Rothenburg is the ultimate time capsule of the German Middle Ages and a jewel of the Romantic Road. Encircled by its 14th-century city walls, the town is a fairytale maze of cobblestone streets, lopsided half-timbered houses, and the iconic Plönlein fork. From the gothic St. James’s Church with its sacred woodcarvings to the Renaissance Town Hall, the city remains one of Europe's best-preserved examples of late-medieval civic life.
