Rothenburg Infrastructure

Walls and towers of Rothenburg ob der Tauber.

Spitalviertel translates to hostpital quarter, which includes the tower and bastion.

Cool this really is tops!

Rothenburg ob der Tauber was once Germany’s second-largest city, and is now popular with tourism on account of it’s well-preserved Medieval condition, and intact wall.

Three houses the other side of Siebersturm (tower) is iconic Plönlein intersection.

Getting There

From our base in Nuremberg, it was a 2 hour train ride to Rothenburg Germany. We probably traveled on a VGN Group Day Pass.

This is very similar to the Deutsche Bahn Regional Passes, such as the Bayern Ticket. The primary difference is that VGN is specific to Franconia, which in our current day and age is the Northern Part of Bavaria.

It’s a fantastic ticket deal, good for the entire day or weekend until 3am, and includes all forms of transit all the way down to and including local transit, only excluding the high-speed inter-city trains. But you only lose a few minutes by riding the included regional trains.

And you can avoid having to cart around a pocket full of cash by buying the ticket from the DB Navigator App; just show the conductor the QR code on your smart phone.