Dinkelsbürl, Germany, 2024.

I drove around 30 miles from Rothenburg ob der Tauber on the morning of Monday, May 27, 2024, to Dinkelsbürl, Germany. This should have been about a 40 minute drive. I was down to 5€’s and stopped often trying to find an ATM that would accept a US Credit Card. Many of the small shops and cafes I had been visiting didn’t accept credit cards! After arriving in Dinkelsbürl I found a bank on the east side of Dr-Martin-Luther-Straße, that had an ATM that accepted my US Credit Card!

Dinkelsbürl is often referred to Rothenburg’s little sister. It merited a short stop of a couple hours for me which included lunch at an outdoor cafe. Dinkelsbürl includes a moat, 27 towers, gates and also a preserved medieval 1.6 mile wall surrounding this town also (too thin to walk on) but a little bit less touristy than Rothenburg.

I parked in the Inselwiese lot by the Wörnitz Gate for a minimal charge. Most lots are free. I chose the Inner Town walkabout, I’m told the Outer Town walkabout is quite nice too.

The special thing about Dinkelsbühl is the 780 house in old town, almost 75% of these houses are older than 350 years.

Around 730, a Franconian king’s court deemed this area the starting point for a settlement.
10th century, the fortification for Dinkelsbühl was constructed with a moat and Dinkelsbühl was started.
1274, Dinkelsbühl is a former free imperial city of the Holy Roman Empire.
1733, The New Town Hall was built!
1826, King Ludwig I, issued a regulation forbidding the tearing down of its wall and towers.
1961, The background of the film The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm (1962) was filmed on location in West Germany, at Dinkelsbühl.
Since 2007, The Summer Breeze, an open air heavy metal festival has been held in Dinkelsbühl.