Plönlein, Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Bayern, Germany
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cacher.ella
N 49° 22.475 E 010° 10.805
32U E 585664 N 5469767
Kleiner Brunnen namens Plönlein.
Waymark Code: WM19C83
Location: Bayern, Germany
Date Posted: 01/22/2024
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One of the most famous postcard images from Rothenburg ob der Tauber is definitely the Plönlein. A narrow half-timbered building with a small fountain in front, it is framed by the Kobolzeller tower and the higher Siebers Tower, with lovingly restored townhouses to the right and left, creating a charmingly picturesque effect. The word “Plönlein” derives from the Latin “planum” meaning “flat square” or “small square at a fountain”. Many think that the name Plönlein refers to a yellow timber-frame house at the entrance of the Spital quarter. It’s true that the tilted, crooked house is in the center of the Plönlein. Ensemble at the Plönlein includes the fountain in front of the lone timber-frame house and the two towers of the old city wall that rise to its left and right – on the left the Siebersturm leading to Spital quarter, on the right the tower for the Kobolzeller Tor from 1360, which opens towards the Tauber Valley.
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