Rothenburg ob der Tauber

For our last weekend trip, we went to the tiny town of Rothenburg ob der Tauber. JC had been there before and raved about it. Rothenburg is along a section of road deemed the "Romantic Road" and is a scenic drive from Frankfurt to Munich. Since JC worked Saturday morning, we didn't have time to drive the whole stretch. So we drove straight to Rothenburg Saturday and explored this amazing medievil, charming city. Then we drove part of the Romantic Road Sunday afternoon.

~ Our hotel~
This is the cutest town in history!!!

Precious!

Have you ever seen a more charming town?!

Snack time!

Crime and Punishment Museum

Poster for museum

Would YOU want to sit here?

Stretch rack- see below

The stretch rack illustrated...

A tongue press- gives me the creeps

Here's a good one- a double violin used for quarreling women.

They were both put in here until they got along!

A shame mask- for people who acted like pigs or put their noses in other people's business!

Shame masks illustrated!

A chastity belt...they really had these!

Used for when a husband was away or for protection if a woman was going through a rough area.

Swords...Yikes.

Here's a nice picture...a bridal veil!

For the town drunk...he'd carry this around with his head through the hole.

PROOF that TICKLING FEET IS TORTURE!!!

The accused had to sit with his ankles through the holes. People could come along and tickle their feet! They even put salt on the bottoms of the feet so the goats would come and lick them off! Yikes!

Model of schoolhouse punishments... Scary! Can you say, lawsuit?!

Whipping on left, kneeling on block of wood on right, in the back is a boy on a donkey wearing a dunce's cap, the teacher is pulling the ear of a child.... How did these people survive?!

An old-fashioned desk

The donkey of shame

Pick your instrument...

The original baker's rack.

Sell an underweight loaf of bread- be dunked in the river.

Hope you can hold your breath a long time!!

Everyone gathered to watch.

(The original "Survivor")

The baker's cage...

OK! We made up!

After dinner, we met in the Market Square for the Nightwatchman's Tour. Our guide showed us the town and told us the history while keeping us entertained. It was fun!

See how brave I am! :)

The literal translation- HELL. So if someone meets you in the street and says, "Go to Hell" they're really just being friendly! (Note- Hell is closed on Sundays. Quite nice of them.)

(Sunday morning, we had to walk by Hell and the Crime and Punishment Museum to make it to Mass. :))

After Mass on Sunday, we walked around the city. Rothenburg is a walled city with cliffs on three sides. It was very well protected!

Look-out tower!

You could walk on the top of part of the wall.

I love this picture!

Guten Tag!

The inside of the wall...

Rothenburg- with the vineyards below...