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balhannah Says: Of course a medieval Town has to have a Market Place, and here, they had a lovely one. The main road extends between the city's towers to the marketplace.From here, if you take the stone path to the north, this is where the gate of the ancient Middle fortifications...
balhannah Says: Walking around the old town of Herzogenaurach, I came across the nice Fountain of St. Kilian. Legend states, that at this very spot, Apostle Kilian preached in the year 686.The town commissioned the Statue in 1934, and honoured Bamberg sculptress Maria Lerch, with the design...
balhannah Says: The main street in the old town was really beautiful. There were so many half timbered home's! Since the city's founding in the 13th Century, this has been the main axis of the city. It is along this street where you will find the high Tower's, many Shop's and Restaurant's...
balhannah Says: St. Mary's Chapel, and I was surprised that it had a basement, and that the door was open!It was built in 1200, and the basement was used to store the remains of the abandoned graves (ossuary) It contained a Pieta that dated to 1500. The upper floor of the Chapel was...
balhannah Says: This old building was donated by merchant, Cunz Reyther, in 1508. It was used as a Civil Hospital, where the old, frail and disabled patient's lived out their lives. The building, has now been restored, and houses the town museum in Herzogenaurach. In the Museum, is...
balhannah Says: The Old Town Hall is gorgeous half timbered building that date's back to the middle ages.The town hall was not only the center of urban self-government and place of the court, but also used as a bread and meat market place. Defensive weapons were kept at the Town Hall, and...
balhannah Says: Herzogenaurach, is a Catholic town, so no wonder I came across the historic St. Magdalena.With a Baroque altar and painted wooden vaults, it's described as some of the most impressive in all of Franconia. As the town is mainly Catholic, they hold many Catholic holidays and...
balhannah Says: How could I miss seeing the two, 28 metre high, Tower's.I couldn't!The first one, was the watchman's tower, built in the 13th century. It is located where the former Upper Gate was, and had a lantern and a Welsche hood added in 1724.It has a clock face on each of the four...
balhannah Says: The Fehnturm, is located about 200metres from the Watchman's Tower. Known as the Eastern Gate Tower, it is built with four watch tower's in a similar style, except that it hasn't all the clock faces and has narrow slit's in the stone wall's. It was named after the former...
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The Fehnturm, is located about 200metres from the Watchman's Tower. Known as the Eastern Gate Tower, it is built with four watch tower's in a similar style,...
Q: I was in the Liebfrauenhause orphanage in Herzogenaurach for about 2 years (~1953-54) until adopted by a couple in the States. Is...
A: It must be that: http://www.slw.de/htm_unsere_einrichtungen/liebfrauenhaus_herzogenaurach.htm Adresse: Kinderheim Liebfrauenhaus Erlanger Str. 35 91074...
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HERZOGENAURACH - "SNEAKER TOWN!"
Herzogenaurach is the birthplace of two sporting goods giants: ADIDAS & PUMA Two brother's, Adolf and Rudolf Dassler began making shoe's together in the 1920s, in their mother's kitchen, trading as...
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