Dinkelsbuhl • named Most Beautiful Village of Germany

About Dinkelsbuhl

Dinkelsbühl has been named “the most beautiful village of Germany”. And it might very well be. It is a stunning, small village with exquisite half-timbered architecture. Located along the Romantic Road in Bavaria, just like Rothenburg ob der Tauber and Nördlingen. Those three cities and villages – Rothenburg, Dinkelsbühl and Nördlingen – are the only three cities in Germany with the entire original city wall still in tact.

It is a former Free Imperial city of the Holy Roman Empire (HRE). That is the Empire erected after Rome collapsed and the middle ages had set in. The HRE is a complicated governmental structure of rivalling regions, city states, countries, kings and barons. Its founder Charlemagne (Charles The Great) had his seat in Germany too: in the city of Aachen (near the border with The Netherlands and Belgium).

This fortified village once was a city. Small, but important. And just like so many towns in those days: they all had their own characteristic “look & feel”, whereas today cities around the world all look the same.

Nearby Rothenburg ob der Tauber is larger, has more big buildings and towers and steeples. Rothenburg has houses in every color of the spectrum, many city towers with gates. Nördlingen, also nearby Dinkelsbühl, has largely white plastered houses. All very straight lines. Organised in a near perfect city wall circle. Dinkelsbühl has a village feel, but with clear signs of important families having lived there. German renaissance wooden architecture. Intricate half-timbered faces towards the streets. A wall and quaint garden all around this beautiful village.

The movie “The wonderful world of the Brothers Grimm” from 1962 was filmed here.

This video was filmed during “Pinksteren” festival. Or in English: Pentecost. A Christian holiday taking place on the 50th day after Easter Sunday. A holiday also celebrated in The Netherlands, Belgium and other countries on the continent. In Dinkelsbühl this is celebrated by turning the entire town into an open air festival of traditional costume and music. From neighbouring towns, groups come to Dinkelsbühl to showcase the wonderful German traditional garments.

Nearby tourist destinations include:

1. Rothenburg ob der Tauber: perhaps the most German of all German cities. And the inspiration for Anime and Disney. A must see when visiting Germany / Bavaria

2. Nördlingen: a city in the middle of a meteor crater. The old town has been made from the diamond-dust stone of the meteor. This city is literally a Gem: made of star dust.

3. Romantic Road: aka Romantische Strasse. A wonderful route that many tourist bike and tour across Bavaria. Stunning views of the wonderful German architecture, from Würzburg in the north of Bavaria all the way to castle Neuschwanstein in the south near the Austrian border.

4. Larger cities “away from the romantic road”: Nuremberg, Heidelberg, Bamberg

5. The stunning country side of Bavaria

Chapters
00:00 Dinkelsbuhl Highlights
06:57 Walking Tour
13:38 Historic Center
18:32 Historic Wall
21:53 City
26:58 Historic Wall
29:42 City
35:10 Festival

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Music
Time – long version
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