ROTHENBURG’S
BURG HOTEL
Romantic Road Stay on the Medieval Walls
The
medieval walled town of Rothenburg on the Tauber is perhaps the best
known stop
on
Germany’s “Romantic Road” which
makes its way through a chain of pearl of ancient towns from Southern
Bavaria north into Franconia (see Following
The Romantic Road).
Rothenburg is famous as one of the best preserved of German medieval
towns, with
its legend of being saved from destruction
in the 1400’s by the mayor’s drinking a massive draft of
beer. Rothenburg’s walls are an adventure in themselves and at
the top of the town wall on the west side of the city one can find Rothenburg’s
Burg Hotel, sitting at the edge of a garden where the former Imperial
Castle once stood. A few steps from the Burg Gate (Castle Gate)
where city defenders might pour boiling oil on attackers in the middle
ages.
The
Burg Hotel in Rothenburg was established in 1979, once a jail for beggars
in the
middle-ages, now transformed into a romantic and serene
popular accommodation spot to enjoy the tourist city. Burg Hotel means
Castle Hotel, but the 12th Century Germany imperial castle which once
ruled the domain around the city was destroyed in an earthquake in the
1300s. Remaining from the 14th century is the barn which now serves as
the hotel’s parking garage and houses a pair of classic cars which
guests can arrange for special events, or maybe a turn on the romantic
road. The Burg Hotel is actually the smallest hotel in the old town with
just 15 rooms and suites, including the themed Sleeping Beauty, Konstantin,
the Tower, Bavaria and Bridal Suites. Rothenburg has attracted artists
and romantics of all stripe. The view of the Taubertal (Tauber River
Valley) from the hotel was made famous by Hans Prentzel’s 1929
painting of the "Blumen
am Fenster (Flowers at the window) and Russian painter Wassily Kandinsky
was inspired
by
the walking path and garden in 1902.
You
can have breakfast on top of the city wall with a vista over the countryside
across the
Tauber River. A short stroll though a stone archway
from the hotel takes you to the garden of the former Dominican Monastery
next door. Many of the hotel’s rooms have garden views. The old
town with its beautiful half-wood architecture and notorious torture
museum (see Museums
of Rothenburg) are a casual walk away. The modern
town of Rothenburg-ob-der-Tauber lies outside the walls.
The hotel is located on Klostergasse which is the main through street between the gates. If coming from the east through the Gallows Gate (Galgentor) the Galgengasse becomes Klostergasse. Prices range from 90€ to 170€ including breakfast. Rothenburg can get very busy in the high season summer months and at for the Christmas Market in December. © Bargain Travel Europe
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HOTEL
MARKUSTURM ROTHENBURG OD DER TAUBER
DINKELSBUHL - WALLED CITY ON ROMANTIC ROAD
SCHLOSS NYMPHENBURG - KINGS PALACE MUNICH
LUDWIG'S
FANTASY CASTLE NEUSCHWANSTEIN
