Dinkelsbühl

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Dinkelsbühl


Country	Germany
State	Bavaria
Administrative region	Middle Franconia
District	Ansbach
Population	11,750 (2005-12-31)
Area	75.19 km²
Population density	156 /km²
Elevation	444 m
Coordinates	49°04′ N 10°19′ E
Postal code	91550
Area code	09851
Licence plate code	AN
Mayor	Christoph Hammer
Website	www.dinkelsbuehl.de

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Dinkelsbühl is a historic city in Bavaria, Germany. It lies in the district of Ansbach, north of Aalen.

[edit] History

Fortified by the emperor Henry V, Dinkelsbühl received in 1305 the same municipal rights as Ulm, and obtained in 1351 the position of a free imperial city, which it retained till 1802, when it passed to Bavaria. Its municipal code, the Dinkelsbühler Recht, published in 1536, and revised in 1738, contained a very extensive collection of public and private laws.

Every summer Dinkelsbühl celebrates the city's surrender to Swedish Troops during the Thirty Years' War. This reenactment is played out by many of the town's residents. This reenactment features a whole array of Swedish troops attacking the city gate and children dressed in traditional garb coming to wittness the event.

[edit] Main sights

Dinkelsbühl is still surrounded by old medieval walls and towers.

Noteworthy is the so-called Deutsches Haus, the ancestral home of the counts of Drechsel-Deufstetten, a fine specimen of the German renaissance style of wooden architecture. Other attractions include:

the Castle of the Teutonic Order, with a rococo chapel
the Monastery of St. George
the monument to Christoph von Schmid (1768-1854), a writer of stories for the young
Museum of the 3rd Dimension
Historical Museum, showing historical findings and reconstructions of ancient houses of the city
the church of St. Vincent, 2 km outside the city