TravelswithCharie

"Nuremberg shines throughout Germany, a sun among the moon and stars." Martin Luther Half timbered houses in the Alstadt On January 2, 1945, the British Royal Air Force and the U.S. Air Force flew over Nürnberg (Nuremberg) leveling nearly 90% of the Alstadt (Old Town). What was once one of the most important cities of the Holy Roman Empire was turned to rubble.  Hitler's rallying ground during World War II was effectively stamped out though it took until April 1945 to weed out German resistance during the house-to-house campaign.  After the war Nuremberg was rebuilt from the ground up using the same stones that were the foundation of the old structures. What we see today is a faithful reconstruction of Nuremberg's glorious past. In the image above, restored half-timbered houses dot the Alstadt. Saint Lorenz Church Construction of St. Lorenz Church began in the 13th century and was completed in 1477. It became a Lutheran church during the Reformation.