Rothenburg ob der Tauber

On our recent family holiday, we drove down from Frankfurt to Rothenburg ob der Tauber. Rothenburg is in northern Bavaria, and has a particularly well preserved medieval old town, and of interest to this blog, has its original walls.  These survived the end stages of the war due to an understanding on both sides of the historical value of the town.

We were not in town very long, but we did manage to see the town center, St. James, and walked a bit of the wall before we had to hurry on our way. I must say that I really wanted to work on a 10mm castle after seeing this town!

 Here are a few picture highlights for your Saturday perusal:

Pedestrian Gateway.  Check out that stone work, not as regular as you might think from looking at models.

St. James' doorway with inset smaller door

Narrow streets

Altar cover in St. James'.  Interesting for the costumes depicted aside from its beauty

Tower over the gate

Gun loop in the wall

Some lovely tile texture ideas here

Wall walk

This view of the wall shows how it has changed over the years, and that it probably had a fighting platform previously.

Wall with fall ivy

Cobblestones around an old well

I have some more of these if there is interest in any of the particular subjects.

 

Upcoming: faux-castles, a fortress, and the Heeresgeschichtliches Museum.