Nuremberg – A Pretty Place Despite the Dark History

Nuremberg

Nuremberg today struggles to be seen for more than it’s past of the Nazi rallies and the Nuremberg trials. Nevertheless, a visit to Nuremberg would be remiss without a visit to these sites. The visit to the Nuremberg Trials Museum was very sad. The video evidence presented at the trials is damning, disgusting and deeply disturbing. The saddest thing is that it wasn’t the first time, and it hasn’t been the last time for genocide and mass cruelty to take place. We humans, don’t learn.

On a brighter note, the famous local specialty in Nuremberg are it’s teeny, tiny sausages flavoured with marjoram and other spices. To be called a Nuremberg sausage, it must use the same recipe that has been handed down from the 1300s, be made locally in Nuremberg and be no longer than 9cm. Supposedly, the sausage was made so small so that tavern owners could continue selling food even during closed hours by passing these through the key hole. Another story was about how prisoners in the dungeons could be fed by passing these sausages through small holes in the wall. These are served in many of the restaurants in Nuremberg or on the street where you can ask for them served “Drei im Weggla” , three in a bun. We had ours in a crusty bun with mustard and sauerkraut.

Nuremberg
Nuremberg
Nuremberg
Knight slaying dragon
Knight slaying dragon
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St Lawrence holding a grill. St Lawrence is the patron saint of cooks and more specifically grilling. This is because he was roasted to death upon a grill himself. Someone has a sick sense of humour!
The Beautiful Fountain (Schöner Brunnen)
Imperial Castle of Nuremberg (Kaiserburg Nürnberg)
Imperial Castle of Nuremberg (Kaiserburg Nürnberg)
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Nuremberg City Wall
Ship of Fools Sculpture
Große Straße – This long square was almost 2 kilometres long and 40 metres wide. It was intended to be a parade road for the Wehrmacht and the central axis of the Nazi Party Rally Grounds
Documentation Center Nazi Party Rally Grounds
Zeppelinfeld – Monolithic grandstand by Albert Speer, formerly the site of the infamous Nuremburg rallies.
Nuremberg Trials Museum
Ehekarussell (Hans Sachs-Brunnen – Ehekarussell) – Controversial fountain with ring of statues portraying Hans Sachs’ poem ‘Bitter-sweet Married Life’. Yes, that is sculpture of one skeletal spouse choking to death the other spouse, all on a giant striped iguana!

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