Rothenburg, Germany

Rothenburg is a really quaint town with many half-timbered buildings. It is a great little town to visit.

The story goes that centuries ago, there were wars between the Catholics and the Protestants. Rothenburg was Protestant. A Catholic duke said he was going to kill everyone in the town unless the town mayor could drink 3 liters of wine. The mayor did and saved the town. This is commemorated every hour at the town hall, but we weren't there over the hour to see it.

Half-timbered building

Nordlingen is known for its Christmas stores. One store had a gigantic nut cracker out front.

Rothenburg had nice gardens with a good view of the town and city wall.

Gate to Gardens

View of Rothenburg from the Gardens

Rothenburg is also known for its Schneeballs, strips of dough in the shape of a ball, fried, and then coated in chocolate, sugar, nuts, etc. We had a chocolate Schneeball with whipped cream and warm Apfel (apple) Strudel with ice cream.

Chocolate Schneeball and Apfel Strudel

Assorted types of Schneeballs