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Vacation 2016 August 30, Nuremberg Along the City Wall

Nuremberg

Franconia

The next day, Julia had to go to Nuremberg and I went with her and spent a day sightseeing. The tour started with a stroll along the old city walls.

Nuremberg is the capital of Franconia and the Franconian flag flies proudly at many locations.

The southest gate in the city wall is called Frauentor (Women's Gate), in reference to the nearby St. Klara Nunnery. The Women's Gate Tower was built in the 14th century. The wall between the gate and the tower is called the Women's Gate Wall (Frauentormauer).

Nuremberg's city walls, surrounding the historic city center were erected in the 12th century. 2.5 miles of the originally 3.1 miles are still standing. In over 1,000 years of the towns history, only one military might was able to penetrate the city's defense line: the 7th US Army. Just across the street from the City Walls are a number of other impressive buildings, such as the central railway station (below, left), the State Theater (below, center) and the Palace of Justice (below, right), the location of the Nuremberg trials after World War II.

On my way from the city wall to the Germanic Museum, I came across something truly amazing: the Way of Human Rights. Israeli artist Dani Karavan created 30 pillars displaying the 30 articles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted by the United Nations in 1948. All 30 articles can be found here. The Way of Human Rights displays all 30 articles in German and 30 other languages - from Armenian to Vietnamese.

Next stop was the Germanic National Museum. Click the left turn sign to get back to Bamberg. Or click the right turn signal to move on to the museum.

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