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Nürnberg

Name origin

Nuorenberc (Germanic, = Felsberg/rock mountain)

First documented mention

1050 AD

Population

516,000

Area

186.44 km²

Federal state

Bayern

Administrative region

Mittelfranken

District

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Vehicle registration

N

River

Pegnitz

The Club Libido is located in Nürnberg-Maiach.

As the venue of the NSDAP Reichsparteitage, the proclamation site of the Nürnberger Gesetze and the scene of the Nürnberger Prozesse, the once splendid medieval city has attained sad world fame. Strolling today in the shadow of the mighty Kaiserburg through the rebuilt medieval old town with its historic mile amid the city fortifications and its bridges over the Pegnitz, one recognises, despite the destruction of the war, after just a few steps, what incomparable beauty this city must once have possessed.

The Franconian metropolis is today the second-largest city in the Free State of Bavaria; its trademarks, besides the historic castle, which is among the most historically and architecturally significant fortifications in Europe, are the Christkindlmarkt, the Germanisches Nationalmuseum and the Spielwarenmesse. The city was a residence of many emperors; Karl IV. issued the Goldene Bulle here in 1356. In the 15th century, Nürnberg, together with Köln and Prag, was among the largest cities of the Holy Roman Empire.

On 07.12.1835, the first German railway ran between Nürnberg and Fürth. In the wake of this historic event, the city became a major industrial centre in the 19th and 20th centuries. Unfortunately, over the course of recent history, Nürnberg has lost, wholly or in large part, a number of well-known companies such as Hercules and Zündapp, representatives of the once renowned Nürnberg motorcycle industry, as well as MAN, Triumph-Adler, AEG, the Fürther Quelle GmbH and DHL, all of which once had a base here. Today, companies based in Nürnberg include, among others, the Optical Center of Excellence of Alcatel-Lucent, the Nürnberger Versicherung, DATEV, the Gesellschaft für Konsumforschung as well as hotel.de and Immowelt. Furthermore, with the companies Prinovis and the Schlott Gruppe AG, Nürnberg is also Germany's most important printing hub.

Currently, Nürnberg is, quite simply, the city with the most sauna clubs to be found. In addition, right in the city centre behind the Frauentormauer lies one of the oldest red-light districts in Germany.

Among the well-known sons and daughters of Nürnberg are Albrecht Dürer, Peter Henlein, Hans Sachs, Georg Philipp Harsdörffer, Martin Behaim, Anton Fugger, Johann Pachelbel, Theodor von Cramer-Klett, Sigmund Schuckert, Theo Schöller, Max Grundig, Hermann Zapf, Max Morlock, Madeleine Schickedanz, Hanns Zischler, Waldemar Hartmann, Dagmar & Hans Rudolph Wöhrl, Markus Söder, Marusha and Hannah Stockbauer.