As a young backpacker, I first fell in love with the picturesque village of Rothenburg, in Germany’s Franconian heartland. At ...

St. Jakob’s Church contains the one must-see art treasure in Rothenburg: a glorious 500-year-old altarpiece by Tilman Riemenschneider, the Michelangelo of German woodcarvers. For a closer view of this ...

A trail leads downhill from Rothenburg’s idyllic castle gardens to the cute, skinny, 600-year-old “Toppler Castle,” the summer home of the town’s mayor in the 15th century, Mayor Toppler.

Germany’s past is written across its landscapes, from the Roman frontier to medieval fortresses and the echoes of empire. It was here that Charlemagne forged the foundations of the Holy Roman Empire ...

For the journey to Nuremberg, head for Tubingen, followed by Rothenburg ob der Tauber ... the Gothic treasures of Old Town Square, Prague Castle, Strahov Monastery and Josefov, the former Jewish ...

Ron Nessen, a veteran broadcast journalist who was press secretary for President Gerald Ford and sought to restore the integrity that the ...

At the town’s edge rushes the river Inn, and over it passes the old bridge that has for so ... In an unprosperous hamlet near Rothenburg the sign reads, “Jews are like moths in the coat ...

MailOnline Travel has selected photos of some of the world's most breathtaking walled cities and towns to inspire you to book ...