Nuremberg

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Welcome to Nuremberg!
The city lies in the sandy plain of the central Franconian basin and is sometimes referred to as the "secret capital" of Bavaria and is in fact with its 500.000 inhabitants the second largest city in that state. The river Pegnitz divides the old town into its Sebald and Lorenz districts so named after the town's two main churches. Above both rises its medieval castle, the city's "crown" so to speak, reposing on its craggy hill. Perhaps just because the soil around is unfavourable to agricultural pursuits, Nuremberg has developed rather from the hard work and business sense its citi-zens have possessed, characteristics which were present even in the Middle Ages and which have contributed to making the city one of Ger-many's most important centres. The name Nuremberg itself calls to mind Lebkuchen and roasted sausage, toys, The Meistersingers, the Nuremberg Trichter, its Christkindlmarkt, Gothic art treasures, its mighty city walls and far-off Reichstags, but alsó perhaps its most recent history with its Nazi Reichsparteitags, the Nuremberg Laws and the trial of top Nazi criminals. However that may be, the attraction the city has - and it has over a millión people staying within its walls per year — lies perhaps in its contrasts, contrasts between that which has been preserved and that which has newly come into being as reconstruction of older cultural heri-tage and alsó from the contemporary living spirit of the town.
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