Saturday the 27Th we drove The Romantic Road, from Würzburg to Rothenburg ob der Tauber. The Romantic Road was an idea by German travel agents to generate travel in the area after WW11.
Using the trusty GPS, we drove in the trusty Peugeot from Ladenburg to Würzburg to start our tour of the Romantic Road area. The drive to Würzburg through the back roads was wonderful, quiet German towns, cleaning their yards for spring, with everything bright green and flowers in bloom! Lovely!
The city of Würzburg is quite a treasure. The city was founded in the 400AD era. With each war, as the area grew, and with change of kings , the fortunes of the city grew because of the agricultural area and forest products being shipped on the river.
In the early 1600s, the largest witch trials were held here with over 900 women burned at the stack by some accounts!
The city was completely destroyed in WW11, by bombers, the city was completely rebuilt in the next 20 years, mainly by women as the men were mostly dead.
It’s now a lovely city, with lots of great sights to see and easy access. Not to many tourists, so it was nice to hear mainly German spoken.We enjoyed a picnic in the Residences Park watching several weddings couples have pictures taken.
Highly recommend!
Rothenburg ob der Tauber is an intact walled city built in 900 timeframe. The castle was built in 1000 , high above the city, it was destroyed by an earthquake 200 years later. Over 5500 people lived inside the walls at one time.
In 1634 the bubonic plague basically wiped out the city, leaving it mainly empty for years, and preserving the walled city for years.
In the 1800s it was rediscovered as a tourist area and remained so until it became the Nazi model city in the 1930-40’s. It was mainly spared in WW11 and now is a reminder of German life in the past.
It’s a very lovely town that looks like it’s from Disney it’s so perfect. It’s a fun place to visit as people still live in all the buildings.
Cindy’s doing a wonderful job planning our trip, I highly recommend her services 😎
Today, a day off than Strasbourg tomorrow!
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Have a great time. The towns all look similar but the bakeries look different. I’d eat my way across Europe.
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We are doing our best !
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