Rothenburg

June 18 - Our next stop on the Romantiche Strasse was Rothenburg on der Taube.  I have it on good authority that this means "Red Castle."  Rothenburg was certainly "beautiful for situation."  It is located just uphill from several loops in the Taube River, perhaps 200' above the water.  A plaque on the city wall next to our hotel said that this section of wall had been built in 1408.  Christopher Columbus was not even a twinkle in his father's eye when the city wall was constructed.

When you come to the fork in the road, take it.

There was a covered walkway along the top of the wall

A storks nest is visible atop the tower

This picture overlooks the lower section of city wall

The entrance to the lower garden

Some of the torture devices in the dungeon