Nuremberg

Nuremberg is the capital of Franconia, a former Imperial City, and home of the largest Nazi rallies. Hundreds of thousands of Nazi supporters gathered here in August or September each year for the Party Congress. This is the stadium where part of Triumph of the Will was filmed.

Nuremberg has rebuilt its charming medieval downtown.

The Way of Human Rights

The Germanisches Nationalmuseum is one of the largest collections of German culture in the country.

Tree trunk coffin

Byzantine jewelry from Ravenna. Unlike most pieces in the museum, this was found in the Republic of San Marino, not Germany.

A Roman helmet found during a plowing competition

The Golden Headdress of a Bronze-Age Sun Priest

What are you doing Jesus?

This tapestry (of which I have taken a picture of the most important part) was a propaganda piece to lobby for the canonization of a local Saint.

"Storming the Castle of Love" from a workshop in Strasbourg. Many copies were made in the 15th century. And yes, they aren't wearing clothes, they are just covered with their hair.

"The Warm Hand - In this game a man buries his head in the woman's lap. With his eyes closed he must guess who has hit his bottom."

Aquamaniles were used to wash ones hands in Medieval times.

Classy

Durer's Portrait of Charlemagne

This is the oldest surviving globe of the world. It was mad by Martin Behaim, a Nuremberg native. He made the globe in 1492, so America is missing from the globe.

A Hurdy-Gurdy

The Constipated One cir. 1770

A "competition" between inhabitants of the eastern and western districts of Venice cir. 1673

"The Ill-Matched Couple" cir. 1530

Every rich burgher needs a sexualized coconut in his cabinet of curiosities.

Oh my...

Lutheran propaganda portraying the Pope and a monk in a... negative light

An old church has been swallowed by the museum.

Never fire a wooden canon

Humor is a powerful tool in warfare

A sleigh from the late 1700s. A warm brick could be placed inside to warm the seat.

Germans love their garden dwarves

The Nuremberg Opera House

Is every Germanic city required to have a creepy fountain?