Excursión de un día a Rothenburg ob der Tauber - Excursión privada de un día completo

If you want a getaway from Frankfurt, Rothenburg ob der Tauber is perhaps the most romantic place to go. It is considered by many as the perfect German fairy tale town. As a Free Imperial City from the 13th century onwards, it was one of the most important city states of the Middle Ages. Learn all about the famous story of the "Master draught".

Admire the Town Hall Tower and listen to that story and its outcome. Don’t miss the Master-Builder's House, one of the “loveliest renaissance houses in Rothenburg”. Pass the famous Plönlein, famous for its beauty and presence in many iconic Hollywood movies. Pass the Church of St. James, with its ”The Last Supper” masterpiece of Tilman Riemenschneider, the only protestant church with a roman-catholic relic in Germany.

You will learn about:

• Life in the medieval Rothenburg as a free imperial city

• How Bürgermeister Heinrich Toppler transformed this town into one of the most important cities in the area

• Very strict urban conservation orders from Rothenburg

• Story of the Town Hall and its tower

• Master-Builder's House with its stone sculptures with the seven virtues and seven deadly sins

• How Walt Disney’s “Pinocchio” was influenced by sketches of Rothenburg ob der Tauber

• "Master draught" story

You will see:

• Market Square

• Town Hall Tower

• Baumeisterhaus (Master-Builder's House)

• Marienapotheke (St. Mary's Pharmacy)

• Medieval Crime and Punishment Museum

• Plönlein, considered to be one of the most photographed spots in Germany

• Town Wall

• Church of St. James