Rothenburg: A typical street with families still living in these homes.

These houses are called half-timber houses because the top floors are built of exposed wooden framing with thick wattle and dub (clay, sand and horsehair) in between. The cobbled streets are built to direct water downwards.

Around Every Corner

November 1st 2014
Just when you think historical beauty couldn't get any better, you round another corner and that beauty goes up yet another notch. And so it was with Rothenburg. Please google it and see for yourself - it's a medieval city built inside a fully in-tack stone fortification wall. Like many other German cities, it suffered from Allied bombing but where necessary it has been rebuilt, and is now a livin ... read more

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As Europe's largest economy and most populous nation, Germany remains a key member of the continent's economic, political, and defense organizations. European power struggles immersed Germany in two devastating World Wars in the first half of the 20t... ... read more

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