The fountain on the Unschlittplatz square was designed by the Nuremberg artist Friedrich Wanderer, who developed it based on a wooden model, created in the first half of the 16th century and located in the German National Museum since 1880. It is not clear what Nurenberg has with the legend of the drunk and lazy bagpiper, who allegedly appeared in Nuremberg during the plague in 1437. The bagpiper was lying drunk in a ditch when a wagon with corpses past to a cemetery. The bagpiper's body was also picked up. But he soon woke up and in horror, he pressed his bagpipe, and she made a sound. The bagpiper was identified and taken home. So he escaped the death, and the plague soon receded. In the middle of the 16th century, new fountains with the same plot were created in Bern and Basel.
This walking one day tour of old Nuremberg is perfect. The walk begins at Frauentorturm directly opposite the exit of the underpass of the central railway station and runs along Königstrasse with its main churches and original shops. The footpath enters the church of St. Lorenz with its medieval architecture and the works of Adam Kraft - a contemporary of Albrecht Dürer. The path continues to the famous Nassau House through Hans Sachs Square to Holy Spirit Hospital and makes a beautiful loop through Schütt Island, the Pegnitz River, and Church of Katarina leads to the central square of Hauptmarkt and the bells of the Frauenkirche church and leads to Beautiful Fountain, where wishes are usually made. Then the walk passes near Rathausplatz and leads to the St. Sebald - Sebalduskirche gives an excellent lunch at Goldenes Posthorn Restaurant. After lunch, the path leads to the City Museum in Fembo house, Pellerhof, Museum Tucherschloss und Hirsvogelsaal, Imperial courtyard of Kaiserburg. It allows you to enjoy city views from Imperial castle Nürnberg. Further, the footpath will lead to the house of Albrecht Dürer, the home of Pilate, the gates of the Tiergärtnertorturm, and the courtyards of the breweries. We will meet The Toy Museum in Nuremberg, admire the executioner’s bridge, learn the story of the bagpipe, walk through the shopping quarter and end the day at the fountain carousel of family relationships and realize that everything is relative in this world.
Don't be afraid to get lost in new places!
