Albrecht Durer house in the Alstadt (Old Town) of Nuremberg.
The old town of Nuremberg is another half-timbered medieval Bavarian town that lets you experience the uncanny feeling of walking back in time. Tiergartnerplatz Alstadt.
It is time travel without the need for a time machine!
These stained glass windows in Sebalduskirche (St. Sebald’s Church) circa 1250, were shining from the outside,
creating a divine impression!
Archangel Michael (circa 1408) in Lorenzkirche (St Lorenz Church).
Heilig Geist Spital over the River Pegnitz was originally built as a hospice, but is now a home for the elderly.
Cheers to you from the living Medieval town of Nuremberg~
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Interesting architectural images, Cindy. You’ve captured such beautiful details.
Thank you. It is made easy when beautiful details are everywhere you look.
What a gorgeous place, Cindy! A kind of city I could live in. Great shots!
Germany had just been rated one of the ten best countries to live in and this is probably partially why~
Thank you for taking me on a trip back in time Cindy
You are wonderful to travel with these past years Pauline.
and I have enjoyed every minute and each perfect picture.
<3 <3
Wonderful photos. I’ve never seen stained glass windows like that from the outside -extraordinary! Such beautiful architecture- it must have been a rich town.
I had never seen stained glass windows shining outward like this either and I was struck by it. Happy you see it as I did & Happy Friday!
Wunderschöne Fotos wünsche dir ein schönes und gutes Wochenende lieber Gruß Gislinde
Vielen dank mein lieber Freund Gislinde und frohe Wochenende! <3 <3
Living in the US, it is hard to imagine that these buildings are that old. Beautiful!
It is isn’t it and special to us because of this~
¡Qué bonito paseo! Todas las fotos son buenas pero las vidrieras son impresionantes. Un abrazo Cindy <3
Abrazos y besos mi hermosa amiga y feliz fin del semana! <3
What a beautiful city.
It really is lovely~
Lovely architecture. With every photo, I kept saying “ooooh” louder and louder. Ha ha. I love old places where I can walk back in time 🙂
You and me both. Now I am looking at Alsace. You can stay on the ramparts of the old walls!
Liebe Cindy ja das stimmt hab einen schönes Wochenende Klaus in Freundschaft
Deutschland ist so ein wunderschones Land. Ich kann nicht bleiben weg! Ich kehre in 2017. Schones Wochenende Klaus.
Ja das stimmt liebe Cindy hab ein schönes Wochenende Klaus in Freundschaft
Am besten zu Ihnen Klaus.
What a nice tour. Loved the home for the elderly which was built over the river. I wonder if any of them ever go fishing out their windows? Thanks and take care.
I just read a ranking that put Germany near the top of the ten best countries to live in. Considering this place compared to Assisted Living facilities in the US creates a bit of a temptation…..I can see myself watching the world go by from one of these windows, and think of all the fascinating options when you “accidentally” wander off……….. 😉
Gorgeous images, Cindy. Love the stained glass windows. 🙂
They are special aren’t they! <3
Very beautiful.
schönes Wochenende
Haben Sie einen wunderbaren Sonntag mein Freund~
Makes me want to go there right away. I should say ‘go back’ because I went when I was about 9. Do I remember it? 9. RH
Oh I know you do remember. You have shared so many wonderfull memories. I think you may want to go back and see things with your adult eyes alongside your childhood memories.
Very pretty!
<3
Extraordinary that they’ve preserved these beautiful village like dwellings for centuries and through wars. I adore that about European cities.
Yes. It makes them remarkable to people like me.
Why doesn’t it surprise me that Albrecht Dürer lived in a house like that? Wonderful photographs that make me want to book a flight and go to Germany.
Yes!! I so agree with you. How could he not live in house like this? And how amazing that it still survives, speaking to anyone who cares to look.
Liebe Cindy da sind dir aber super Fotos gelungen aus Nürnberg toll hab einen schönen Sonntag mit ganz vielen lieben Grüßen Klaus in Freundschaft
Vielen dank mein lieber Freund Klaus. <3 <3
Liebe Cindy einen schönen Start in die neue Woche mit ganz lieben Grüßen Klaus in Freundschaft
Gern geschehen liebe Cindy in Freundschaft Klaus
Ich wunsche Ihnen das Beste Klaus.
Dürer is buried in St. Johannis, not far from the grave of Georg Hartmann?
Is he? I didn’t know.
Thanks for telling me.
Great detail, Cindy. The architecture looks amazing. Is the town overshadowed by the association with the Nuremburg Trials? Or, does it seem to be in the very remote past?
I think it is overshadowed. It’s history goes back so far before the contemporary nightmare. I mean it was a thriving artistic center in the middle ages.
BTW, this is freaking brilliant question. Thank you for raising it. I wish others, more knowledgeable than I, would also weigh in and answer it.
