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go dives into water management history our 1st destination on this special edition of check in is fritz book in $1000.00 maybe one the city splendid baroque palace the residence was me the world heritage site. my destination today verts berg the city is located in the various more precisely in the franconia region let's start on the old mine bridge. hertzberg. it was built from 14th $76.00 and for a long time it was the only river crossing between the old town and the fortress. 12 statues of saints lined the bridge. the old mine bridge. the perfect starting

point for discovering verts birth from here you can see many of the important sights and i'll be checking out those spots and on top of that i'll do some wine tasting because this region here is known for its bit the culture. but 1st i want to get an overview and start with a short tour through verts burke's old town. the town hall is only a few steps away from the old mine bridge it has many buildings and faces. that is the red building and that's the so-called cut off makeup and here we have the main facade. in the marketplace stands the gulf company a church that was financed by the citizens of the 1st book that was a thorn in the side of the bishop which is why he did not appoint a priest and for this reason the church is still called capella or chapel. and now to a highlight of the city. verts burke it's not

a particularly big city by today's standards but it used to be a center of power for influential bishops and they lived in this building the birth birth residence the palace and of garden are unesco world heritage site. the palace was built in the 18th century to plants by architect. it's a french palace design view nice and italian architectural art. verts park is not only known for its residents but also for its wine. the book is one of the largest wineries in germany it can be visited with guided tours and that's exactly what i do. winery manager. first shows me the wine press all. here the grapes are delivered in fall after the harvest and processed into wine. which is stored one floor below. you we

are in our wooden barrel cellar or we have a 160 big wooden casket here and this cellar isn't just for show. best white wines here right in the castle controlling the temperature because we want to squeeze the last drop of quality as it were green the tile is the wine estate with 120 heck tears and produces up to 1000000 bottles of wine a year unlike other wineries it's also a foundation 'd with the proceeds from wine sales go to finance social services inverts burke. wine from this region is easily recognizable by the bulbous shape of its bottle. does this by. here is called a box portal twice that. wine was 1st bottled in the box bottle here in the

book in 726 it was a ship that was a new until then was very difficult to produce in terms of the structure. we wanted to meet the special bottle a symbol of the high quality of books while. the self is even older dating back over 700 years and speaking of great age this also applies to a special treasure in the wine cellar. this is our most precious jewel. in the simon family in london. easer very very old wines and among them is the world's authentic bottle of wine. he's a shine vineyard wine in the 15th forty's with. time on their wine is almost 500 years old can you still drink it. i would assume so there's a new church from

a prominent wine critic hugh johnson had the opportunity to teach the 2nd bottle you see here left of the center in 1981 that's 59 years ago johnson confirmed in several interviews that it was the wine of his life. that. verts burka surrounded by vignettes that are known for their good quality and they not only provide a delicious wine they're also set in a beautiful landscape. and you can also take a wonderful walk through them. for example if you want to go up to the mountain back fortress. this is where the prince bishops lived before the residence was built. how do you know good afternoon. in the outer courtyard i meet the guide georgia. she takes me on a tour. this is where the horses lay it out here in this courtyard

yes in this area here on the south side of the yacht you see the little gates there with the entrances to the stables and the many rings on the wall that's where they tied up the horses. the in the courtyard is behind the gate. most of the buildings date from the renaissance. i'll show you the very oldest part of the fortress that you can still see that's the castle keep . the fortified tower from the middle ages would serve the ruling family as a refuge if attackers happened to breach the main gate. today in the tower has 2 entrances they went there in the middle ages of course you could only get in through one door about 10 meters up from here. that i'm

a time reached it by a lot of. luck. and what did they do with the 1st 10 major. battle it was a dungeon. this was a bottle dungeon the prisoners were let down through a hole on the rope letter with unexpected difficulties. you know he was a bit tubby. so they had to remove some of the edge stones to throw him down there . in the. bought off to 6 weeks imprisonment he came out looking like he was in his best years no fast and actually quite handsome. the tour concludes at the brock prince's garden with a magnificent view of the city.

