Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany – Christmas 2016
I got back from my trip to Füssen and Rothenburg ob der Tauber in Germany late Tuesday night and thought I’d do a couple of quick posts before I procrastinate and never get around to sharing. If you’re ever looking for somewhere to spend a few days, whatever the time of year, both places are beautiful and well worth a visit.
This post is Part II of my Christmas experience in Germany and looks solely at Rothenburg ob der Tauber, a beautiful Bavarian medieval town on the famous Romantic Road. It’s not going to be wordy just a few snaps taken from my time there. Hope you enjoy them and if you have any questions, please ask, hopefully, I’ll be able to help. Thank you and season greetings. Adele. x
Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany – Christmas 2016
Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany – Christmas 2016
Rothenburg 2016
Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany – Christmas 2016
Rothenburg Christmas market in the Market Square. It winds through further streets and buildings behind the main square selling small gifts, orniments, hot food and lots of mulled wine.
The Rothenburg Christmas Market “Reiterlesmarkt,” named after a local Teutonic legend, which began during pre-Christian times as the story of a horrid rider who carried the souls of the dead. As Christianity swept through Europe, the figure developed from a wild man into a loving, gentle man who gave gifts to all people on earth.
Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany – Christmas 2016
Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany – Christmas 2016.
Hotel Eisenhut, Entrance and Reception Area.
The hotel is in a great location, right beside the Christmas Market.
The shared spaces are beautiful but the room we had was very dated.
The room was clean and large but the overall appearance was a letdown.
I would still recommend Hotel Eisenhut despite our room.
Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany – Christmas 2016
This was our hotel for 2 nights, Hotel Eisenhut.
Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany – Christmas 2016.
Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany – Christmas 2016.
Rothenburg is truly beautiful, everywhere you look you’ll see cobbled streets, brightly coloured medieval buildings and quaint shops geared towards the many tourists that visit this wonderful place each year. I personally didn’t go for the shopping but mainly to soak up the Christmasy atmosphere in one of Europes prettiest and best preserved medieval towns.
Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany – Christmas 2016.
We’d be lead to believe that Rothenburg would be mobbed with visitors but we found it to be fairly quiet, with no queues in the shops and the restaurants being virtually empty. Maybe it’s the recession or maybe we just happened to fall lucky, either way, I highly recommend visiting this town on the famous Romantic Road.
Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany – Christmas 2016.
The walls of Rothenburg.
Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany – Christmas 2016.
The walls of Rothenburg.
My favourite Brätwurst was the wild boar sold at stalls in the Christmas market.
We spent most of our time eating and drinking. The mulled wine was a firm favourite, making us all feel very festive and warming us during the cold winters days and nights.
Pretty Christmas decorations are everywhere.
Treat yourself in the many gift shops, stalls, coffee shops and restaurants.
Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany – Christmas 2016.
Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany – Christmas 2016.
When the tourists leave and the mist descends, Rothenburg feels completely different but equally as special.
Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany – Christmas 2016.
It’s getting late here and the mist thickens.
I can’t help but think of Whitechapel, London and Jack the Ripper when I look at this photo.
Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany – Christmas 2016.
The empty streets and mist gives the town a completely different feel.
Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany – Christmas 2016.
There’s hardly anyone around by 9 pm and then the mist begins to descend.
Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany – Christmas 2016.
Rothenburg becomes eerily quiet when the shops close and the mist starts to blanket the town.
Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany – Christmas 2016.
The walls are deserted at night. The mist gives the place a really creepy feel but we loved it.
Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany – Christmas 2016.
There’s still a bit of life outside this hotel and in the adjoining walled beer garden.
Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany – Christmas 2016.
Very few people were on the streets after 9 pm but this hotel and bar seemed to be buzzing.
Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany – Christmas 2016.
The streets are virtually empty of people by 9 pm.
Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany – Christmas 2016.
The streets begin to empty just in time for the mist to cover the streets.
Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany – Christmas 2016.
The streets begin to empty.
Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany – Christmas 2016.
Beautiful cobbled streets of Rothenburg.
Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany – Christmas 2016.
On the walls, it’s deathly quiet and scary but we loved it.
Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany – Christmas 2016.
Our hotel as the mist begins to descend.
We got up on our last day and went out for a walk and to watch the sunrise from the battlements.
Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany – Christmas 2016.
Beautiful morning sunrise on the last day of our trip.
Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany – Christmas 2016.
Sunrise from the battlements.
Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany – Christmas 2016.
Sunrise from the battlements.
Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany – Christmas 2016.
Wherever you are in the world, I hope you have a wonderful Christmas.
Seasons Greetings
Adele
Touch Of Cinnamon 
Some lovely smudges right there Touch. I wouldn’t have gone in that Kathe Wolfart shop mind. Probably a bit smelly. I also take exception to your allusion that Whitechapel is misty and that we are all mass murdering, top hat and cape-wearing psychopaths, preying on ‘the ladies of the night’
*walks into wall and drops wicked-looking butcher’s knife with a clatter onto cobbles*
Lovely stuff sweetheart. I thoroughly enjoyed that trip through the streets and surrounding countryside with you 🙂
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Glad you liked it. We had a fab few days. You should go Mr Whelk maybe you could do a bit of slashing and murdering in the eerie streets?
