Nuremberg: Old City; Duhrer house, Marriage Carousel sculpture

Nuremberg: the old city. Find its thousand-year history at www.nuernberg.de/internet/portal_e/buerger/city_history. Hitler's choice of Nuremberg, the "Imperial City," for his place of choice to address crowds, see other Nuremberg post here, was no accident, given its totemic stature in German history.

The old city walls are still there, with gaps, and with the covered walkways and towers. A hostel is inside one section of the walls - a great location for quick bunking. We have not used hostels yet, but hear good things about them.


The Albrecht Durer house, Duhrer 1471-1528.

Now, see it (watercolor and gouache) in 1496, when it was by a pond. Go to www.abcgallery.com/D/durer/durer17. And another - so it must be true - www.artcyclopedia.com/feature-2003-02-durer-fishermans-house. Here is his hare. Go to gardenofpraise.com/art53. Now see his life and more works at www.artchive.com/artchive/D/durer. If you have something around the house with the commingled real AD logo, you may be wealthier than you realize. Go look.











Then, in the old town there is a fountain - The Marriage Carousel. I would have taken pictures but couldn't find a discreet angle. Scant clothes. I wore them, but not the subjects.

"Bittersweet Married Life," 1541. The fountain is an allegory of life and marriage, based on this poem by Hans Sachs, a Nuremberg meistersinger (member of a musical or poetic guild) 1494-1576, see www.nuernberg.de/internet/portal_e/reiseziel/ctz_704; and www.hymnsandcarolsofchristmas.com/Hymns_and_Carols/Biographies/hans_sachs. See views at www.flickr.com/photos/21461797@N00/343909536/; www.google.com/search?client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial_s&hl=en&q=Nuremberg+fountain+marriage&btnG=Google+Search. Here is another at www.margaret-marks.com/Transblawg/archives/000178. The poem, or part of it, is also at that last site.