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Ulm (3rd Edit)

Sights[edit]

Ulm Marktplatz (market square) with town hall (right) and public library (center) Town hall Ulm: View through Rabengasse towards the minster Sculpture by Niki de Saint Phalle(The poet and his muse) in front of Ulm University

Historic[edit]

• Ulm Minster (German: Ulmer Münster, built 1377–1891) with the world's highest church steeple (161.53 m (529.95 ft) high and 768 steps). Choir stalls by Jörg Syrlin the Elder (1469–74), famous sculpture Schmerzensmann (Man of Sorrows) by Hans Multscher (1429).
• The old Fischerviertel (fishermen's quarter) on the River Blau, with half-timbered houses, cobblestone streets, and picturesque footbridges. Interesting sights here are the Schiefes Haus Ulm [de] (crooked house), a 16th-century house today used as a hotel, and the Alte Münz (Old Mint), a mediaeval building extended in the 16th and 17th centuries in Renaissancestyle.
• The remaining section of the city walls, along the river, with the 14th-century Metzgerturm (butchers' tower) (36 m (118.11 ft) high).
• The Rathaus (Town Hall), built in 1370, featuring some brilliantly coloured murals dating from the mid-16th century. On the gable is an astronomical clock dating from 1520. Restored after serious damage in 1944. Photos of the Rathaus can be seen at Tripadvisor.com^[17]
• The Krone inn, a medieval complex of several houses (15th / 16th century, extensions from the 19th century), where German kings and emperors were accommodated during their travels.
• Several large buildings from the late Middle Ages / renaissance used for various purposes (especially storage of food and weapons), e.g. Schwörhaus, Kornhaus, Salzstadel, Büchsenstadel, Zeughaus, Neuer Bau.
• Ulm Federal Fortifications are the largest preserved fortifications and were built from 1842 to 1859 to protect from attacks by France.
• The historic district Auf dem Kreuz, a residential area with many buildings from before 1700.
• Wiblingen Abbey, a former benedictine abbey in the suburb of Wiblingen in the south of Ulm. The church shows characteristics of late baroque and early classicism. Its library is a masterpiece of rococo.^[18]

Contemporary[edit]

• Building of the Ulm School of Design, (German: Hochschule für Gestaltung - HfG Ulm), an important school of design (1953–68) in the succession of the Bauhaus.
• Stadthaus, a house for public events built by Richard Meier, directly adjacent to the minster.
• Stadtbibliothek, the building of the public library of Ulm was erected by Gottfried Böhm in the form of a glass pyramid and is situated directly adjacent to the town hall.
• Weishaupt Art Gallery [de] is the highlight in Ulm's New Centre
• The Roxy cultural center is a place for variety of events that include; music, satirical dramas, lessons, poetry and science. It was founded in 1989 as a center for democracy and cultural educations.

Theaters

• The Ulm Theater is the is the city center at Herbert-von-Karajan-Platz 1 and sits 815, making it the largest theater in Ulm. The building was founded as a theater in 1640 and is the oldest city theater in Germany. The theater is used for musical and dramatic productions as well as ballet.

• The Theater in der Westentasche is a private theater that was located in the Ulm Altstadt but found a new home in 2012 at Ulm-Böfingen in the central north part of the city. The theater seats only 40 people and is known as the "smallest theater in Germany". The theater is described as being an exotic, experimental and innovative experience.
• Theater Ulüm is the only southern Germany Turkish theater with a steady calendar of events and regular shows. It was established in 1998 and has a variety performance pieces. All events are in Turkish but they offer a German program for others to follow along.
• There is a children's puppet theater that was opened in 2001 called Das Erste Ulmer Kasperletheater. Kasperle is a type of southern Germany puppet. This theater seats only 60 people.

Other landmarks[edit]

• The Botanischer Garten der Universität Ulm, the university's botanical garden
• Silo tower of the mill company Schapfenmühle (Schapfen Mill Tower)
• Sender Ulm-Ermingen [de]
• Mediumwave transmission mast Ulm-Jungingen
• FM and TV mast Ulm-Kuhberg
• The Tiergarten Ulm, the zoo. It was opened in 1935, closed in 1944 and reopened in 1966.

Strasbourg (2nd edit)

Dancing Plague of 1518

Strasbourg is also the home a bizarre epidemic in 1518, known as The Dancing Plague of 1518 . This unexplainable phenomenon is the source of a lot of mystery and skepticism as to its' reality. In the streets of Strasbourg, citizens were consumed by the urge to dance. There are a number of unexplainable dancing plagues between the 11th and 16th century majority of which still have no explainable cause. The dancing started from one woman dancing in the streets in July of 1518. More and more people would join her dancing uncontrollably. After a month there were about 400 people continuously dancing in the streets. During this month, about 15 people would die a day, either from a heart attack or exhaustion.

Nuremberg (1st Edit)

Transport

The city's location next to numerous highways, railways, and a waterway has contributed to its rising importance for trade with Eastern Europe. In the early sixteenth century, Nuremberg was hub for advanced metal works which paved the way for the countries system of railways and transportation methods. Germany's railway system started in Nuremberg in 1853 by Friedrich Harkort. On December 7th, the countries first steam powered engine left the city and traveled 6 km to the town of Fürth. Nuremberg is now home to one of the country's Deutsche Bahn Museums of Transportation.