European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 31, 1963, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wurzburg Bod  Creg linger. Weidenheim b Rothenburg of Der Toub of be Fuei Ien  continued from Page i Mann the Wuerzburg master and a pc Ture Post card medieval Market ,Rococo Palace at Weikersheime is a splendid introduction to the every Day life 1 of a Prince of the holy roman Empire. Rococo runs away with itself in the knights Hill a dizzying room 360 feet Long 4 feet wide and 30 feet High wit More than enough frescoes Stone animals and family portraits to match the Dimen Sions.  is a must Stop. The great drawing card is the Mth Century Herrgott Korthe with time n Sleme Schnelder s massive altar to the Virgin. Slemen Schnelder s masterpiece is one of the Pinnacles of gothic carving. The old town itself cuddles delightfully in a Woodland setting.  Der Tauber. Thebes preserve medieval walled Townie Germany owes its god Tooks to a master Drinker. In 1631curing the thirty years Wall the town fell to the belgian born Sci it of Ohsann Tilly after a fierce Battle. Ift Lugea Over the bitter resistance he or. Dered immediate destruction of the town and execution of four Council members. Will waiting for the executions to take place titty was offered wine in a huge 3 .4-Qusrt Goblet. Wanned by the wine and in. A happier Frame of mind he offered a full Pardon to the Miri and a Promise to save the town tit any citizen could Drain the huge manure at one draft the. Prodigious drinking feat legend has 1 itt waa performed by it former mayor named Nusch and the Council members a Ute town were thus saved. Nusch achievement has been celebrated Ever since the annual pageant of the Melster trunk. One of Rothenburg s treasures is rhe altar of the holy blood completed byrme Schnelder in 1901. Feuchtwanger probably won t keep you too Long after you be had your fill of Roui Enburg but there Are some romantic ruins of an old Benedictine Abbey and a altar in the suits Kurche by the teacher of Albrycht Duerer Michael Wolgemuth. Dinkel Buehl like Rothenburg was also spared being wiped off the map Dur ing the thirty years War. But it was a Tot and my Aii old Toper who saved the a. Y at this Point the children of the doomed town led by the gatekeeper s daughter advanced on the Stern commander. Falling on their Knees before him they begged him to spare the town. The commander had recently lost his Only son. He wept when one of the Little Fellows his son s age was handed up to him on his horse. Then for the children s Sake he changed his order Sand Dunkel Buehl was spared. Each year for a week in july Dunkels Buh commemorates the event with the  children s tribute. The Dunkel Buehl of today dates largely from the City s prosperous 15th Century building spree. The magnificent gothic Ca thedral of St. George erected in a Community of Only 7.500 souls gives a Good idea of Dunkel Buehl s affluence in those Days. There Are countless ancient inns some of them former stopping off places for Emper ors All of them strictly atmospheric. Queen Victoria spent the night at the Golden Rosein 1897. She was probably amused. Noerdlinger. Unfortunately is too close to Rothenburg and Dunkel Buehl an to visit the three of them one after the other is just too much of a Good thing forthe average tourist it has its Walls it is perfectly preserved and there s a thirty years War festival too. Harburg in the Rocky Woer Noti Val Ley la dominated by the 17th Century Castle of Prince Oettl Ngen Wallerstein. The massive Castle is a Treasury of ancient books. Gobelin tapestries and Slemen Schnelder carvings. At the Confluence of the Woer Noti an the Danube lies Dona Woerth. The old Imperial Rood forms the very Centero the medieval town. Like Rothenburg Dunkel Buehl and nerd Lingen it. Too has its thirty years War escape Story and ancient Walls but unlike its sister cities. It was about 70 per cent destroyed in the last War. The town has been admirably patched up and the visitor can spend some pleas ant hours strolling along the Banks of the Danube and exploring some splendid Baro que buildings. Augsburg was founded during therein of emperor Augustus in is b.c., and since those Days history has piled itself indiscriminately upon this Metropolis of the Middle  in the win and 16th Cen Urles. It was one of the richest cities in. -Ladw?tllrbmihn9as�iwivteedlng merchant Faa been besieged eight times. The inhabitants Illes. The buggers and the welders. Al were dying off by the score from starve danced the Empire and had emperors Aston and disease. In 163j, when the troops their guests. Of Sweden called on the town to surren the wealth and Power of the Fugger def. The townsfolk expecting help from surpassed that of the Medicis in those the emperor held out angered by the re Days and As Lor the welders. They received stance. The swedes threatened to level As an Imperial Grant the whole of Vene the town. Zuela As payment on overdue  Avert the catastrophe the town threw Max Lullan Strasse was Europe s Wall open its Gates and the mayor humbly pre Street in those Days. It is still adorned tented the. Keys to the warehouses and a with the palaces of merchant princes an stasis. But the swedish commander was Fine churches at either end. Adamant and gave orders to his troops to unique among Iti at tract ions is the level the town. World s first social settlement the fug Gerel. It was established by the fug Gers in 1519 to take Core of Augsburg Sneedy. Tihe romanesque Cathedral houses Many m. Many treasures including an altar painting by Hans Holbein the elder  were native sons. The richest of its secular monuments is a Majestic town Hall finished in 1620. Its Golden Hall is a creation of the Augsburg architect Ellas Holl whose work helps justify the old town s reputation As Cit of the German  Between Augsburg and Landsberg on the Long Plain of Luchfeld one of the most decisive Battles Ever fought be tween East and West took place in 995. It was Here that Otto 1 Defeated the rampaging huns turning them  for the last time. Landsberg is another must Stop no because of the War criminal prison but rather because of the architectural creations of a former mayor Dom Lolkus Zim Merman. The influence of this master of baroque is Felt All along this stretch of thermos Nolc Road the Way Balthasar Neu Mann dominates the area arond Wert Burg. Zimmermann is responsible for the stucco facade of the town Hall the Johan nes Kurche and the Kloster Kutche. The supreme creation of this master however. Is the woes Church a Rococo jewel unsurpassed anywhere. Dom Lolkus brother Johann to responsible for the exuberant frescoes. Outwardly it is a modest Church secluded in the Green  the Interior however is a Blaze of glory if there Ever was any such thing. It Haa been called the artistic counterpart of Mozart s music at any rate this composition of Slone and Light is a Happy an Many sided work of Genius. Neuse Hanstein is perhaps the most photogenic of All the castles in this Castle studded land. Age Wise not a Cen Tury old it is completely out of character along the ancient romantic Road but romantic it is from top to Bottom. Perched High on a Hill overlooking a Gorge wit the Alps As a backdrop it was the dream Castle of mad King Ludwig ii of a Varia. This phantasm of a deranged Mon Arch is hauntingly embellished with motifs from wagnerian operas. Luil lived at Hohen Schwa Ngau too. Though it was built by one of his predecessors butt Ludlw redecorated it in has own flamboyant la fit i. Suessen is the end of the romantic Road and a. Dramatic Climax to a journey that began in the peaceful vineyards of Franconia on the Banks of the main. The Lech River is torrential Here As it Fallsdown from the tyrolean Alps. Built for the Prince Bishops of Augsburg "j,."91 today it offers excellent resort a duties for tourists. It is a fitting place to recuperate from one of the most Scenic 12 and photogenic i a. The stars and stripes