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| St. Nicholas in Christmas Museum |
Rothenburg with
its medieval walls was established in 1070 amid numerous trade routes. The 30 years’
war left the town with no money, so they never modernized their buildings,
leaving the interior of the city from the Middle Ages. A wall surrounds the
town with many of the original fire towers. We walked along a portion of the
wall, stopping at the Fortress Church, which is part of the wall. Then on to St. Jacob’s Church, in English, St
James. We reached the central square where the clock, commemorates how the
mayor saved the town from Captain Tilly. He made a wager that he could drink an
entire gallon of wine in one continuous swallow. The highlight of the tour was
Kathe Wohlfahrt's Christmas Museum and store. She got her start when a US
soldier wanted a Christmas decoration to bring back for his girlfriend. She
picked up 12 wholesale and found that she quickly sold all 12.
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| Holy Blood Altarpiece |
After lunch, we returned to St. James to see the Holy Blood
Altarpiece and a monumental altarpiece by Friedrich Herlin. Then on to the
Castle gardens and down through the gate on the other side to find the oldest
house in town.
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| Castle Gardens |
In the afternoon, we returned to our ship, docked in Wurzburg, the start of
Germany’s wine country. The tradition is to have a glass of wine on the Old
Main Bridge. We walked into town to see the townhall with its pictures from
March 1945 where 90% of the town was destroyed in 17 minutes by British
bombers. We continued on to Mary’s chapel with it’s interesting depiction of
the Annunciation (a baby climbing down from God to Mary’s ear) and the Wurzburg
Cathedral.
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| The Annunciation |
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