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Thomas Rothenberg-ob-der-Tauber

HAs anyone heard of this place? I'm not even sure if there is a castle there but there are town walls. I'm writing a book and I would like to get an idea of what walled cities were like .. how big, pop, wall measurements and so on. Thanx.
Erik Schmidt Certainly have Thomas. It's one of the premier tourist destinations in Germany. I don't know much about it, but there are many towns troughout Europe which still retain a great part of their walls.
The most complete examples I can recall off the top of my head which I have visited are;
Istanbul, Jerusalem(As well as a few in Israel no longer inhabitied), Monemvasia, Auges Mortes, Carcassonne(heavily restored), Morten(Murat), Lugo(Roman) and Trujillo.
Check out this site; http://www.walledtowns.com/
In many parts of Europe you find that the town does not have a seperate wall, but that the outer row of houses acted as the wall, having no doors or windows low down. Gruyeres in Switzerland is a nice example of this. There are many more.
Individual sites will often give wall measurements, but rarely population statistics.
Check out the research link on the above page.
Erik
ipflo hi, about rothenburg & castles

the site of rothenburg is http://www.rothenburg.de

there was a castle in town, it belonged to the hohenstaufen emporers and it was destroyed during an earthquake in 1356. now is the place a city park (burggarten), where you can see the remains of the castle and enjoy a wonderful view of the surroundings.
also is outside the city walls a little castle called Topplerschlösschen, it is a sort of towerhouse from 1388 and it was built as a summerresidence for a mayor of rothenburg.
Merlin There is a collection of pictures and maps of medieval towns at:
http://historic-cities.huji.ac.il/historic_cities.html
You'll find there many pictures of walled cities. I was in Rothenburg ob der Tauber many years ago and it was impressive. But the forifications of Lucerne and Murten in Switzerland are nearly at the same level.
[This message has been edited by Merlin (edited 11-29-2002).]
Peter Thomas,
you can set your book in any walled community, ie; from a city to a village. The larger the city/town the more complicated the walls & items associated with them become. Langres in central France is a nice example of a medium sized town. Although you can go the whole hog with Rome.
Erik Schmidt Ooops. Sorry Merlin. I saw I had misspelled Murten(Morat). It's been a while since I was there.
Erik
Peter Thomas,
just mentioned a book in the review section.
Get hold of it, even from your library, if you really want too know the nitty-gritty.
Thomas Wow, thanx so much to everyone for such a great response!! It looks like I have some reading to do today.
Thank you again. You all are a great resource!