Postcrad from Nuremberg...

As I promised you, I'm sending you my photo-note postcard from beautiful and 'old' city, Nuremberg.

 

Nuremberg [Nürnberg] is a city in the German state of Bavaria, in the administrative region of Middle Franconia. Situated on the Pegnitz river and the Rhine–Main–Danube Canal, it is located about 170 kilometres north of Munich and is Franconia's largest city.

The name Nuremberg is pronounced Noor-em-berg - German Nürnberg as Nuhrn-bayrk.

In the centre of the city, on the bank of the river Pegnitz, stands the Hospital of the Holy Spirit [Heilig-Geist-Spital]. Founded in 1332, this is one of the largest hospitals of the Middle Ages. Lepers were kept here at some distance from the other patients. It now houses elderly persons and a restaurant.

Heilig-Geist-Spital (English: Hospice of the Holy Spirit)

Neues Museum Nürnberg is a museum for modern and contemporary art and design in Nuremberg, Germany. It was opened in April 2000.

Neues Museum Nürnberg

Hauptmarkt, which provides a picturesque setting and famous market for gingerbread. Nuremberg's star attraction is the Gothic Schöner Brunnen (Beautiful Fountain). The unchanged Renaissance bridge Fleischbrücke crosses the Pegnitz nearby.

 

 

Hauptmarkt

Nuremberg Castle [Nürnberger Burg] is a historical building on a sandstone rock in the north of the historical city of Nuremberg. It comprises three sections: the imperial castle [Kaiserburg], some buildings of the Burgraves of Nuremberg [Burggrafenburg], and the municipal buildings of the Imperial City at the eastern site [Reichsstädtische Bauten] - the three castles that tower over the city including central burgraves' castle, with Free Reich's buildings to the east, the Imperial castle to the west.

 St. Sebaldus Church [St. Sebald, Sebalduskirche] is a medieval church in Nuremberg, Germany. Along with Frauenkirche (Our Lady's Church) and St. Lorenz, it is one of the most important churches of the city, and also one of the oldest. It is located at the Albrecht-Dürer-Platz, in front of the old city hall. It takes its name from Sebaldus, an 8th century hermit and missionary and patron saint of Nuremberg. It has been a Lutheran parish church since the Reformation.

 St. Sebaldus Church

 Nuremberg's star attraction is the Gothic Schöner Brunnen [Beautiful Fountain] which was erected around 1385 but subsequently replaced with a replica (the original fountain is kept in the Germanisches Nationalmuseum).

Schöner Brunnen [Beautiful Fountain]

Nuremberg is known for Nürnberger Bratwurst, which is shorter and thinner than other bratwurst sausages. Another Nuremberg speciality is Nürnberger Lebkuchen, a kind of ginger bread eaten mainly around Christmas time.

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I hope you like my short note about Nuremberg, and maybe you got to like this city just like I.