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There’s nothing worse than missing out on the opportunity of having a bloody good slash in the street in my view.
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What great pictures! Thanks for sharing. I am not at all familiar w this part of Germany but I feel like I have been there now. What great European charm you captured. Warm wishes for an equally charming holiday back home
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Thank you and to you too.
I’ve wanted to go here for years and finally decided to stop talking about it and just do it. I’d highly recommend both places, they’re beautiful.
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Can I ask , why there then? There are so many great European places on our bucket list we may never see but that was not one of them. It maybe on the list now.
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My fascination with both Füssen and Rothenburg ob der Tauber started in childhood from watching Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. They were both film locations for the production and both very pretty.
The post before this one showed images of Füssen and the very famous Neuschwanstein Castle. Füssen itself has a charm about it but the town isn’t as pretty as Rothenburg. It’s the location that adds something more to its appeal, it’s right on the German/Austrian border with the Alps as a backdrop and it’s the southernmost town on the Romantic Road. There are also a number of pretty lakes, gorges, skiing and the castles all within close proximity.
Now Rothenburg ob der Tauber is the prettiest and the best preserved medieval town I’ve ever been to, full of charm, character and nothing like as busy as I’d imagined it to be. I wish we’d had longer to go exploring around the area surrounding the walled town, to see what else there was to visit but we only had the 2 days in Rothenburg and some of that was travelling up from Füssen and then back down to the Munich airport.
If I was to do it again, I’d probably take a week to 10 days to do the entire Romanic Road and spent a few days of that at the end exploring the Alps around Füssen, maybe even drive down to Innsbruck in Austria to fly home.
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I didn’t know that. I was a big fan of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Thanks for the info. Yes, the German south, bordering the Alps was on The List too. Again great pics! Enjoy Your holiday week!
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Thank you. Will do and you too.
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Markdorf and the German alps is the town I was thinking of. My wife used to work for a German auto part manufacture here in the states and they are headquartered there. I heard many a good story on the bier gartens there facing the alps. would you mind if I reblogged this on my blog?
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Not at all, that would be very kind of you.
Fussen is the place close to the Alps and Rothenburg is further North on the Romantic Road.
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I was just looking at Markdorf, it looks lovely and the location near Lake Constance would definitely appeal to me. I’m a real lakes and mountains kinda girl.
You use to be able to fly into nearby Friedrichshafen for next to nothing but Ryanair no longer run that route.
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You sound very well versed in Germany now. Have you visited other places? Or other places in Europe? We have visited Ireland but Italy, Greece, England, Germany and more are on the list
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This was my first trip to Germany, so a lot more exploring to do. It’s definitely given me the desire to see more.
Most of our recent holidays have been in France, Italy and Switzerland, all of which I love.
Back in September, we stayed in a lovely chalet in a small alpine town called Samoëns, it’s a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. We chose it because of it’s proximity to the Alps and because of its closeness to Chamonix, Annecy and Sixt-Fer-à-Cheval.
Chamonix is at the foot of the spectacular Mont Blanc, and Sixt-Fer-à-Cheval is a place of stunning natural beauty. Annecy old town is truly picturesque, right on lake Annecy, definitely worth a day or two.
The last time we visited Switzerland we stayed in a small town on the shores of Lake Lucerne and travelled out from there. We flew into Zurich and drove down to Vitznau. Let me link you to a brief post I did… https://touchofcinnamon.com/2014/07/13/switzerland-italy/
After 3 days on Lake Lucerne in Switzerland, we drove down to Lake Como in Italy and spent another 3 nights there. This is another stunning place to visit if you like beautiful scenery and pretty little towns. After that, we got the train down to Florence where we stayed 8 days, 7 of them in a villa and then onto Rome for 3 nights.
I’ve had a post sat in drafts for 2 years about the Switzerland part of this holiday. I was meant to do a more in-depth post about each place but I never finished them.
What sorts of thing do you like in a holiday?
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We have been a Carribbean location family. I am a beach bum after all. I wanted to explore all of the islands there. We take off every Valentine’s for some place warm. We are doing a Disney cruise this year. I have several posts in my Travel folder in my blog of fun places we have visited. I hooed
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Let me see if this works, WP wasn’t letting me comment.
Some of the Carribean Islands look stunning. I’ve not been yet but it’s one my list.
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Curacao has been our favorite island to visit so far. It is a Dutch based island so a lot of cultural influences. The diving there is second to none.
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it would definitely appeal to my son, he loves the water based sports, surfing, diving, kayaking etc.
He was born in the U.S. in Richmond, Virginia. We lived over there for 3 years due to my husbands work.
