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Thomas
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posted 11-27-2002 04:56 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Thomas   Click Here to Email Thomas     Edit/Delete Message
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
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posted 11-27-2002 07:06 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Erik Schmidt   Click Here to Email Erik Schmidt     Edit/Delete Message
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
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posted 11-28-2002 01:38 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for ipflo   Click Here to Email ipflo     Edit/Delete Message
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
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posted 11-29-2002 08:14 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Merlin   Click Here to Email Merlin     Edit/Delete Message
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
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posted 11-30-2002 11:06 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Peter   Click Here to Email Peter     Edit/Delete Message
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
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posted 12-01-2002 05:28 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Erik Schmidt   Click Here to Email Erik Schmidt     Edit/Delete Message
Ooops. Sorry Merlin. I saw I had misspelled Murten(Morat). It's been a while since I was there.

Erik

Peter
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posted 12-01-2002 06:23 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Peter   Click Here to Email Peter     Edit/Delete Message
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
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posted 12-02-2002 11:02 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Thomas   Click Here to Email Thomas     Edit/Delete Message
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!

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