Rothenburg ob der Tauber - Quiz
Rothenburg ob der Tauber
  • 1. In what year was the rear Gothic part of the Rathaus built?
A) 1270
B) 1250
C) 1898
D) 1572
  • 2. Which of these is a staple pastry of Rothenburg ob der Tauber?
A) Strudel
B) Pretzel
C) Lebkuchen
D) Schneeball
  • 3. Who served as Lord Mayor from 1964 to 1976?
A) Oskar Schubert
B) Friedrich Hörner
C) Herbert Hachtel
D) Alfred Ledertheil
  • 4. Which museum exhibits items related to the Shepherds' Dance?
A) Puppen- und Spielzeugmuseum
B) Reichsstadtmuseum
C) Kriminalmuseum
D) Schäfertanz Museum
  • 5. What is the English meaning of the tavern name 'Zur Höll'?
A) To Heaven
B) The Old Tavern
C) To Hell
D) The Red City
  • 6. Which film featured Rothenburg as the location for Vulgarian village scenes?
A) Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
B) Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
C) The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
D) Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
  • 7. How tall is the Rödertor tower?
A) Almost 75 meters
B) Almost 61 meters
C) Approximately 40 meters
D) Exactly 50 meters
  • 8. Who built the Wildbad Rothenburg as a spa hotel?
A) Herbert Hachtel
B) Leonhard Weidmann
C) Tilman Riemenschneider
D) Friedrich Hessing
  • 9. Which Japanese city is a twin town of Rothenburg?
A) Osaka
B) Kyoto
C) Uchiko
D) Tokyo
  • 10. Which of these is an example of an accessible tower in Rothenburg?
A) Rödertor
B) Spitalbastei
C) Klingentor
D) Altes Brauhaus
  • 11. Who is the current Lord Mayor since 2020?
A) Herbert Hachtel
B) Walter Hartl
C) Markus Naser
D) Alfred Ledertheil
  • 12. What is the primary theme of the Kriminalmuseum?
A) Judicial punishment
B) Fine arts
C) Industrial history
D) Medieval cooking
  • 13. What work by Tilman Riemenschneider is located in St. James' Church?
A) Altar of the Holy Cross
B) The Craftsman's family house
C) Meistertrunk clock
D) Holy Blood reredos
  • 14. The Handwerkerhaus dates back to which year?
A) 1898
B) 1270
C) 1250
D) 1572
  • 15. Which artist used Rothenburg as a basis for the village in Disney's Pinocchio?
A) Tilman Riemenschneider
B) Ron Gilbert
C) Friedrich Hessing
D) Gustaf Tenggren
  • 16. What percentage of Rothenburg ob der Tauber required repair or rebuilding after World War II?
A) 15%
B) 10%
C) 50%
D) 32%
  • 17. In which part of the town was the majority of the bomb damage located?
A) The southern section
B) The eastern half
C) The western half
D) The northern section
  • 18. What happened to the outer walls of the buildings that were bombed?
A) They were buried under rubble
B) They were replaced with steel structures
C) They were completely demolished
D) They were still standing and used for the rebuild
  • 19. How do the rebuilt facades compare to the original medieval structures?
A) They are identical in every detail
B) They are built from different materials
C) They are more ornate
D) They are plainer
  • 20. Which specific building is mentioned as having been restored to its original state?
A) The central train station
B) The town hall
C) The town market
D) The local cathedral
  • 21. Where did the funding for the rebuilding works come from?
A) Donations from all over the world
B) Local tax increases
C) The Marshall Plan
D) Government grants only
  • 22. How are the donors to the rebuilding efforts commemorated?
A) With their names carved on the town hall floor
B) With plaques in the town square
C) With commemorative bricks featuring donor names
D) With statues in the gardens
  • 23. Why did the western section of the town remain largely undamaged?
A) It did not suffer from the bombing
B) It was outside the target range
C) It was rebuilt before the war ended
D) It was protected by heavy fog
  • 24. What makes the western section of the town historically significant?
A) It contains most of the town's historic monuments
B) It is where the war ended
C) It holds the modern shopping district
D) It is the only residential area
  • 25. What describes the condition of the eastern walls and towers after the bombing?
A) They remained relatively intact
B) They were completely destroyed
C) They were dismantled for safety
D) They were structurally unstable
  • 26. What was the main reason the eastern walls and towers survived the bombing so well?
A) They were not targeted
B) They were reinforced with concrete
C) Their sturdy stone construction
D) They were located underground
  • 27. What portion of the eastern towers and walls typically needed rebuilding?
A) The entire structure
B) The foundation
C) The wooden upper portions or roofs
D) The iron gates
  • 28. What did Nazi ideologists consider Rothenburg to be the epitome of?
A) The German 'Home Town'
B) A center for international diplomacy
C) The capital of Bavaria
D) A modern industrial hub
  • 29. Which Nazi organization organized regular day trips to Rothenburg in the 1930s?
A) KDF (Kraft durch Freude)
B) Hitler Youth
C) SS-Verfügungstruppe
D) Gestapo
  • 30. When did Rothenburg expel its Jewish citizens?
