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Nuremberg is the second-largest city of the German federal state of Bavaria after its capital Munich, and its 511,628 inhabitants make it the 14th largest city in Germany. On the Pegnitz River and the Rhine–Main–Danube Canal, it lies in the Bavarian administrative region of Middle Franconia, and is the largest city and the unofficial capital of Franconia. Nuremberg forms a continuous conurbation with the neighbouring cities of Fürth, Erlangen and Schwabach with a total population of 787,976 , while the larger Nuremberg Metropolitan Region has approximately 3.5 million inhabitants. The city lies about 170 kilometres north of Munich. It is the largest city in the East Franconian dialect area , Nurenmberg was one of the host cities of the 2006 FIFA World Cup. There are many institutions of higher education in the city, including the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg . With 39,780 students in 2017, it is Bavaria’s third-largest and Germany’s 11th-largest university, with campuses in Erlangen and Nuremberg and a university hospital in Erlangen . Technische Hochschule Nürnberg Georg Simon Ohm and Hochschule für Musik Nürnberg are also located within the city. Nuremberg Airport is the second-busiest airport in Bavaria after Munich Airport, and the tenth-busiest airport in Germany. Staatstheater Nürnberg is one of the five Bavarian state theatres, showing operas, operettas, musicals, and ballets , plays , as well as concerts . Its orchestra, Staatsphilharmonie Nürnberg, is Bavaria’s second-largest opera orchestra after the Bavarian State Opera’s Bavarian State Orchestra in Munich. Nuremberg is the birthplace of Albrecht Dürer and Johann Pachelbel. Nuremberg was the site of major Nazi rallies, and it provided the site for the Nuremberg trials, which held to account many major Nazi officials.


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1 Nuremberg old town 3.25 From the Lorenzkirche, one of the three most important churches in the old town, you will cross the Trödelmarkt, a small Pegnitz island with ... Details

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1 St. Lorenz, Nuremberg St. Lorenz is a medieval church of the former free imperial city of Nuremberg in southern Germany. It is dedicated to Saint Lawrence. The church ... Details
2 Charles bridge The Charles Bridge is the name given to two bridge structures that span the Pegnitz in the old town of Nuremberg: the northern Charles Bridge (Lower ... Details
3 Flea market The flea market is a place in Nuremberg. It is located on the flea market island named after him in Pegnitz in the west of the old town between ... Details
4 Executioner tower and water tower The executioner tower is a wall tower in the west of the penultimate Nuremberg city fortification. The tower stands on the western tip of the flea ... Details
5 Maxbruecke The Maxbrücke is an arch bridge over the Pegnitz in the old town of Nuremberg. The three-bay sandstone cuboid bridge has cast iron traction panels ... Details
6 Chain Bridge (Nuremberg) The Chain Bridge is a pedestrian chain bridge in Nuremberg, Germany. The bridge crosses the river Pegnitz just a few meters upriver of Fronveste and ... Details
7 Weißgerbergasse Weißgerbergasse is a street in Nuremberg. It is one of the few predominantly preserved architectural ensembles in the old town of Nuremberg. It is ... Details
8 St. Sebaldus Church, Nuremberg St. Sebaldus Church is a medieval church in Nuremberg, Germany. Along with Frauenkirche and St. Lorenz, it is one of the most important churches of ... Details
9 Felsengänge The rock passages are a widely ramified tunnel and cellar system under the old town of Nuremberg. Until the middle of the 17th century, the tunnel ... Details
10 Albrecht Dürer’s House Albrecht Dürer’s House is a Nuremberg Fachwerkhaus that was the home of German Renaissance artist Albrecht Dürer from 1509 to his death in 1528. ... Details
11 Tiergärtnertor The Tiergärtnertor in Nuremberg is a gate and part of the Nuremberg city wall. The name of the gate originates from a former game enclosure of the ... Details
12 Nuremberg Castle Nuremberg Castle is a group of medieval fortified buildings on a sandstone ridge dominating the historical center of Nuremberg in Bavaria, ... Details
13 town hall The Nuremberg City Hall is located in the old town of Nuremberg, just east of the choir of the Sebalduskirche. As one of the sights of the city, it ... Details
14 Lochgefängnisse The medieval Nuremberg perforated prisons are a facility of the museums of the city of Nuremberg and are located in the cellar vaults of the old ... Details
15 Hauptmarkt (Nuremberg) The main market is the central square in the old town of Nuremberg. The weekly market takes place every working day on the approximately 5,000 square ... Details
16 Schöner Brunnen Schöner Brunnen is a 14th-century fountain located on Nuremberg’s main market next to the town hall and is considered one of the main attractions ... Details
17 Frauenkirche, Nuremberg The Frauenkirche is a church in Nuremberg, Germany. It stands on the eastern side of the main market. An example of brick Gothic architecture, it ... Details
18 Museumsbrücke The museum bridge is a sandstone arch bridge that spans the Pegnitz in Nuremberg. The road bridge is located at the beginning of Königstrasse and ... Details
19 Heilig-Geist-Spital The Heilig-Geist-Spital in Nuremberg was the largest hospital in the former Free Imperial City of Nuremberg. It was also a depository of Imperial ... Details
20 Frauentor The Frauentor was the main gate in the southeast of the Nuremberg city wall. The Frauentorturm is one of the four striking round main towers of the ... Details
21 Handwerkerhof Nuremberg The Handwerkerhof Nürnberg was created in 1971 as a tourist attraction in the so-called "Waffenhof" of the women’s gate of the last Nuremberg city ... Details
22 Bratwurst Röslein An einem schönen Sommerabend hier im Biergarten unbedingt ein paar Nürnberger Rostbratwürste ... Details

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