Oddly enough, there was no capital In the Holy Roman Empire. The network of small road fortress called the Pfalz covered the entire Reich. They situated at a distance of about one day's hike. The emperors were in constant ride, stopping in well-protected fortresses only for a short time. The Reformation came to Nuremberg in 1541 and, the alienation of the Catholic Empire and the evangelical city began. After the Thirty Years War, the Imperial Congresses were finally moved to Regensburg. But the Reformation opened the town to free people. Maria Sibilla Merian, a naturalist artist, lived in the town at the turn of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Here in the former imperial gardens, he found a quiet corner for himself, where he researched plants and insects.
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.