Dinkelsbühl

Mixed Imperial City of Dinkelsbühl Paritätische Reichsstadt Dinkelsbühl
1351–1802
Status	Imperial City
Capital	Dinkelsbühl
Government	Republic
Historical era	Middle Ages
• City founded	before 1083
• Gained Reichsfreiheit	1351
• Peace of Augsburg	25 September 1555
• Thirty Years' War	1618–48
• Peace of Westphalia	1648
• Mediatised to Bavaria	1802
Preceded by Succeeded by Duchy of Franconia Electorate of Bavaria

Fortified by Emperor Henry V, in 1305 Dinkelsbühl received the same municipal rights as Ulm, and in 1351 was raised to the position of a Free Imperial City. Its municipal code, the Dinkelsbühler Recht, published in 1536, and revised in 1738, contained a very extensive collection of public and private laws.[4]

Dinkelsbühl is still surrounded by the old medieval walls and towers. There exist a lot of outstanding attractions. The image of this town is very typical for a German town of the 15th to early 17th centuries.

• St. George's Minster was built in the late 15th-century Gothic style to designs by Nikolaus Eseler. It is the largest hall church (one built without aisles) in the country.
• St. Paul's, now a Protestant church, was rebuilt in the 19th century in the style of the far late Roman architectural style. It was originally part of a monastery.
• The Castle of the Teutonic Order has a rococo chapel.
• The so-called Deutsches Haus is the ancestral home of the Counts of Drechsel-Deufstetten. It is a fine specimen of the German renaissance style of wooden architecture.[4]
• Situated in front of the Minster is a monument to Christoph von Schmid (1768–1854), a 19th-century writer of stories for the young.
• Museum of the 3rd Dimension is housed in the former city mill.
• The Museum of History shows historical discoveries found within Dinkelsbühl and also has reconstructions of the ancient houses of the city. Since 2008, the museum has had a new domicile in the so-called "Steinerne Haus" from the 14th century. The official name is now: "house of history". While many of the artifacts are the same, the presentation is completely new.
• The church of St. Vincent, which is 2 km outside the city.
• The Summer Breeze Open Air heavy metal festival has been held in Dinkelsbühl since 2007.

• Nikolaus von Dinkelsbühl (1360-1433), theologian, born in Dinkelsbühl.
• Christoph von Schmid (1768–1854), writer of children's stories, born in Dinkelsbühl.
• Friedrich von Hermann (1795–1868), economist and statistician, born in Dinkelsbühl.[6]
• Stefan Reuter (born 1966), football world champion in 1990, born in Dinkelsbühl.

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  Wörnitz gate
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  Saint George's Minster
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  St. George's Minster interior
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  Market place with "Deutsches Haus" (3rd from right)
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  Weinmarkt
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  Segringen gate
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  Segringen street
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  Rothenburg gate
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  Dr.-Martin-Luther street
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  Nördlingen street
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  Nördlingen gate
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  St. Paul's church