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Schönste Altstadt Deutschlands (FOCUS)Dinkelsbühl
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Accommodation & informationTourist ServiceAltrathausplatz 14D-91550 DinkelsbühlTel.:+49 (0) 9851 902 440Fax: +49 (0) 9851 902 419touristik.service@dinkelsbuehl.dewww.tourismus-dinkelsbuehl.de
DinkelsbühlSchönste Altstadt Deutschlands (FOCUS)
around
730: The settlement is thought to go back to a Franconian royal
court.th
10
century: Fortifications with mound and moat at the intersection of
two important trading routes.
1188 First mentioned in a deed as “burgus Tinkelspuhel” when
Emperor Friedrich I Barbarossa made a gift of the town.
1274 Dinkelsbühl is mentioned in a list of imperial towns
subject only the Emperor and granted significant privileges in
following years.
1323 The city is given a cloth measuring privilege. Trade in woollen
cloth and the blacksmith’s craft are the keystones of its
economic wealth.
1387 The guilds assert equal rights with the patricians on the city
council.
1522 The majority of citizens become Protestant. In 1546 Kaiser
Karl V beats the alliance “Schmalkaldischer Bund”; the
Catholic minority is granted vital rights and St. George‘s
Minster (built 1448 – 1499).
1618 In the Thirty Years War (1618 – 1648), Dinkelsbühl changes
hands eight times. The war years take a heavy toll on the city.
After being taken by the Swedes in 1632, Dinkelsbühl is
spared plundering and destruction. Origin of the historical
festival “Die Kinderzeche”.
1649 Despite the agreement on equality that laid down the equal
rights of the religious denominations, there is no end to the
disputes between the religions.
1802 End of direct imperial rule. In 1806 the city is finally
integrated into Bavaria.
1826 King Ludwig I of Bavaria issues a decree to prevent city walls
and towers from being pulled down.
from
1889: Artists from Berlin and Munich discover motifs for their
paintings in the pictoresque medieval town.
from:
1938 A Jewish community originates anew from 1853 onwards but
ends with the progrom night 1938, after wich all Jewish
citizens leave Dinkelsbühl. Today there are “Stolpersteine” in
front of all the dwellings of Shoah victims.
1945 In World War II, Dinkelsbühl is left unscathed. Since 1985 the
joint venture “Romantische Straße (The Romantic Road)” has
been run from Dinkelsbühl (population: 11,600).
Guided tours of the city for groupsMeeting place by arrangement
Lasts approx. 1-2 hours (visit to the museum may be included)Guided tours in German, English, French, Italian or Spanish
Max. size of group: 30 persons
Guided tours of historical museum “House of History”
Lasts 1 1/2 hoursMax. size of group: 25 persons
Guided tour “Dinkelsbühler Zweigestirn”Guided tour of the city 1 hour
Afterwards welcome by a sutler and trompeter, both in historic
costumes
Evening tour “Dinkelsbühler Dreigestirn”
Guided tour of the illuminated city: lasts 1 hourAfterwards greeting by the night watchman, a sutler and a
trumpeter, all in historic costumes
Historical reception at the town gate
Municipal soldiers guard the locked town gateAfterwards reception by a sutler and a trumpeter, all in historic
costumes
Trip in a horse-drawn carriage
Trip through the town or trip into the surrounding areaMeeting place by arrangement
Season: May – October, otherwise on requestHorse-drawn carriages for 20 persons
Night watchman’s appearance
Special appearance by Dinkelsbühl’s night watchman
Treats and mealsAldermen’s menu, guildsmen’s menu, knights’ feast in historic wine cellar and many more
Guided tour of the city (only in German)Meeting point: St. George‘s MinsterLasts approx. 1 hour
May – Oct. 2.30 p.m. and 8.30 p.m. (daily)Nov. – April 2.30 p.m. (Saturday/Sunday)
Trips in horse-drawn carriagesMeeting point: Schranne
Season: May – October
Round with the Night watchmanMeeting point: St. George‘s Minster
May – October 9 p.m.November – April 9 p.m. (Saturday)
“Schranne”, historic barn with stylish ambiente
Banqueting room (approx. 665 m²)Seating in rows for max. 550Seating at tables for max. 400
Smaller conference room (approx. 216 m²)Seating in rows for max. 180Seating at tables for max. 120
Vaulted cellar (approx. 84 m²)Takes max. 40 persons
All-inclusive offers for accommodation, food & drink, accompanyingprogramme. Reduced prices for stays Monday – Friday
Information & organisation: Tourist Service, Tel.: +49 (0) 9851 902 440
AprilEaster concert given by Dinkelsbühl Boys‘ Band.
