Nordlingen

Nordlingen is a metropolis in the Donau-Ries district, in Swabia, Bavaria, Germany, with a populace of about 19,190. It became built in an impact crater, and changed into first noted in recorded history in 898, and in 1998 the town celebrated its 1100th anniversary. The metropolis became the region of two battles at some point of the 30 Years' War, which occurred among 1618–1648. Today it is certainly one of simplest 3 towns in Germany that also has a completely intact town wall, the alternative being Rothenburg ob der Tauber and Dinkelsbühl.

Another appeal in the town is Saint George's Church's 90 m steeple, known as "Daniel", that's product of a suevite impact breccia that incorporates shocked quartz. Other high-quality homes are the city corridor, St. Salvator church and the Spital, a former medieval sanatorium. The Ries crater museum is positioned inside the nicely-preserved medieval tanner's zone. The city is domestic to several different museums, consisting of the Bavarian Railway Museum, the Nordlingen city museum, the metropolis wall museum and Augenblick museum with panoramas, magic lanterns, silent movies, barrel organs, pianolas, music packing containers and gramophones. Nordlingen is also recognised for the Scharlachrennen, a horse driving tournament that was first referred to in 1463.