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Ravensburg, Germany is a charming medieval city located in the southern part of the country. It is known for its well-preserved old town, its vibrant cultural scene, and its many family-friendly attractions.
In this video, we will take you on a tour of Ravensburg, highlighting some of its most popular tourist destinations, including:
The Meersburg Tower, a 13th-century tower that offers stunning views of the city and the surrounding countryside.
The Museum Ravensburger, a museum dedicated to the history of the Ravensburger puzzle company.
The Veitsburg Castle, a 13th-century castle that now houses a museum of art and history.
The Ravensburg Market Square, a lively square in the heart of the old town, surrounded by shops, cafes, and restaurants.
In addition to these popular tourist attractions, Ravensburg also has a number of other things to offer visitors, including:
A rich cultural scene, with a variety of museums, theaters, and music venues.
A number of family-friendly attractions, such as the Ravensburger Spieleland theme park and the Schwabenpark amusement park.
A beautiful setting, surrounded by rolling hills and forests.
If you are looking for a city that has something to offer everyone, Ravensburg is the perfect place for you. With its well-preserved old town, its vibrant cultural scene, and its many family-friendly attractions, Ravensburg is a city that you won’t want to miss.
Keywords: Ravensburg, Germany, medieval city, old town, culture, family-friendly attractions, Meersburg Tower, Museum Ravensburger, Veitsburg Castle, Ravensburg Market Square, Ravensburger Spieleland, Schwabenpark.
what’s up guys welcome back to my channel in today’s video we’re in ravensburg Germany the city of towers and Gates this city dates back to Medieval Times in the 12th century and it’s famous for all its towers that it has surrounding the city that served as fortification in medieval times we’re going to walk all the cobbled streets and check out all the towers that are surrounding the city [Music] here next stop we’re going to check out the Cathedral of ravensburg right behind me let’s head inside and see what it looks [Music] like we’re on the outside of the city where the old stmu the old city wall still surrounds parts of the city from medieval times and you can see here where one of the towers for fortification was connected to the tower to defend the city so there’s the old wall for the city and one of the towers behind me is The Old Firehouse from the city and right next door to it is the new modern one here’s an example of some of the original half Timber houses dating back from the Medieval Times in German it’s called a fak house next up we’re going to head into St Yoda kir it was built in the year 1385 let’s head inside and see what it looks like in front of me is the rat house for robinb the city council building and it’s located right next to the blasen TM I’ll show you that in a second directly in front of me is called blasen TM so it’s where they play Trumpets from the tower to alert the city of invasions and you can normally go up in it but we’re unfortunately here on Sunday and they’re only open on Saturdays this time of year it’s really cool the tower in front of us is a place where you can drive through to get into the [Music] city this is the Museum of robinb BG check out the ticket prices to get in so for adults is1 Kids 3 to 14 is$ 950 it’s a little pricey I don’t think I’m going to go in today I’m not even sure what all is in there we’re just going to stick to the outside and explore the city right in front of us is a tower that’s called the midock tower all right I’m a little out of breath we’ve been climbing a lot of stairs to get up here to this midac Tower we finally made it though saac Tower was built in the year 1425 to 1429 so it took 4 years to complete and it’s called the meac tower because in that time it looked like a sack of flowers on the floor you can see where the city wall ended so outside of here you were not uh protected inside the city walls so let’s cross outside the city walls right outside the city wall we just spotted a church on top of this hill up there I think it’s a church we’re going to hike up this hill a little bit and check it out see what’s up there from here you can really see why it’s called the city of towers there’s two off in the distance here and then there’s one over here one here one here and then of course the meac tower where we just were longer hike than I thought but we’re almost there time to find out what this building is I think it’s a church made it to the top it’s really nice it’s like a whole little square here on top building behind me is what we were hiking up here here to see it’s actually a castle from medieval times it was originally built in the 1500s but it’s since then burned down a couple of times and been rebuilt hike to the top was definitely worth it rewarded with some pretty awesome views of the city here we have another historical landmark in robinb this is called the fren K the women’s Church can’t see it because of these beautiful fall trees but almost around it so you can see the tower let’s head inside and see what the inside of this church looks [Music] like all right guys guys that’s going to do it for our trip here in rensburg we saw most of the sites here to see if you’re ever in Germany and you’re near this city make sure to check it out it’s definitely worth visiting and I’ll catch you next time I’ll viita
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Ravensburger museum! That's the puzzle company!
Beautiful city.
Some small amendments/corrections:
0:45 Not a cathedral, but a former abbey church of the order of cistercians, which became after Reformation the Protestant church of the town – Ravensburg was one of the cities evenly divided between Protestants (mostly the patricians) and the Catholics (mostly craftsmen, attendants and small business). It holds also the grave of Henggi Humpis (1345-1429), merchant, one of the founders and directors of the "Great Trade Company" (Magna Societas Alamannorum), since 1385 mayor.
1:15 Actually that is not the old fire house, but the Salzstadel, the salt storage house, which is now used by the voluntary firefighters and houses also a firefighters museum.
1:25 The Vogthaus, build by tanner, who rented it in 1461 to the Vogt (steward) of Schmalegg (a nearby village sold in 1413 to the town by the counts of Werdenberg); 1514 the city sold the house to the chaplain of St. Jodok. St. Jodok is nowadays the Catholic "youth church"; in former times the lower town was mostly Catholic.
2:10 The Blaserturm was also used as fire watch; before the town expansion 1330-1370 it was part of the lower fortification of the town. After removing the wall at both sides of the tower it collapsed during a storm in 1552 and was rebuilt in the Italian Renaissance style.
2:30 The Ravensburger museum, "Ravensburger" being the games and books publishing company with the blue triangle. The museum of Ravensburg would be across the street in the Humpis quarter, the former townhouse of the Humpis family. The house of the Ravensburger museum (which shows the history and games of the company) belonged to the Möttelin family, also founders and shareholders of the "Great Trade Company"; they sold it in 1473 to the Besserer family (another shareholder), from whom it was inherited in 1500 by the barons of Schellenberg zu Kisslegg. In 1896 it became the seat of the Otto Maier publishing house, which then became "Ravensburger".
3:15 The Mehlsack tower was originally called "Turm bei St. Michael" (tower at Saint Michael's chapel) which was then spoofed into Mehlsack due to its flour-white color. It was built at the highest point of the city's grounds to watch the activities of the Imperial bailiff up in the castle; it was high enough to look into the courtyard of the castle (which was destroyed during the 30 Years' war by Swedish troops).
3:30 Not a church, but a small palace built by the city council in 1751 on the walls of the ruined "Bergfried", the main tower of the former castle, after they had bought the ruins.
The castle was originally built in the second half of the 11th century by the Welf dynasty, whose Swabian branch had here its ancestral seat, while the southern branch ruled Burgundy. The builder of the castle, Welf IV was appointed in 1070 Duke of Bavaria, his grandson Heinrich the Proud became in 1137 also the Duke of Saxony. The castle became then a ducal palace. After Heinrich the Proud died, his brother Welf VI, Duke of Spoleto, became the head of the family and took his seat at the castle. His nephews were Henri the Lion, Duke of Bavaria and Saxony, and Friedrich Barbarossa of House Staufen, Duke of Swabia, German King and Roman Emperor (who then inherited the castle). After the end of the Staufen dynasty the castle became only one of many Imperial castles, and the town of Ravensburg became an Imperial City.
4:48 The Liebfrauenkirche was (and is again) the Catholic main church of the town.
My hometown
Veitsburg on top of the hill is not a church.
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