A) March 1945
B) October 1938
C) September 1939
D) November 1948
  • 31. How many planes dropped bombs on Rothenburg on 31 March 1945?
A) 16
B) 6
C) 275
D) 37
  • 32. Approximately how many houses were destroyed during the 1945 bombing raid?
A) 275
B) 265
C) 37
D) 2,000
  • 33. Who was the U.S. Assistant Secretary of War that ordered the city be spared from artillery?
A) Jacob L. Devers
B) Frank Burk
C) John J. McCloy
D) Noble V. Borders
  • 34. Which division of the U.S. Army occupied Rothenburg on 17 April 1945?
A) 1st Division
B) 12th Division
C) 4th Division
D) 101st Airborne
  • 35. Who served as the group's translator during the negotiation to surrender the town?
A) Private Peter Kick
B) Private Herman Lichey
C) First Lieutenant Noble V. Borders
D) Major Frank Burk
  • 36. How long did the U.S. soldiers have to negotiate the surrender before the city would be shelled?
A) Twelve hours
B) Three hours
C) Twenty-four hours
D) Six hours
  • 37. Who was the local German military commander that agreed to give up the town?
A) General Jacob L. Devers
B) Major Thömmes
C) Adolf Hitler
D) Major Frank Burk
  • 38. How many people were killed in the 1945 bombing raid?
A) 275
B) 37
C) 16
D) 6
  • 39. How many troops did the Count of Tilly have during his arrival at Rothenburg?
A) 40,000
B) 50,000
C) 30,000
D) 20,000
  • 40. How many soldiers did Tilly lose when defeating Rothenburg?
A) 3,000
B) 1,000
C) 300
D) 500
  • 41. What is the name of the popular legend regarding the saving of the city?
A) The Rothenburg Siege
B) Meistertrunk
C) Tilly's Mercy
D) The Mayor's Gambit
  • 42. Who was the mayor that allegedly saved Rothenburg by drinking the wine?
A) Georg Nusch
B) Georg Heinrich Schaffert
C) Friedrich Hessing
D) Sebastian Dehner
  • 43. Whose chronicle, written fifteen years after the event, does not mention the Meistertrunk legend?
A) Eugen Bracht
B) Georg Nusch
C) Sebastian Dehner
D) Carl Spitzweg
  • 44. In whose chronicle does the Meistertrunk story appear for the first time?
A) Sebastian Dehner
B) Georg Heinrich Schaffert
C) Johann Tserclaes
D) Hans Thoma
  • 45. What major health crisis struck Rothenburg in 1634?
A) Typhus
B) Cholera
C) Bubonic plague
D) Smallpox
  • 46. Since what year has Rothenburg been a part of Bavaria?
A) 1877
B) 1884
C) 1634
D) 1803
  • 47. Which landscape painter visited Rothenburg in 1877?
A) Carl Spitzweg
B) Friedrich Hessing
C) Eugen Bracht
D) Hans Thoma
  • 48. Which German region is Rothenburg ob der Tauber located in?
A) Saxony
B) Westphalia
C) Rhineland
D) Franconia
  • 49. What is the English translation of 'Rothenburg'?
A) High castle
B) River castle
C) Red castle
D) Old castle
  • 50. Rothenburg ob der Tauber is part of which famous tourist route?
A) Romantic Road
B) Castle Road
C) German Alpine Road
D) Fairy Tale Road
  • 51. Which river does Rothenburg overlook?
A) Rhine
B) Danube
C) Tauber
D) Main
  • 52. What is the alternative name for Rothenburg Castle?
A) Comburg-Burg
B) Stauffer-Castle
C) Wildbad
D) Alte Burg
  • 53. In what year was the weir system in the castle garden constructed?
A) 1142
B) 1170
C) 950
D) 1070
  • 54. Who became the successor to the Comburg-Rothenburg properties in 1116?
A) Emperor Heinrich V
B) Rudolf of Habsburg
C) Count Heinrich
D) Konrad von Hohenstaufen
  • 55. What event caused the destruction of the Staufer Castle?
A) An earthquake
B) A flood
C) A fire
D) A war siege
  • 56. Which chapel is the last remaining part of the destroyed Staufer Castle?
A) The Holy Ghost Hospital
B) St. James' Church
C) St. Blaise chapel
D) Dominican nunnery
  • 57. What is the German name for St. James' Church?
A) St. Jakob
B) Wildbad
C) Alte Burg
D) Heilig Blut
  • 58. In what century were the walls and towers of Rothenburg built?
A) 15th century
B) 10th century
C) 13th century
D) 11th century
  • 59. Which famous Jewish jurist lived in Rothenburg?
A) Konrad von Hohenstaufen
B) Heinrich V
C) Johann Friedrich von Hessing
D) Meir Ben Baruch
  • 60. Which of the following is NOT one of the four towns with intact city walls?
A) Dinkelsbühl
B) Nördlingen
C) Berching
D) Worms
  • 61. What was the approximate population within the city walls during the city's growth?
A) 5,500
B) 2,000
C) 14,000
D) 20,000
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