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Looking up at Ratsherrentrinkstube (City Councilors' Tavern); Rothenburg ob der Tauber is a town in the district of Ansbach of Mittelfranken (Middle Franconia), the Franconia region of Bavaria. It is well known for its well-preserved medieval old town, a destination for tourists from around the world. Rothenburg was a Free Imperial City from the late Middle Ages to 1803. It was "rediscovered" by Romantic artists in the 19th century; it also held a special significance for Nazi ideologists as a representation of an "ideal" German town. Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page (accessed 9/1/2015)