Rothenburg ob der Tauber

The New Year trip, or a few day later... Rothenburg off-season

The city is already so famous, thanks to social media, that even in January you have to be patient to get your frame. Around the famous road crossing das Plönlein there are light crowds moving around. Cars, selfie funs, tourists, walkers, someone is passing by all the time in front of your camera. I just put my big stopper to get the long exposure really long to make the frame de-crowded ;). I don't even dare to imagine what is going on there on summer evenings.

 

Afterwards I decided myself to make a quick look at the walls, or rather from the walls, because you can walk around the old town on the walls, and under the roof. Perfect in the rain. What was our experience next day.

 

But first I got to my another planned photo spot, Gerlachschmiede. I thought I'd run into a similar crowd there. Because Gerlachschiede is another landmark of Rothenburg. After couple of minutes the christmas tree lit and it became like in a fairy tale.

 

Next morning the weather was not such in a photography-mode. Rain and one has to be careful not to get the lens so rain-dotted. What was the advantage, the lack of people and for a composition the wet cobblestone and still illuminated city.

 

 

 

After some breakfast we made our sightseeing tour.

Rothenburg offers a lot of old town atmosphere. The highlight for sure is the around 4 km walk on the city walls.

You can get down through the city park down to the river Tauber and to the Topplerschlösschen. The house high on a stone platform. It was the summer residence of one of the former mayors. Going along river you can admire a city view. Go on the double-bridge and get back to the old heart of Rothenburg

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