Nuremberg was one of the richest and most important 'free cities' of the Holy German Empire, whose golden age, the German Renaissance, produced such illustrious artists as the painter Albrecht Dürer, the sculptor Veit Stoß and the mastersinger Hans Sachs
Meet your driver guide at the ship and head to the historic city center, ringed by medieval walls and towers. After passing the major sited head to the ancient
Market Place where you will see the astonishing ‘Schoener Brunnen’, an intricate fountain from the 1300’s, the Church of our Lady and the Sebaldus Church
Pass the Altstadt brewery and Duerrer House as well as Imperial Castle and Johannis Cemetery
Nuremberg made the headlines once again in the thirties, when Adolph Hitler chose the city to hold the annual party conference of the Nazis, complete with mass rallies on a hitherto unprecedented scale. It was here that the anti-Jewish Nuremberg Laws of 1935 marked the worst perversions of justice of the Nazi Regime
See the Nazi Party Rally Grounds. With their gigantic dimensions, built primarily by slave labourers from nearby concentration camps, the grounds and the architecture were designed to demonstrate Nazi power to the world
Then visit the Documentation Centre (with acoustic guide) which features a permanent exhibition entitled `Fascination and Terror’, which address the causes, relationships and consequences of National Socialist tyranny. The exhibit includes the history of the Nazi Party Rallies, the buildings at the Party Rally Grounds, the "Nuremberg Laws" of 1935, the 1945/46 Nuremberg Trials, and the National Socialist architectural legacy after 1945Then before returning to the ship, see the Nuremberg Palace of Justice, site of the famous Nuremberg Trials