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est railway carriage dating from 1835 and lots of interesting Deutsche Reichsbahn
paraphernalia from East Germany.
However the real meat of the show are the two halls of locos and rolling stock. The first
hall contains Ludwig II's incredible rococo rail carriage, dubbed the 'Versailles of the
rails', as well as Bismarck's considerably less ostentatious means of transport. There's
also Germany's most famous steam loco, the Adler , built by the Stephensons in New-
castle upon Tyne for the Nuremberg-Fürth line. The second hall across the road from the
main building houses some mammoth engines, some with their Nazi or Deutsche Reichs-
bahn insignia still in place.
Hauptmarkt
This bustling square in the heart of the Altstadt is the site of daily markets as well as the
famous Christkindlesmarkt. At the eastern end is the ornate Gothic Pfarrkirche Unsere
Liebe Frau (Hauptmarkt 14) , built from 1350 to 1358, and also known simply as the
Frauenkirche Offline map Google map . The work of Prague cathedral builder Peter
Parler, it's the oldest Gothic hall church in Bavaria and stands on the ground of Nurem-
berg's first synagogue. It was built as a repository for the crown jewels of Charles IV who,
fearing theft, sent them instead to Prague for safe keeping. The western facade is beauti-
fully ornamented and is where, every day at noon, crowds crane their necks to witness a
spectacle called Männleinlaufen . It features seven figures, representing electoral princes,
parading clockwise three times around Emperor Karl IV to chimed accompaniment.
Rising from the square like a Gothic spire, the gargoyle-adorned, 19m-tall Schöner
Brunnen Offline map Google map (Beautiful Fountain; Click here ) is a gilded replica of
the 14th-century original, though it no longer spouts water. Look for the seamless golden
ring in the ornate wrought-iron gate on the southwestern side. Local superstition has it that
if you turn it three times, your wish will come true. (Be careful not to confuse it with the
gold ring on the opposite side of the gate, which, it's claimed, will make you conceive - if
you're female, of course.)
SQUARE
Memorium Nuremberg Trials
( 3217 9372; www.memorium-nuremberg.de ; Bärenschanzstrasse 72; adult/conces-
sion €5/3; 10am-6pm Wed-Mon) Nazis were tried from 1945 to 1946 for crimes
against peace and humanity in Schwurgerichtssaal 600 (Court Room 600) of what is still
Nuremberg's regional courthouse. These became known as the Nuremberg Trials, and
were held by the Allies in the city for obvious symbolic reasons. Another factor in their
choice of venue was that there was (and still is) a secure underground tunnel between the
courthouse and adjacent prison (though today it only has female prisoners).
HISTORIC BUILDING
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