11,700 BC, Area was inhabited.
260 AD, A Roman villa was present.
898, first mentioned in recorded history.
1215, was granted city rights by Emperor Frederick II.
1327, present-day city circular wall was built.
1427, construction of Saint George’s Church was started.
1589-1598, Modern witch trials.
1849, Royal Bavarian State Railways arrived.
1945, WWII air raid killed 33 people.
1970, The ending scenes from the 1971 version of Willy Wonka were filmed in Nördlingen, West Germany.
2013-2023. Antetype for the city in Attack on Titan, TV series.
0 Hotel-Café-Konditorei Altreuter, where Uncle Jack stayed for a night.
1 St. Georg’s Church, is regarded as one of the largest and most beautiful churches in southern Germany.
2 Rathaus (Town Hall), the 13th century “stone house” has been used without interruption since 1382, thus being one of the oldest Town Halls in Germany.
8 The large Spital with its church, its geriatric care centre and its warehouse, was built in the 13th century. This was originally used as a municipal home for the care of the sick, the old and the poor.
13 Baldinger Tor, after the town siege in 1634 the gate was seriously damaged, causing the collapse in 1703.
22 Salvatorkiche, its construction was started in 1401 as an Abby Church. Consecrated in 1422. It is now used as a Catholic parish church.
25 Reiminger Tor, it is the oldest of Nördlingen’s five gates from the 14th century.
27 Deininger Tor, this gate was built from 1516 – 1519. In 1634 it was seriously damaged in a battle with Protestants during the Thirty Year War.
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