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Half museum, half junkyard retirement home for locos that have puffed their last, this
trainspotter's paradise occupies a disused engine depot across the tracks from the train sta-
tion (no access from the platforms). The museum runs steam and old diesel trains up to
Dinkelsbühl, Feuchtwangen and Gunzenhausen several times a year; see the website for
details.
Rieskrater Museum
( 847 10;
www.rieskrater-museum.de
; Eugene-Shoemaker-Platz 1; adult/child €4/
1.50; 10am-4.30pm Tue-Sun May-Oct, 10am-noon Nov-Apr)
Situated in an ancient
barn, this unique museum explores the formation of meteo rite craters and the conse-
quences of such violent collisions with earth. Rocks, including a genuine moon rock (on
permanent loan from NASA), fossils and other geological displays shed light on the mys-
tery of meteors.
MUSEUM
Stadtmuseum
(Vordere Gerbergasse 1; adult/concession €4/1.50; 1.30-4.30pm Tue-Sun Mar-early
Nov)
Nördlingen's worthwhile municipal museum covers an ambitious sweep of human
existence on the planet, from the early Stone Age to 20th-century art, via the Battle of
Nördlingen during the Thirty Years' War, Roman endeavours in the area and the town's
once-bustling mercantile life.
MUSEUM
MUSEUM
Stadtmauermuseum
(Löpsinger Torturm; adult/concession €2/1; 10am-4.30pm Apr-Oct)
A fascinating ex-
hibition on the history of the town's defences is on show at this tower-based museum, the
best place to kick off a circuit of the walls.
Sleeping & Eating
Hotel Altreuter €
( 4319;
www.hotel-altreuter.de
; Marktplatz 11; s/d from €36/52; )
Perched above a
busy cafe and bakery, the bog-standard rooms here are of the could-be-anywhere type, but
the epicentral location next to the Daniel Tower cannot be beaten. Bathrooms are private
and breakfast is served downstairs in the cafe.
HOTEL
Jugend & Familengästehaus €
GUESTHOUSE
