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Congress- und Tourismus-Zentrale NürnbergFor centuries pedestrians crossed the Pegnitz River on a wooden bridge located in front of the current one. In 1824 the first iron suspension bridge was built.
Chained Suspension Bridge in Nuremberg
The Kettensteg was designed and built, based on English models, by Nuremberg engineer Konrad Georg Keppler. Although he was self-taught, Keppler was appointed Professor at the Polytechnic School in 1823 and also made a name for himself in the restoration of the clockwork figures of the Frauenkirche and in the construction of the first German railway.
The Gardens of the Hesperides in Nuremberg were established outside the town walls in the St. John's district in the Middle Ages. The Gardens of the Hesperides, where citrus fruits were once cultivated, owe their name to the daughters...[more]
As befits an insider tip in Nuremberg, the Bürgermeistergarten (Mayor's Garden) is not easy to find. The best way to begin looking is in the Burggarten (castle moat) on the upper and lower bastions to the west and north of the Nuremberg...[more]
While strolling along the small Pegnitz island past the lovingly restored ensemble of houses it is hard to believe that this was the pig market in the Middle Ages.
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Lettuces and gazebos in the castle moat? This Nuremberg insider tip takes you to the allotments beneath the north side of the Nuremberg Castle. You can best get there by walking from the Albrecht-Dürer house in a northerly direction...[more]