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Nuremberg / Nürnberg

Maps on our site:

• 1493, Hartmann Schedel, Liber chronicarum, C
  
  
• 1572, Braun and Hogenberg, Civitates Orbis Terrarum, map I-31
  
  
• 1575, Braun and Hogenberg, Civitates Orbis Terrarum, map II-43

Find more maps:

• Nuremberg town scape 1650-1700
  at the website of Universiteitsbibliotheek Leiden
  
  
• Nuremberg 1858
  From A Handbook for Travellers in Southern Germany,
  Eighth Edition. London: John Murray. 1858.
  The University of Texas at Austin, Map Collection

Located on Pegnitz river; was thriving commercial link to Italy from 12th cen.; flourished as cultural center of N Europe from 15th cen.; declined after Thirty Years' War in 17th cen.; was focus of Hitler's political & industrial effort; bombed in WW II.

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