Rothenburg ob der Tauber

Market Place and Town Hall

Large, historical Market Place with magnificent Town Hall, consisting of Gothic western part (1250-1400), with ‘Kaisersaal’ hall and tower (60 m), and Renaissance part (1572-78), arcade extension (1681); ‘Ratstrinkstube’ (Councillors’ Tavern, 1446) with the Meistertrunk clock (1910); ‘Fleisch- und Tanzhaus’ (13th/15th centuries) with half-timbered upper storey and ‘Jagstheimerhaus’ (1488, today the ‘Marien’ pharmacy); St. George’s or Herterich fountain (1608).

Market Place and Town Hall
Markt 1
91541 Rothenburg ob der Tauber

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