Hi Cindy. I’m “deeply” into that era since I’m writing a new novel about that time period. It strikes me that we (collectively) haven’t really fully comprehended how fascism radically shifted our concept of evil and how we can combat it. Nuremburg was society’s attempt to understand that evil, but even so, we fell short. It just was beyond comprehension at that point, and it’s no less clear today…despite the fact that genocide still continues. Let’s see what others think about that!!
I have a long term interest in this period of history too. Check out my response to another commenter. You might find it of interest:
The Nuremberg trials were held in The Palace of Justice, courtroom 600. The palace is still in use today and room 600 is still a courtroom. We visited the Palace, the Documentation Center, and the Nazi rally grounds made infamous in Leni Riefenstahl’s movie, “Triumph of Will.” The rally grounds were used for the annual rallies you have seen in videos and photographs. I have read the transcripts of the trials and saw the still available video and I understand your interest as a lawyer and human being. See this link for more info:
http://www.memorium-nuremberg.de/history/history.html
In prior visits to Germany we have been to Dachau, Struthof (a concentration camp in Alsace for the European resistance), Hitler’s redoubt in Obersalzburg and his Eagle’s Nest, as well as the Nazi museum in Obersalzburg. This was an intense experience, which took place over two separate trips about ten years ago. I did prior posts on this. Here is one link: http://cindyknoke.com/2012/12/03/struthof/
At one time, I considered majoring in Holocaust Studies, but instead became a psychotherapist and mental health director. I have worked with holocaust survivors, both as colleagues and clients, including survivors of other holocausts, most especially the Sudan.
Beautiful, without doubt.
Yes. Thank you.
They knew how to build for people in those days. We may be more technologically advanced but those cities had soul.
We’ve lost so much, haven’t we. You have to go see the past to recognize it, the depth of our regression.
Such grand and beautiful structures, Cindy. Thanks for your fine photographer’s eye, and for sharing these images with us.
Ahhh, thank you more for your thoughtful kindness~ <3
How very interesting. Thanks again for such great pics and info.
You are most welcome and have a wonderful week~
This visit to Nuremberg was gorgeous throughout the entire “tour,” Cindy. Your photos which captivated me the most were the ethereal ones of the cathedral windows with the architecture so beautiful, as well as the stained glass. The angel was such a precious cherub, too. Thank you for the details you provided, Cindy. Made me feel like you were my “Guide.” <3
Such incredible artistic detail from so very long ago moves me too Robin. Thank you for seeing!
Happy to be included on the tour, Cindy!
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Hi Cindy, I haven’t seen you poking around my blog. Is everything ok? Just wondering…
This is happening a lot to me. I get either unfollowed and/or people’s posts don’t appear in my reader. It is very frustrating for me because I never know it is happening and people probably assume I lost interest which couldn’t be further from the truth. Thank goodness you at least alerted me, others might not and this bothers me a lot. I have refollowed you. Please let me know if this happens again and be well my friend~ <3
That archangel has some anger issues.
It’s archangel Michael, he has dragons to slay and evil to vanquish!
He looks quite peaceful doing it.
Well he is an angel after all!! 😉 <3
Cindy, what gorgeous architecture. Surely would love to go there and visit.
Thank you for sharing! Hugs! Veraiconica
Some places in the world call me back again and again. Africa, Antarctica and medieval towns do this to me. They seem divine in very different ways.
The pictures are wonderful, Cuz. The buildings are beautiful. The the unimaninable horror that the trials held there, that brought fame to this city are simply unbelievable. The inhumanity of war, greed, and power…..!
Yes, killing over 62 million people, and ruining the lives of countless others. We are a destructive species.
He is one of my favorite artist – can see the influences from the town. Lovely place!
Yes, I see it house, and it all makes sense. I can see him living in it.
Beautiful, beautiful photographs, the stained glass windows are breathtaking.
I can hear you singing an aria in that church Charlotte, maybe “Song to the Moon,” and making the angels cry. <3 <3
Beautiful – details and the whole. Now i do not have to go there…Loved those stained glass windows.
If you go to tese medieval cities you will be very happy, plus you will be eating German food. Sigh, I want some now! 😉
I have been to many of the old cities there, but not this one!
That is the best thing about life isn’t it, no matter how many places you have been, there is always something new to see~ <3
I enjoyed seeing the photos of the old buildings. They are wonderful. We lived in Furth/Nuremburg years ago, ’71-’72, and got to see it all first hand. Germany is a beautiful country.
Welcome and how interesting it must have been to live in Germany! It is indeed a beautiful country and I keep finding myself returning and not just for the food! 😉
Great photos, love the one where the stained glass windows show through.
I was amazed by this, so glad you enjoyed it too~
They sure knew how to make things way back then. Their buildings have so much character and they stand the test of time.
Couldn’t agree more! Thank you~