Gerlachschmiede
Half-timbered former blacksmith's forge, rebuilt after 1945, crowned by a steep roof and weathervane.
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About this audio guide
This guide to the Gerlachschmiede in Rothenburg ob der Tauber is about the working life of a half-timbered blacksmith's house at the foot of the Wenggasse, and the smith, Georg Gerlach, whose own crest still marks it. It moves from the fifteenth-century house to the air raid of March nineteen forty-five and the years of horseshoes that followed. Best heard from the town wall walk beside the Röder Tower, looking down on the roof.
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