Germany's Most Well Preserved Medieval City

After leaving Adam's relatives and Bietigheim-Bissingen, we headed off to Rothenburg. We spent about 4-5 hours touring the city, eating a lunch packed by Adam's Aunt Ani and cousin Lily on the steps of a church, purchased a bunch of ornaments at the most amazing Christmas store I have ever seen, and walked around the wall that used to protect the city.

Now a little history....

"In the middle ages, when Frankfurt and Munich were just wide spots on the the road, Rothenburg was a free imperial city. With a whopping population of 6,000, it was one of Germany's largest. Today it's her best-preserved medieval walled town. During Rothenburg's heyday (1150-1400), it was a stretegic stoop on the trade route between northern and southern europe." - Rick Steve's Germany and Austria 2008



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