The famous Knabenkapelle is made up of about 80 young musicians in historic rococo uniforms who enthral their audiences.
May – September
Sunday concerts in the town parkMay/JuneWhitsun get-together of people from Transylvania
May – AugustFranconian – Swabian civic theatre
Smallest civic theatre in Germany,
Tel.: +49 (0) 9851 902 600 www.landestheater-dinkelsbuehl.deSummer drama festival for adults and children on the romantic
open-air stage in the “Garten am Wehrgang”.Winter programme from September – April
JulyKinderzeche
This colourful spectacle (since 1897) is one of the oldest historicfestivals in Germany. Info: www.kinderzeche.de
September
Historic town festival: “Life in an old town”
Historic market and traditional crafts in the alleyways and on thesquares of the old town centre.
October / NovemberFish harvesting week
The fish farmers show fishing grounds; market with regional
products, fish specialities (“Dinkelsbühl carp”)
November � DecemberThe enchantment of Christmas
Delightful Christmas market in the idyllic Spitalhof. Nooks and
alleys are decorated for Christmas. Crib in St. George’s Minster(approx. 60 m²) showing a model of the historic town.
Christoph von Schmid, author of the Christmas carol “Ihr Kinderlein kommet” (1827)
Franconian-Swabian delicaciesFranconian sausage, spare ribs, beer and wine
Fish specialitiesDinkelsbühl carp (Easter carp, fish harvest festival),
Lamb specialitiesHesselberg lamb dishes (Easter, Aug./Sept.)
Kinderzeche festival weekRound sultana pastriesFun-fair with festival beer
“Romantische Straße (The Romantic Road)”Dinkelsbühl is the mid-point along the “Romantic Road”, an ideal
place for embarking on excursions to various attractions:
Würzburg Residence (UNESCO World Heritage Monument),Weikersheim Castle, the historic town of Rothenburg ob der
Tauber, Feuchtwangen Casino, Wallerstein Castle, Harburg,for more information see: www.romantischestrasse.de
Franconian LakesLakes: Altmühl, Brombach, Igelsbach and Roth
Opportunities for sailing and surfing
Hesselberg
Path for hikes and geological walksLimeseum (Museum)
Limes and Roman castle (field monument) at Ruffenhofen
Railway nostalgia
Trips with steam trains and historic trams along the “Romantic
Railway” from Nördlingen to Dinkelsbühl. Bavarian Railway Museum, www.bayerisches-eisenbahnmuseum.de
Museum “House of History”Altrathausplatz 14, Tel.: +49 (0) 9851 902 440 or +49 (0) 9851 902 180
800 years of History; Audioguides in English May – October 9 a.m. – 6 p.m. (Monday – Friday) 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. (Saturday/Sunday)
November – April 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. (daily)
Third Dimension Museum
Am Nördlinger Tor, Tel.: +49 (0) 9851 6336The museum has exhibitions on holographs, optical illusions, the
invention of perspective, lights and lasers, 3D projections
and lots more July – Aug. 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. (daily)
April – June, Sept., Oct. 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. (daily) November – March 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. (Saturday/Sunday) 26. Dec. – 06. Jan. 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. (daily)
St. George‘s Minster
Climb the tower of St. George’s Minster
for a bird’s eye view of DinkelsbühlMay – Sept. 2 p.m. – 5 p.m. (Friday – Sunday , if weather is good)
Groups must book in advance
St. Vinzent´s Church
Segringen, 2 km west of DinkelsbühlHistoric cemetery with impressive wooden crosses
Dinkelsbühl at night
The old town is a romantic sight when it is illuminated.
