{"id":13853,"date":"2024-12-03T19:46:03","date_gmt":"2024-12-03T18:46:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dyma.sk\/rothenburg-the-place-where-time-stood-still\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T15:48:43","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T14:48:43","slug":"rothenburg-the-place-where-time-stood-still","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dyma.sk\/en\/rothenburg-the-place-where-time-stood-still\/","title":{"rendered":"Rothenburg &#8211; the place where time stood still"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Exploring Rothenburg is like a trip into the past and a walk through the Middle Ages. This beautiful German town is just an hour&#8217;s drive from Nuremberg, and its cobbled streets with their filigree-decorated houses are reminiscent of a fairy tale and a never-ending Christmas. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p>The full name Rothenburg ob der Tauber (translated as Red Fortress on the Tauber River) is located in Bavaria and owes its name to the Tauber River, which flows through it. This small town with a village soul dates back to the 12th century and has maintained its appearance over the years despite the many disasters that have befallen it in the past. During the Second World War, Rothenburg was badly damaged, but its historical importance meant that the Allied armies ruled out the use of artillery in its liberation, thus avoiding further damage.    <\/p>\n\n<p>The iconic walled town is home to Gothic churches, half-timbered houses and even an ancient execution scene (Galgentor), making it a world-famous tourist attraction. The most photographed spot in Rothenburg is Pl\u00f6nlein, a street intersection that features a typical half-timbered house and a small fountain. It creates an idyllic picture that looks more like a work of imagination than architecture. Its Marktplatz square dates back to the 13th century, and every year the traditional Rothenburg Christmas Market is held here. This year, it runs from 29 November to 23 December.         <\/p>\n\n<p>Although the Christmas market closes the day before Christmas, the town is alive with festive spirit all year round: it&#8217;s full of Christmas decoration shops all year round and is home to the spectacular K\u00e4the Wohlfahrt Christmas shop, a temple to Christmas decorations from all over the world.<\/p>\n\n<p>If you would like to indulge your other senses, don&#8217;t forget to try the typical sweetness of this place &#8211; Schneeball, which translates as snowball. This sweet dessert in the shape of a ball with a diameter of 8 to 10 centimetres consists of fried shortcrust pastry coated with sugar, chocolate or nuts or filled with marzipan or nougat. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Exploring Rothenburg is like a trip into the past and a walk through the Middle Ages. This beautiful German town is just an hour&#8217;s drive from Nuremberg, and its cobbled streets with their filigree-decorated houses are reminiscent of a fairy tale and a never-ending Christmas. The full name Rothenburg ob der Tauber (translated as Red [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":8719,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[96,75],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13853","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-germany","category-uncategorized"],"meta_box":{"meno":"","text_zlpksln874o":"","Name":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dyma.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13853","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dyma.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dyma.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dyma.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dyma.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13853"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.dyma.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13853\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13855,"href":"https:\/\/www.dyma.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13853\/revisions\/13855"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dyma.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8719"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dyma.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13853"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dyma.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13853"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dyma.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13853"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}