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Rothenburg ob der Tauber

Rothenburg ob der Tauber is a town along the in , , about halfway in between Frankfurt and Munich. It is best known for its medieval town centre, seemingly untouched by the passage of time, encircled by the undamaged 14th-century town wall.
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  • Type: Town with 11,300 residents
  • Description: town in Germany
  • Also known as: “Rothenburg o. d. Tauber”, “Rothenburg upon Tauber”, and “Rothenburg/Tauber”
Photo: Tilman2007, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include The Town Hall and Medieval Crime and Justice Museum.

Town hall
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Museum
Photo: Holger Uwe Schmitt, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Museum
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Neusitz and Gebsattel.

Village
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is a municipality in the district of in in .

Village
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is a municipality in the district of in in . It lies on the Tauber River.

Village
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is a village.

Rothenburg ob der Tauber

Latitude
49.3773° or 49° 22′ 38″ north
Longitude
10.179° or 10° 10′ 44″ east
Population
11,300
Elevation
434 metres (1,424 feet)
United Nations Location Code
DE ROT
Open location code
8FXG95GH+WJ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1576883007
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2844056
Wiki­data ID
Q153494
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Rothenburg ob der Tauber” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Rothenburg ob der Tauber”
  • Albanian: “Rothenburg ob der Tauber”
  • Arabic: “روتنبورج”
  • Arabic: “روتنبورغ أب دير تاوبر”
  • Aragonese: “Rothenburg ob der Tauber”
  • Armenian: “Տաուբերեի Ռոտենբուրգ”
  • Armenian: “Տաուբերի Ռոտենբուրգ”
  • Arpitan: “Rothenburg ob der Tauber”
  • Asturian: “Rothenburg ob der Tauber”
  • Bashkir: “Ротенбург-об-дер-Таубер”
  • Basque: “Rothenburg ob der Tauber”
  • Bavarian: “Rothenburg ob der Tauber”
  • Belarusian: “Ротэнбург-об-дэр-Таўбер”
  • Bosnian: “Rothenburg ob der Tauber”
  • Breton: “Rothenburg ob der Tauber”
  • Bulgarian: “Ротенбург об дер Таубер”
  • Catalan: “Rothenburg ob der Tauber”
  • Cebuano: “Rothenburg ob der Tauber”
  • Chinese: “罗滕堡”
  • Chinese: “羅滕堡”
  • Chinese: “陶伯河上游罗滕堡”
  • Corsican: “Rothenburg ob der Tauber”
  • Croatian: “Rothenburg ob der Tauber”
  • Czech: “Rothenburg ob der Tauber”
  • Danish: “Rothenburg ob der Tauber”
  • Dutch: “Rothenburg ob der Tauber”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “روتنبورج اب دير تاوبر”
  • Erzya: “Ротенбург-Таубер-лангсо”
  • Esperanto: “Rothenburg ob der Tauber”
  • Estonian: “Rothenburg ob der Tauber”
  • Estonian: “Rothenburg”
  • Finnish: “Rothenburg ob der Tauber”
  • French: “Rothenburg ob der Tauber”
  • Friulian: “Rothenburg ob der Tauber”
  • Galician: “Rothenburg ob der Tauber”
  • German: “Rothenburg (Tauber)”
  • German: “Rothenburg o. d. Tauber”
  • German: “Rothenburg ob der Tauber”
  • German: “Rothenburg”
  • German: “Rothenburg/Tauber”
  • Greek: “Ρότενμπουργκ ομπ ντερ Τάουμπερ”
  • Hebrew: “רוטנבורג על הטאובר”
  • Hungarian: “Rothenburg ob der Tauber”
  • Icelandic: “Rothenburg ob der Tauber”
  • Ido: “Rothenburg ob der Tauber”