Join the night watchman on his round, find the automate for illuminating the old town at “Schranne”.
Stroll around the historic townThere are numerous restaurants, cafés and beer gardens.
Walk along the outer city wall (town park, fortifications with 16 towers).
Web-cam “stork camera” (see www.storch24.de).
P1 “ Schwedenwiese ”, Luitpoldstraße 13P2 “ Stadtmühle ”, Mönchsrother Straße 2
P3 “ Alte Promenade ”, Alte Promenade 10P4 “ Bleiche ”, Nikolaus-Eseler-Straße 18 (not for busses)
P “ Schweinemarkt ”, Schweinemarkt 1 (not for busses)
P “ Wörnitztor/ Inselwiese ”, Inselweg 3 (not for busses)
Attention: Parking in the historical old city about one hour (only cars and with a parking disc) (Mon – Fri 8 a.m. - 6 p.m., Sa 8 a.m. – 3 p.m.)
Sundays and holidays (May – September) the historical old town is blocked from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
P2a , Mönchsrother Straße 2
DCC Camping Park “Romantische Straße”, Kobeltsmühle 6
Altrathausplatz 14, +49 (0) 9851 902 440May – October: 9 a.m. – 6 p.m. (Monday – Friday)
10 a.m. – 5 p.m. (Saturday, Sunday and Holidays)November – April: 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. (daily)Internet access for guests
Guided tours of the city, trips in horse- drawn carriages, night watchman’s rounds
Summary of Historical Events
For Groups
Museums & Churches
Conferences, Seminars & Festivities
Events
Specialities
Excursions
Tips
Parking and City blocking
Overnight parking for caravans
Tourist Information
Founded in 1280, the Church of the Holy Ghost
was built in 1380 (renewed around 1500; the
inside of the church was altered in baroque style th
in the 18 century). The enclosed three-winged
building with it‘s attractive inner courtyard was used as an almshouse.
Today the buildings house a boarding school, the municipal
theatre and still a home for the elderly.
Rothenburg Tower Gate (dates from around 1390), a
stepped gable decorated with flat columns.
The tar holes and the projecting construction with ist hipped roof and bays
are witnesses of the importance of Dinkelsbühl’s fortifications.
The defences on the north-west corner
incorporated the debtors’ prison along
with an enclosure and lodge. With
Rothenburg Pond, this is one of the
prettiest views of Dinkelsbühl.
Huge half-timbered structure. Built to be theth
town’s corn store at the beginning of the 16 century. Today it houses the
arsenal of the “Kinderzeche” (historical festival): weapons, period
costumes and waggons.
A remarkable half-timbered building (1508) that
was formerly a corn storehouse and is now used as a
youth hostel. One of the sections between the
timbers has been opened up to reveal impressively
how the spaces were filled in during building.
Single storey building with pointed arched windows
and hipped roof, first mentioned in a deed in
1378. Now a war memorial chapel.
After it had been damaged during the Swedish siege in 1648
and later collapsed, the Italian builder Antonio Don rebuilt
the tower in Baroque style in 1655. Further along, the
adjacent town wall with its numerous watchtowers guarded
the town. Steps lead from Segringer Gate into the town moat.
Originally built by town patricians in 1361 and known
as the “Stone House”. From 1524 1550 additional –
wings were built, and until 1855 it was used as the town
hall. Every year the Old Town Hall along with the lion
fountain and Wörnitz Gate nearby provides the
impressive backdrop for the “Kinderzeche” (historic
festival). Open-air theatre is held in the “Garten am Wehrgang”.
The museum “House of History” shows 800 years of Dinkelsbühl‘s history as an
imperial town (Audioguides in English available). In the besement th th
documentation about the prosecution of “witches” in the 16 and 17 centuries.
St. Paul’s Protestant Church (1840 – 43) built in historic
style on the site of the Carmelites’ monastery church.
It is thought that this goes back to an original settlement by a pious
citizen of Dinkelsbühl. The monastery was founded in 1290 by Carmelite
friars from Würzburg. In 1809 it was bought by the Protestant
community. Now used by the College of Musics.
