An ancient residential building in the form of a fortress tower has been impressive since ancient times. It is built of red sandstone. By mistake, this house began to be called the Nissauer Tower by the name of Adolf King of Nassau, who lived in the fifteenth century. Nothing is known about the original owners of the building. However, we know the most famous citizens lived in it at different times. Peter Stromer the municipal leader and noble citizen lived there, around 1422. The brothers Erasmus and Heinrich Schurstab are Nuremberg aristocrats, members of the city council and a merchant family of Europe possed the house. From 1427 the house belonged to the Nuremberg patrician family Ortlieb and then was sold to Haller von Hellerstein the oldest patrician family of Nurnberg. Around 1556, Willibald Imhoff patrician lived in the house and was a collector and admirer of Dürer.
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.