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Topic: Rothenberg-ob-der-Tauber
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Thomas
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posted 11-27-2002 04:56 PM
  
Rothenberg-ob-der-Tauber
HAs anyone heard of this place? I'm not even sure if there is a castle there but there are town walls. I'm writing a book and I would like to get an idea of what walled cities were like .. how big, pop, wall measurements and so on. Thanx. 
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Erik Schmidt
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posted 11-27-2002 07:06 PM
Certainly have Thomas. It's one of the premier tourist destinations in Germany. I don't know much about it, but there are many towns troughout Europe which still retain a great part of their walls.
The most complete examples I can recall off the top of my head which I have visited are;
Istanbul, Jerusalem(As well as a few in Israel no longer inhabitied), Monemvasia, Auges Mortes, Carcassonne(heavily restored), Morten(Murat), Lugo(Roman) and Trujillo.Check out this site; http://www.walledtowns.com/ In many parts of Europe you find that the town does not have a seperate wall, but that the outer row of houses acted as the wall, having no doors or windows low down. Gruyeres in Switzerland is a nice example of this. There are many more. Individual sites will often give wall measurements, but rarely population statistics.
Check out the research link on the above page. Erik |
ipflo
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posted 11-28-2002 01:38 PM
hi, about rothenburg & castles
the site of rothenburg is http://www.rothenburg.de
there was a castle in town, it belonged to the hohenstaufen emporers and it was destroyed during an earthquake in 1356. now is the place a city park (burggarten), where you can see the remains of the castle and enjoy a wonderful view of the surroundings.
also is outside the city walls a little castle called Topplerschlösschen, it is a sort of towerhouse from 1388 and it was built as a summerresidence for a mayor of rothenburg. |
Merlin
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posted 11-29-2002 08:14 AM
There is a collection of pictures and maps of medieval towns at: http://historic-cities.huji.ac.il/historic_cities.html You'll find there many pictures of walled cities. I was in Rothenburg ob der Tauber many years ago and it was impressive. But the forifications of Lucerne and Murten in Switzerland are nearly at the same level. [This message has been edited by Merlin (edited 11-29-2002).] |
Peter
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posted 11-30-2002 11:06 AM
Thomas,
you can set your book in any walled community, ie; from a city to a village. The larger the city/town the more complicated the walls & items associated with them become. Langres in central France is a nice example of a medium sized town. Although you can go the whole hog with Rome. |
Erik Schmidt
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posted 12-01-2002 05:28 AM
Ooops. Sorry Merlin. I saw I had misspelled Murten(Morat). It's been a while since I was there. Erik |
Peter
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posted 12-01-2002 06:23 AM
Thomas,
just mentioned a book in the review section.
Get hold of it, even from your library, if you really want too know the nitty-gritty. |
Thomas
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posted 12-02-2002 11:02 AM
Wow, thanx so much to everyone for such a great response!! It looks like I have some reading to do today. Thank you again. You all are a great resource! |
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