I loved America but missed my family, so we came home in readiness for my son starting school.
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We live a few hours south of Richmond on the coast of South Carolina in Charleston. Charleston may have as much history as any town in the US..
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We went to Charleston a couple of times, it’s a lovely place to live. I loved Williamsburg too.
America is so vast, I reckon there still a lot of things to be revealed about her past.
It has every type of landscape going and some spectacular natural beauty.
Sorry it’s taking so long to reply, I’m having issues with WP today.
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I have issues with WP too. I am not a fan of the new Admin. And I have almost reached me data limit with them due to all the pics I use. I may have to (ugh) Upgrade. Who knows what that will look like then.
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I don’t use it much to be honest, well not on my own personal blog.
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I think Your satirical side first drew me to your blog. That Travel part made me Follow. I didn’t realize you were from Ireland until this week. Whitechapel Whelk?
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If you look above your comments, you’ll see one of the chaps from there.
Had I said I was from Ireland somewhere, before today I mean? I can’t remember.
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No my stats page told me when you visited earlier.
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Ahhh! Of course, I didn’t think of that lol. Right I’d better go get something done, I have my son returning home from Uni tomorrow and need to titivate his bedroom some more.
Lovely chatting to you. I’ll try to get some of my other travel posts finished.
Have a great day and Merry Christmas.
Adele
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You too Adele. It’s been a treat meeting you too. Best wishes for a warm and memorable Christmas with your family…
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…I HOPED to visit every island in the Caribbean. I wanted to put your latest post in the Travel folder too. Our trip to Ireland is in there. Instead of touring the whole country we stayed down in Counties Galway and Doolin One of our most magnificent trips to date! https://ourlifein3d.com/category/travel/
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Yay, my comment posted this time. I was trying to reply but it wouldn’t take it.
I was saying that I live in Ireland, on the west coast. It’s a very pretty country but it rains sooo much where I live. It’s a different place on a sunny day.
I guess it all depends on what you want from a holiday. I love spectacular scenery, mountains, lakes and pretty villages and towns. I’m not a city type. I like coastal holidays too provided the scenery is beautiful around it. The Amalfi Coast, Ravello, Positano, Sorrento and Portofino in Italy were all beautiful but if you’re looking for long golden beaches, they’re really not for you.
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Our trip to Ireland made me realize how really young my country is. There is so much history and stories behind the attractions in Ireland and Europe and I love that. Not so much where I live. Yes golden beach vacations are for relaxing and unwinding. Trips to Europe and other places are more for exploring and learning more about the world around us..
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You have some spectacular places to visit in the U.S. We wish we’d done more when we lived there but my son had stomach reflux and got sick so easy that it made it a little difficult to travel at times.
I was going to comment on your Ireland post but the comments must be closed now.
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So how far from Doolin to you live if you are on the southwest side of Ireland? We visited Ireland in part to track down my heritage but like the commercial I found out my name originally comes from Scotland so that is on the Bucket list too ( but we want to go back to Ireland)
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Yes! There are so many places to visit in Ireland. We had a coffee table book and just highlighted all places we wanted to go but instead of just glistneing over on a one week bus tour we chose to find a spot with an abundance of attractions and just settle down in a B&B and get a feel for the culture, talk to some locals (on the Ocean Highway trip) and really get a feel for where we were visiting. .
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I would love to retire there and run a B&B on the hill in Doolin….But it’s too cold for others in my family
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We’re talking about either renting out our home or selling up and moving on for a few years. We’d like to travel around Europe working for a while before it become difficult due to Brexit. *Fumes*. I really didn’t want to come out of the EU. *Shakes head*
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So Ireland is out of the EU too? I know, I couldn’t believe England pulled out.
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No, Republic of Ireland isn’t but I hold a British passport 😦
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Reblogged this on OUR LIFE IN 3D and commented:
It is a very festive time of year for most of us and so I hoped to close out this year with a fun and festive blog or two.
One thing I enjoy as much as anything is meeting new and interesting people. A close second to that is my love to Travel; its one way to meet new and interesting people.
Now we all may not celebrate Christmas the same around the world but I think is it is very interesting to see how others may celebrate.
Here is a great post with some fabulous pics of a couple of small towns in Germany. The FESTIVE decorations look tremendous and wonderfully captured by A Touch Of Cinnamon’s photography. I love it! Could you imagine spending Christmas at a place like this?
So if you have a minute Travel on over to a Touch Of Cinnamon’s blog for a festive tour in southern Germany close to the Alps. Enjoy this festive part of the world! ~ Fröhliche Weihnachten!
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Thank you for the kind words and the reblog. When I’m back at a computer I’ll reply to your comments on my blog, it’s hard to reply using my phone. 😀
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Thank you. Have a great Christmas Adele..
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Fabulous photos. Really brings Rothenburg ob der Tauber to life and shows they know how to DO Christmas.
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Thank you, Rothenburg was so pretty, I’d definitely go back.
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