This website uses cookies to ensure you get the best experience on our website. Learn more

Museums Attractions In Nordlingen

x
Nördlingen is a town in the Donau-Ries district, in Swabia, Bavaria, Germany, with a population of approximately 19,190. It was built in an impact crater, and was first mentioned in recorded history in 898, and in 1998 the town celebrated its 1100th anniversary. The town was the location of two battles during the Thirty Years' War, which took place between 1618–1648. Today it is one of only three towns in Germany that still has a completely established city wall, the other two being Rothenburg ob der Tauber and Dinkelsbühl. Another attraction in the town is Saint George's Church's 90 m steeple, called Daniel, which is made of a suevite impact brecc...
Continue reading...
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Filter Attractions:

Museums Attractions In Nordlingen

  • 1. Ries Crater Museum Nordlingen
    The Rieskrater Museum, sometimes known in English as the Ries Crater Museum, focuses on meteors and their collisions with Earth. The museum is housed in a 16th-century barn in Nördlingen, Germany which was part of the medieval city's center. The area is the location of a meteor's impact with Earth c. 15 million years ago and it might have been a double impact . It has been recognized as such since the early 1960s.The museum's collection includes a genuine moon rock from Apollo 16 on loan from NASA in return for using the Nördlingen crater for training the Apollo 14 astronauts due to its similarities to a moon crater.The museum is affiliated with the nearby Geopark Ries , whose mission is to protect the crater. The museum opened in May 1990 and received its millionth visitor on 15 Decembe...
    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
  • 3. Railway Museum Nordlingen
    The Bavarian Railway Museum is a railway museum based in the old locomotive sheds at Nördlingen station in Bavaria, Germany. It is home to more than 100 original railway vehicles and has been located in the depot at Nördlingen since 1985.
    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Nordlingen Videos

Shares

x
x
x

Near By Places

Menu