MusicandMore2009]

Meine Freundin und ich waren am WE das erste mal in Rothenburg ob der Tauber. Wir haben im Prinzenhotel direkt an der Stadtmauer übernachtet.

Wirklich eine wunderschöne Stadt die zum Träumen einläd !

5***** Für dieses Video hier und die aus meiner Sicht mit der Mondscheinsonate passende musikalische Untermalung :-)

[fullsorrow]

we visited there on vacation..what a beautiful city..sights unbelieveable..i must go again

[HingerlAlois]

Unscathed isn't really 100% correct, the eastern part of the old town was destroyed by an air raid of the USAAF on March 31 1945, resulting in the destruction of ~40% of the old town's buildings.

If you watch for example at 0:12 you can see stones with the names of donators written on em, the part of the city wall where you find those stones was reconstructed after WW2.

But yes the main sights in the western part of the old town etc. survived the war undamaged.

[Drecksbursche]

Einer der schönsten Mittelalterlichen Städte Deutschlans