Goldenes Posthorn is the oldest wine cellar in Germany. It has been uninterrupted in service since 1498. Albrecht Dürer and Hans Sachs dined here. It has been visited for centuries by kings, artists, and scholars from around the world. Richard Wagner wrote part of Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg in Goldenes Posthorn. The first document that mentions the purchase of the Goldenes Posthorn is dated Monday after All Saints Day in 1498. Since this is a certificate of sale, it becomes clear that the year of foundation was even earlier. In 1945, the Goldenes Posthorn was destroyed by bombs, but since 1960 the house is again in a historical place and serves Franconian cuisine. The original playing card of Hans Sachs from 1560 is stored here. Albrecht Durer’s drinking glass can still be seen today in Goldenes Posthorn. To understand that Franconian cuisine is not just about grilled sausages, it’s worth trying a Franconian Brotzeitbrett for several people with smoked Nuremberg sausages, branded sausage with onions, Aalfelder farm ham, boiled egg, radish, and village bread and butter. Draft beer is a good fit for this portion: Tucher Übersee Export Hell is strong. Or Tucher Dark Beer - branded Franconian beer as well as Tucher Echt Nürnberger Kellerbier, which calmly infuses and gains taste. In winter, having come to the restaurant from the cold outside, you can start the meal with Franconian potato soup or liver dumplings soup or a transparent beef broth with homemade liver dumplings and rustic homemade bread and butter. Bon appetite!
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!
