Nördlingen

Nördlingen is a city in Swabia in the German state of Bavaria. It is one of only three towns in Germany that still have completely intact city walls. It was built in the impact crater of a meteorite.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Rieskrater Museum and St. Georg (Nördlingen).

Rieskrater Museum

Museum

Rieskrater Museum

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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.

St. Georg (Nördlingen)

Church

St. Georg (Nördlingen)

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St. Georg (Nördlingen) is a church.

Bavarian Railway Museum

Museum

Bavarian Railway Museum

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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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Reimlingen and Herkheim.

Reimlingen

Village

Photo: Manfi.B., CC BY-SA 3.0.

Reimlingen is a municipality in the district of Donau-Ries in Bavaria in Germany.

Herkheim

Village

Photo: War ich das etwa, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Herkheim is a part of the municipality of Nördlingen in Germany, in the region of Swabia. It has a population of 531…

Nördlingen

Type: Locality with 20,400 residents
Also known as: “09779194”, “Noerdlingen”, and “Stadt Nördlingen”
Location: Donau-Ries, Bavarian Swabia, Bavaria, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

48.8484° or 48° 50′ 54″ north

Longitude

10.5056° or 10° 30′ 20″ east

Population

20,400

Elevation

433 metres (1,421 feet)

Open location code

8FWGRGX4+96

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Notable Places Nearby

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