it is leaving inverts berg i have back towards the old mine bridge. many people come here for the book and shop and in other words drink a glass of franconian wine on the bridge and soak up the atmosphere. there is a lot going on too much perhaps in corona types so i prefer to keep my distance at a table alone. once you come here it will hopefully be possible again to enjoy the wine on the bridge and then you shouldn't miss it. in. baghdad. our 2nd stop on this check in special is making for the old town was added to the unesco world heritage list in 2006

i'm standing above the day over on the shore you can see the beautiful old town and this bridge is the stone bridge built at the beginning of the 12th century it's believed to be the oldest surviving bridge and germany. i mean reagan's for a king and the very end to be honest the bridge doesn't look that old that's because it's been completely risk. and over the past few years after all reagan's work has a title to defend and since 2006 its old town including this bridge has been a unesco world heritage site today i want to get to know reagan's what attracts a visitor is to this unesco world heritage site and what does the constant influx of tourists mean for the city this much is certain it's going to be journey through 2000 years of history. the fact that reagan's birth is such an old and well preserved city is largely thanks to it not having been destroyed in the wars and its importance as an imperial city in past centuries. a testimony to its former

significance is the gothic cathedral. construction began in the 13th century and the cathedral tells us a lot about that time as the facade also depicts the crueler side of the middle ages. the church vilified jews the sculpture shows them suckling from a pig a deliberate insult and humiliation as the eggs are considered unclean and judaism . even so the building as a whole is an impressive monument next to the one in cologne reagan's birth cathedral is considered to be germany's most extraordinary gothic cathedral.

reagan's berg was not only important because it became a bishop seems fairly early on the danube was a significant trade and traffic routes. and here on its banks of the old town hall the perpetual diet was held for over 114 years. to find out more about what that was and what it meant for the city i meeting the director of the reagans berg museums dogless gas to. bring. us up to what exactly was the perpetual diet book from the 17th to the early 19th century and reagan spoke was actually the capital of europe a bit like brussels today. the natural diet was convened in 1663 just a few years after the 30 years war. the representatives from all countries from all

cities gathered here they were supposed to discuss taxes and military issues but the talks then dragged on for so long that they never came to a final agreement and went to the horror at least not for 143 years until 1806. when the takes the whole. i mustn't of the daughter what their rights talk mean for reagan. i imagine so many powerful people coming here when money was being spent and it probably brought the city some other perks to. stop over in the to live. work was a prosperous city and an international meeting place. almost every aspect was rented out to diet envoys or to their entourages the city was booming a lot of diplomats held negotiations with other countries here because it was the shortest distance to travel. and back then the city had an international flavor.

next i have an appointment with my ts fi talk at the noise plots where he shows me the outlines of the former jewish synagogue. dragons' burg is like many many evil cities if you dig here it's likely you'll discover something in 1905 traces of the 2000 year history of the city where. coverage during construction work on. the. as you've probably noticed we're underground now. a wall with the arc that's classical middle ages about 700 to 800 years old it's now if you take a step forward and look down over the parapet you see those stones. shelter they may not look that special but they're from roman times 2000 years ago. and if we go through this arc we come to

a 2nd cellar. you know and so i think. he does it's of the into so what's interesting here is that all the sellers in the documentation center come from the former jewish quarter in reagan's borg this. was his eons and so what we're seeing here are traces of the jewish families in reagan's. excavations took 3 years and archaeologists even found a gold treasure the documentation center doesn't have signs or a big means on sen the structure can only be accessed on guided visits but don't let that scare you off it's really worth it. next to the historic stone bridge you'll find the vilest cool clothes the sausage kitchen a true reagan's work classic in the 12th century the building was used as a storage room for construction equipment later it was turned into an eatery and since the beginning of the 19th century it's where reagan's burns most famous

bratwurst or charcoal grilled sausages are made. the. next couch 6 on sauerkraut is the name of this typical dish simple but a really good. just right if you're feeling packaged on your tour. our final destination on this special edition of check in is. the city's historic water management system was granted unesco world heritage status in 2019. outspokenness one of the oldest cities in germany with a favorable location on the reverse may in fact.