Built in 1733 as a private dwelling for the
postillion, senator and later mayor Bauer. Used by
the municipal administration since 1855. Banner
with quotation from the town’s “Richtungsbrief”
(1837) which incorporated the guilds in the town
regiment. On his journey to Nuremberg, Johann
Wolfgang von Goethe dined at the Drei Mohren” “
( Three Moors Inn”) opposite.“
There are five magnificent gabled buildings (dating from around 1600) on the Wine
Market: the former Aldermen’s Inn”( Gustav-Adolf-Haus”) with it‘s dainty domed “ “
tower roof, once a weighing house where important persons such as Emperor Karl V
(1546) and King Gustav Adolf of Sweden (1632) stayed; a patrician house with
stepped gable (now Zur Glocke”); the Deutsches Haus” with one of the most “ “
beautiful late Renaissance facades and decorative statues – Bacchus, the god of wine
and frivolity can be seen sitting over the openings for the hoists; barn with curved
gable decorated with obelisks – this long building ”Schranne” was a corn storehouse
and one of the municipal trading places.
thPicturesque inner courtyard (16 century) with three-storey wooden gallery, lavishly decorated with
flowers and vines. Building now transformed into an
hotel; entry to the courtyard through
the lobby.
Originally called “Tewtscher Hof (around 1350) and ”
situated next to the almshouse. When the town was
extended in 1390 it was moved to it‘s current
position. Newer building in Baroque style (1764).
Worth seeing: valuable Rocaille cartouche on the gable, rococo chapel with
intricate stucco.
Famous landmark of the town on the banks
of the Wörnitz. Characteristic: the half-
timbered storey and the steeply hipped th
saddle roof (16 century). Named after the tower guard and tanner Hans Bäuerlin.
Nördlingen Gate (around 1400): stepped gable
decorated with shell shapes dating from th
the 16 century. Tar holes in the vaults. Town mill built after Emperor Karl IV had
granted Dinkelsbühl a privilege to run two mills. thThe municipal mill (14 century) that is built like a fortification, with a moat,
a parapet and crenels, is reminiscent of a moated castle.
Now houses the Third Dimension Museum, showing how Man has been
trying since medieval times to reconstruct space in perspective. Cabbage
beds in front of Nördlingen Gate (twenty plots), let since the middle of the th
19 century to equal numbers of Catholic and Protestant citizens.
Wörnitz Gate with its rounded stone blocks from
the time of the Staufers is the oldest of the four city
gates. The tower was built higher at the end of the th
14 century. Renaissance gable with bell tower th
dates from the 16 century. The coat of arms of the
free city of Dinkelsbühl shows three ears of golden
corn on three hills. Next to it the imperial coat of
arms indicating direct rule by the Emperor.
One of the most beautiful wide-aisled late Gothic churches in
South Germany, built 1448 – 1499 to plans by Nikolaus Eseler and
incorporating a Romantic tower porch (1220 – 30). Inside eleven
pairs of columns support a vaulted roof with an intricate pattern
of stars. Neo-Gothic high altar (1892), with shrine depicting
numerous figures (dates from around 1490, crucifixion scene).
Highly decorated side altars: St. Sebastian’s Altar (around 1520) and Holy th
Trinity Altar (around 1500). In the 17 century the famous Pièta (depiction
of Mary) on the canopied. Altar (around 1490) was visited by many pilgrims. th
Worth seeing: font decorated with lions (15 century); tablet with the ten
commandments (around 1520); stonework of the “pretzel” window in the
south choir, donated by the bakers’ guild. Memorial to Christoph von
Schmid, author of many children books.
Rothenburger Gate
Debtors’ Prison &Park Caretaker’s Lodge
Corn Storehouse next to the Old Yard
Corn Storehouse / Youth Hostel
Chapel of the Magi
Segringer Gate
Deutschordensschloss
Nördlingen Gate / Town Mill
Bäuerlin Tower
Old Town Hall Carmelite Monastery
Wine Market
HezelhofNew Town Hall
Wörnitz Gate
City tour of Dinkelsbühl
St. George’s Minster
Almshouse
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