Ratstrinkstube Clock Tower
Former councillors' tavern whose clock windows open to replay a legendary wine-drinking wager.
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About this audio guide
This audio guide to the Ratstrinkstube clock on Rothenburg ob der Tauber's market square goes back to October 1631, when Count Tilly's Catholic army had just taken the Protestant town and its councillors stood before him. It follows Mayor Georg Nusch, the tavern where only council members drank, and the clockwork stage the town added in 1910. Best heard in the square just before the hour, looking up at the windows beside the clock face.
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