there is plenty of water in the city center to the loss of those several monumental sounds. water and will and what the people of all made of it that's going to be the common theme for my tour of the city today and as always i have a lot on my list a palace for art industrial monuments a boat trip and i really would like to see the birthplace of so let's go. this is the center of spork the town hall is located on the square at the end of. this renaissance building is magnificent although it was almost completely destroyed by bombing in the 2nd world war it was rebuilt in the original style for many centuries house book was an important political center as a prince bishopric and

a free imperial city. the golden hall recalls the city's former splendor. above the front door a picture shows that water was seen as the source of the city's wealth. you can find water everywhere in the old town of book like this will with spring water that you can drink. and this is the waterworks at the red gate it is the oldest preserved waterworks in germany. it is part of oak spokes historic water management system and is

a unesco world heritage site. the ensemble of towers and well houses has supplied drinking water to the people of book for almost 500 years. paddle wheels over the canal help transport the water up into the towers from there the fountains in the city were supplied with fresh water. today only the structures and the plants remain. but at the. last on the lake river you get an idea of how the people of book use their wealth of water later in the 19th century. to prevent recurring of the demick such as cholera a new water works was built in 878 this allowed the households to be supplied with

clean drinking water directly via pipes at the time this state of the art technology caused a sensation through our jiro. you can see the wealth of exploring as well as the water in many places in the city. this is. the front is rather narrow at only 1000 meters but the building is over 100 meters long it is the form a city palace of an oak spoke banker built at the end of the 18th century the last owner gave the palace to the city of book on the condition that it never be sold and only be used for cultural purposes. dish it sloppily is primarily a museum city. presents masterpieces from past centuries. the

collection includes paintings from the late middle ages and the early renaissance. and of course there's also a portrait of one of the most important book residents ever. the students into this meeting is probably the most important in our collection this is an icon of our explore glocal history. of the rich the bill gates of the 16th and. sorry but there's plenty of sway to be an understatement here at white house that statement. well you can see that there is no jewelry there are no visible hands. so all we see use is dark cabbage coating and therefore that he's wearing as well as the very valuable brocade hat that point to his wealth this reserve was very typical for swabian merchants. to push for and trade mission.

i invent quarter of spoke the playwright was born here in 898 in a typical artist house for a long time the city had a rather complicated relationship with its most famous son who chose to live in east germany when he returned from exile at the end of the 2nd world war. the house he was born in has been the museum since 1985. yes we have some original pieces this is the baptism and confirmation silverware received by a baritone purchased this is its original just. its original. silverware is definitely original us and especially charming is a silver bracelet that gave to his 1st love. whose portrait you can see here.

so you see it was her 18th birthday that's the original silver bracelet and. why does your waist look like a rock star here by this year anything it was after his international breakthrough with the 3 penny opera which premiered in 1970 berlin. on the foreign comedy came back to his hometown and was photographed by the famous court photographer recording i dressed like. this the photography she was wearing a leather coat and smoking a cigar these both became part of his image. of the scene these are very famous pictures on the floor and in front of them is our most valuable piece a sculpture made on the basis of a life mask of breast that was made by paul hamann in 1930. 5 inch tongue

and woodruff. my last stop in the book also has something to do with water and tradition since the 19th century. has rented robots to explore the area's waterways legend says that the young battled breast went rowing here with his 1st love. is a mission if i want to go fast on the water what should i do as a stretch out your legs keep europe a body straight keep the oars in the water for as long as possible and pull with a lot of power and i'll be the fastest let's find out so if edition. indymedia right zonker you go go to the middle of the boat turn your back to me if i stretch out your legs. perfect so have fun effect fish last legs are.

there is a challenge waiting for me to race on the outs book mold against my editor on p.b.s. . it's not that easy. for you graduations. i made it. if you visit spork you just can't ignore the topic of water fountains rivers industrial history if you let yourself be guided by water you can make many connections here from the romans to the present or from bank to bethel place that's all the book she is.

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