  • Indonesian: “Rothenburg ob der Tauber”
  • Interlingua: “Rothenburg ob der Tauber”
  • Interlingue: “Rothenburg ob der Tauber”
  • Irish: “Rothenburg ob der Tauber”
  • Italian: “Rothenburg ob der Tauber”
  • Japanese: “ローテンブルク・オプ・デア・タウバー”
  • Kazakh: “Rotenbwrg-na-Tawbere”
  • Kazakh: “Ротенбург-на-Таубере”
  • Kazakh: “روتەنبۋرگ-نا-تاۋبەرە”
  • Kirghiz: “Ротенбург-об-дер-Таубер”
  • Kongo: “Rothenburg ob der Tauber”
  • Korean: “로텐부르크 오프 데어 타우버”
  • Korean: “로텐부르크오프데어타우버”
  • Kurdish: “Rothenburg ob der Tauber”
  • Ladin: “Rothenburg ob der Tauber”
  • Latvian: “Rotenburga pie Tauberes”
  • Latvian: “Rōtenburga pie Tauberes”
  • Ligurian: “Rothenburg ob der Tauber”
  • Limburgan: “Rothenburg ob der Tauber”
  • Lithuanian: “Rothenburg ob der Tauber”
  • Lombard: “Rothenburg ob der Tauber”
  • Low German: “Rothenburg ob der Tauber”
  • Luxembourgish: “Rothenburg ob der Tauber”
  • Macedonian: “Ротенбург над Таубер”
  • Malagasy: “Rothenburg ob der Tauber”
  • Malay: “Rothenburg ob der Tauber”
  • Minangkabau: “Rothenburg ob der Tauber”
  • Narom: “Rothenburg ob der Tauber”
  • Neapolitan: “Rothenburg ob der Tauber”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Rothenburg ob der Tauber”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Rothenburg ob der Tauber”
  • Norwegian: “Rothenburg ob der Tauber”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Rothenburg ob der Tauber”
  • Persian: “رتنبورگ آب در تاوبر”
  • Persian: “رتنبورگ آن در تراوبر”
  • Persian: “رتنبورگ اب در تاوبر”
  • Persian: “رتنبورگ ان در تراوبر”
  • Picard: “Rothenburg ob der Tauber”
  • Piemontese: “Rothenburg ob der Tauber”
  • Polish: “Rothenburg nad Tauber”
  • Polish: “Rothenburg ob der Tauber”
  • Portuguese: “Rothenburg ob der Tauber”
  • Romanian: “Rothenburg ob der Tauber”
  • Romansh: “Rothenburg ob der Tauber”
  • Russian: “Ротенбург-об-дер-Таубер”
  • Sardinian: “Rothenburg ob der Tauber”
  • Scots: “Rothenburg ob der Tauber”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Rothenburg ob der Tauber”
  • Serbian: “Rotenburg povrh Taubera”
  • Serbian: “Rothenburg ob der Tauber”
  • Serbian: “Ротенбург над Таубером”
  • Serbian: “Ротенбург об дер Таубер”
  • Serbian: “Ротенбург поврх Таубера”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Rothenburg ob der Tauber”
  • Sicilian: “Rothenburg ob der Tauber”
  • Slovak: “Rothenburg ob der Tauber”
  • Slovenian: “Rothenburg ob der Tauber”
  • South Azerbaijani: “روتنبورق اب در تاوبر”
  • Spanish: “Rothenburg ob der Tauber”
  • Swahili: “Rothenburg ob der Tauber”
  • Swedish: “Rothenburg ob der Tauber”
  • Swiss German: “Rothenburg ob der Tauber”
  • Thai: “โรเทินบวร์คอ็อพแดร์เทาเบอร์”
  • Tumbuka: “Rothenburg ob der Tauber”
  • Turkish: “Rothenburg ob der Tauber”
  • Ukrainian: “Ротенбург-на-Таубері”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Rothenburg ob der Tauber”
  • Venetian: “Rothenburg ob der Tauber”
  • Vietnamese: “Rothenburg ob der Tauber”
  • Vlaams: “Rothenburg ob der Tauber”
  • Volapük: “Rothenburg ob der Tauber”
  • Walloon: “Rothenburg ob der Tauber”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Rothenburg ob der Tauber”
  • Welsh: “Rothenburg ob der Tauber”
  • Western Frisian: “Rothenburg ob der Tauber”
  • Wolof: “Rothenburg ob der Tauber”
  • Yiddish: “ראטנבורג”
  • Yiddish: “ראטענבורג אב דער טאובער”
  • Zulu: “Rothenburg ob der Tauber”

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