21-22 Jun 2017
We arrived in Nuremberg in time for some evening sights, and more pub and grub.
We arrived in Nuremberg in time for some evening sights, and more pub and grub.
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Another local beer. I-Phone screenshot - or, how not to get lost walking in a strange city, while not holding a paper map and looking like a tourist (hmmm, I think there's no not looking like a tourist most of the time).
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The next morning we took the metro train to the south to see some historical sights.
Because of the city's relevance to the Holy Roman Empire and its position in the center of Germany, the Nazi Party chose the city to be the site of huge Nazi Party conventions — the Nuremberg rallies.
The Documentation Center Nazi Party Rallying Grounds is a museum in the north wing of the unfinished remains of the Congress Hall of the former Nazi party rallies. The permanent exhibition "Fascination and Terror" is concerned with the causes, connections, and consequences of Nazi Germany.
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Courtesy: Nicohofmann
The Nazi party rally grounds covered about 11 square kilometers in the southeast of Nuremberg. Six Nazi party rallies were held there between 1933 and 1938.
Wide view shot taken from the web:
Courtesy: Stefan Wagner
The U.S. Army blew the swastika installation from the top of the Zeppelintribüne on 25 April 1945.
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Remnants of the party rally grounds still exist throughout the space, but the area today is largely used for sporting events - see here the setting up (or taking down?) of an auto racing circuit:
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A very convenient public restroom - really a rarity in most tourist's travels we've experienced - Tim made excellent use of this particular one for final processing of German cuisine.
Now off to see some much older history of Nuremberg, into the evening.
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We toured the part of Nuremberg where:
Christkindlesmarkt is a Christmas market that is held annually during Advent in the Hauptmarkt, the central square in Nuremberg’s old town, and in adjoining squares and streets. With about two million visitors a year the Nürnberger Christkindlesmarkt is one of the largest Christmas markets in Germany and one of the most famous in the world.
Christkindlesmarkt is a Christmas market that is held annually during Advent in the Hauptmarkt, the central square in Nuremberg’s old town, and in adjoining squares and streets. With about two million visitors a year the Nürnberger Christkindlesmarkt is one of the largest Christmas markets in Germany and one of the most famous in the world.
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 |  Lots of architecture here reminding us of the recreations in the U.S. in numerous towns that try to imitate it - no imitations here. Some very old - some lost to the 20th century and then rebuilt. |
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Nuremberg is known for Nürnberger Bratwurst (grilled sausage), which is shorter and thinner than other bratwurst sausages.
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"Post-Script" - On departure we did a drive by the city's courthouse, the site of:
The Nuremberg Trials were a series of military tribunals held by the Allied forces under international law and the laws of war after World War II. The trials were most notable for the prosecution of prominent members of the political, military, judicial and economic leadership of Nazi Germany, who planned, carried out, or otherwise participated in the Holocaust and other war crimes.
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