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Nuremberg was once a powerful imperial city and a center of economic activity. The prosperous city provided the ideal foundation for cultural and intellectual life. Even today numerous buildings and monuments reflect its former place within the Holy Roman Empire. Who exactly was Sigena? Who are the little men in red who appear on the front of the clock of Our Lady's Church at noon? How did obscure Nuremberg become the third-largest city in the German empire? These questions, and many more, will be answered during this tour which offers a journey through Nuremberg's rise to greatness, providing historical background and insights in a fun and informative format. This tour is available seven days a week come rain or shine

You will get a personal sightseeing tour with a local guide, that knows his city and its history well. The guide loves his city and shares its secrets and anecdotes with You.

On March 22, 1933, a few weeks after Adolf Hitler had been appointed Reich Chancellor, a concentration camp for political prisoners was set up in Dachau. This camp served as a model for all later concentration camps and as a "school of violence" for the SS men under whose command it stood. In the twelve years of its existence over 200. 000 persons from all over Europe were imprisoned here and in the numerous subsidary camps. 41. 500 were murdered. On April 29 1945, American troops liberated the survivors. at Dachau concentration camp you will have a specialized guide in which he will guide a group of people privately

For centuries, Nuremberg was the secret capital of the Holy German Roman Empire, here the well-known Diets of Nuremberg were held, assemblies where the emperor of the Holy Empire met with the prince electors. For this crucial importance was chosen as a propaganda center during the Third Reich. Hitler considered Nuremberg the heir of the Germanic traditions, the capital of the congresses, wanting to keep alive the memory and the legacy of the powerful Germanic Empire of the Middle Ages in the Nazi structure. Such was its significance that here resided one of the greatest representatives of anti-Semitism of the regime, Julius Streicher, the owner and promoter of the weekly Der Stürmer. The city acquired the title of German city par excellence, being presented as the most loyal locality to the regime of all.

Auf dem ehemaligen Reichsparteitagsgelände befinden sich die bedeutendsten Überreste nationalsozialistischer Architektur in Deutschland. Der Rundgang zeigt die Reichsparteitage als gigantische Propagandashow und Kehrseite des Systems der Konzentrationslager, leistet aber auch einen Beitrag zur aktuellen Diskussion um die Nutzung des Geländes. Bei der Besichtigung der historischen Orte Kongresshalle, Große Straße und Zeppelinfeld werden Funktion und Wirkung ihrer Architektur, die Inszenierung der Reichsparteitagsveranstaltungen wie auch die Grundzüge des nationalsozialistischen Geschichtsbildes greifbar und verständlich. Bei dieser Tour handelt es sich um eine deutschsprachige Tour.

This tour begins in front of Nuremberg Central Station. Meet the guide and the rest of the tour group and roam through the city’s Old Town, admiring the beautiful timber-framed houses and cobblestone streets. Marvel at the massive City Walls of Old Town Nuremberg, which still run for approximately four kilometers. Behind the walls, walk past the Craftsmen's Courtyard, where glass cutters, leather workers, gold and silversmiths, stained-glass painters and other artisans offer their wares for sale. See the gothic St. Lawrence Church, which was rebuilt after World War II; Nürnberger Christkindlesmarkt, Germany’s most famous Christmas market; plus Town Hall, German Renaissance artist Albrecht Dürer's house and the Imperial Castle courtyards, to name just some of the attractions.