Curious Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany. Season 7 Episode 703 | 28m 31s Video has Closed Captions | CC. Storybook architecture, Town Hall, Meistertrunk, St. Jakob's Church, monastery museum.

As a young backpacker, I first fell in love with the picturesque village of Rothenburg, in Germany’s Franconian heartland. At that time, the town still fed a few farm animals within its medieval ...

Rothenburg is still Germany's best-preserved walled town. In the Middle Ages, Rothenburg was Germany's second-largest city with a population of 6,000. Rolf Richardson / Alamy Twenty-five years ago ...

Rothenburg's town hall and main square at night. The nightwatchman is a well-timed five minutes late. A crowd has gathered in the square and is getting restless when he appears in a swirl of cloak ...

Despite its fairy-tale appearance, however, Rothenburg is a thriving community and has been since it was founded in 1274. Today, some 2,500 people reside within the old walled town, with many ...