Nördlingen
A perfectly round medieval town built inside a crater formed 15 million years ago, where you can walk the full circle of its city walls.
Nördlingen sits within the Ries crater, about 24 kilometers in diameter. Its old town is almost perfectly circular, and its medieval town walls (about 2.7 kilometers) are the only ones in Germany that you can walk around completely. Climb the roughly 90-meter-tall ‘Daniel Tower’ of St. George's Church for views over the round old town and the crater rim. The Ries Crater Museum tells the story of the Apollo astronauts who trained here. Nördlingen is about 70 kilometers from Augsburg, roughly 1 to 1.5 hours by train, making it a good day trip.
Opening hours
All day; Daniel Tower about 10:00–18:00
Nearby sights
- Harburg Castle
- Dinkelsbühl
- Legoland Deutschland
- Mozart House Augsburg
- Augsburg Cathedral
- Augsburg Synagogue
- St. Anne's Church
- Perlachturm