Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Bavaria, Germany Jul 17, 2024

The word you"re looking for is "fairy tale". Welcome to Rothenburg ob der Tauber, or "Red Fortress above the Tauber River," where medieval charm is around every cobbled corner. With origins as a self-ruling city, in the Middle Ages, this walled Bavarian town once flourished with 6,000 inhabitants, making it the Holy Roman Empire"s second-largest city at the time.

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