European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 12, 1958, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Quaint houses of another Era surround the Square which sits at the foot of the old cites Jet thousands of americans visit turn Al Berg each beguiled by the Many new and interesting buildings which Are springing up the Lovely Parks and Busy shopping without giving thought to the fact that there Are virtually two old and the by far the More interesting is the old which lies in the very heart of the City surrounded by ancient Walls and towers which saw enemy armies at the Gates and which look Down on the new portion with patrician the inner City is not All for there the modern and the medieval rub scores of new and exciting shops have invaded the venerable part of the big flanking old churches that have lived through a half dozen and a Castle that was old when Nurnberg won its Nurnberg Walls Date Back to medieval times but were not completely finished until the 15th from the moment the visitor enters the is confronted with As spectacular a scene As he would find anywhere in in the Koenig Strasse there is a building which was constructed As a granary around but it served As a customs for Nurnberg was a medieval City so Rich and prosperous that roads from Many lands led to it the Cathedral of St a Short distance from reminds one of the splendid Cathedral in there Are a few other magnificent churches in the inner Section of Nurnberg which convey similar the Cathedral of is the biggest gds Choc Church in the its construction was begun in the lower part of the choir contains about a half dozen stained Glass windows installed years just outside of the Cathedral is the foun Tain of a most unusual Anil it is but a few Steps to Nassau a turreted Structure of the 13th to 15th Cen Turies around which some very modern stores Are to be there is a statue honouring Peter Hen who invented the pocket watch and who died nearly 400 years a Short distance away the Weisse term White Tower with the massive cupola of so easily one of the major attractions of old almost in the very heart of old Section is the which was erected around then there is the ancient wine which leads to the Cathedral of St built in the 13th the Eastern choir was added 136179 and the Church contains Many rare across the Street is the seb Alder Pfar Hoff and its Stone carved Bay Albrecht Duerer is immortalized with a Monument on the Street named after from there it is a walk up a Hill to Al Brecht Duerer the great master lived Here for 19 years from 1509 on and painted some of his masterpieces in the the fortifications which made Nurnberg so powerful in the old Days Are also seen when one passes through the Tunnel of the  in front of the is one of the principal sights of old located on a Hill which overlooks the the Western part of the Castle was erected in the 12th Cen but other parts of it were built in in the Market place there stands a magnificent aptly called the Beautiful it rises 60 feet and contains about 40 Gold filigree on the same Square there is the celebrated Church of our at noon the visitor should look upward to the Tower on the Western facade of the Church under which there is a clock in stalled in this is the Mannlein Laufen and the show starts promptly at in the Center emperor Charles in is shown seated on a throne to receive the homage of the seven who pass before him three some who have visited Ger Are reminded of a somewhat Simi Lar sight on the clock every hour on the general famous in the thirty years is shown watching the old Burgmeister of the City drink almost a gallon of wine without once coming up for feat which caused the general to spare the town from further on Nurnberg Market if one wants to get some idea of what the Commerce of old Nurnberg was he has but to see the Fresco painting of the medieval Nurnberg goods train painted on the chamber of Industry and com Merce building which is located in Back of the Beautiful there is the debtors prison of More than 600 years ago As Well As a Bridge near the Market on which is located the holy ghost part of which rests on a Small abutment in the Center of the River which flows through the old Nurnberg is an adventure into the old has been retained in All its solemn yielding grudgingly to the encroachments of modern architecture and the ruins of St catherines Church of the late 13th Century the proud Zembo a Palace built in 1591 during the late Renaissance and a dozen other attractions give the visitor an idea of what Nurnberg centuries while Munich celebrates its 800th birth Day this records show that Nuth Berg was at least 100 years old when its rival was the Gates of the ancient once so difficult to Are open to everyone and provide unforgettable iff1 of the Stak and stripes