Würzburg – Northern End of Germany’s Romantic Road
[Music] my street on the way to the car park i just arrived in Verbbo this is the northern end of the romantic road in German such a pretty view over the bridge into the town church spires oh yes the Germans know how to do it there’s the old city and I’m standing on the bridge there’s a bar here and restaurant right on the bridge vineyards you could see them up the hill there that’s all vineyards all around this city
As great as it was, the precious days spent on Germany’s Romantic Road come to an end with a visit to beautiful Würzburg.
Würzburg is famous for its partly rebuilt and reconstructed old town] and its Würzburger Residenz, a palace that is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
On 16 March 1945, about 90% of the city was destroyed in 17 minutes by firebombing from 225 British Lancaster bombers during a World War II air raid. Würzburg became a target for its role as a traffic hub and to break the spirit of the population.
All of the city’s churches, cathedrals, and other monuments were heavily damaged or destroyed. The city centre, which mostly dated from medieval times, was destroyed in a firestorm in which 5,000 people perished.
Over the next 20 years, the buildings of historical importance were painstakingly and accurately reconstructed. The citizens who rebuilt the city immediately after the end of the war were mostly women – Trümmerfrauen (“rubble women”) – because the men were either dead or still prisoners of war. On a relative scale, Würzburg was destroyed to a larger extent than was Dresden in a firebombing the previous month.Today the whole of the old town is cited as a cultural heritage site after decades of rebuilding and reconstructions
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