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welcome to this new special edition of check in this time we focus on 3 cities in bavaria. that are all home to unesco world heritage sites. explores fruits book. because flourish shows us around regions books will town. and then who gets to go dives into our water management history our 1st destination on this special edition of judging is fritz book painting $1000.00 maybe one the city splendid baroque palace the residence was named a world heritage site. my

destination today verts berg the city is located in bavaria more precisely in the franconia region let's start on the old mine bridge landmark of verts park. 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 is the perfect starting point for discovering verts birth from here you can see many of the important sites 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 about 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 in capital a church that was financed by the citizens of 1st park 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. hertzberg is 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 diverse burke residence the palace and its gardens are unesco world heritage site. the palace was built in the 18th century to plans by architect has on the image

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. the winery manager. first shows me the wine press all. year 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 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 are green the tile is a 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 bubble shape of its bottle. despite. here is called a box boy twice that. wine was 1st bottled in the box bottle here in the book in 726 it was a sheep that was unknown until then it was very difficult to produce in terms of the structure. of the wanted to meet the special bottle a symbol of the high quality of.

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. these are very very old wines and among them is the world's authentic bottle of wine. this is shine vineyard wine in the 15th forties with. 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 1900. 59 years ago johnson confirmed in several interviews that it was the wine of his life.

vertebrata 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 list before the residence was built . hello good afternoon. to the in the outer courtyard i meet the guide ga. she takes me on a tour stop 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 media. content i mean yeah reached it by a lot of. luck. and what did they do with the 1st 10 major. that it was a dungeon. this was a bottle dungeon to prisoners were let down through a hold 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 . my bought off to 6 weeks imprisonment he came out looking like he was in his best year no facts 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. was. our 2nd stop on this check in special is a king's board the old town was added to the unesco world heritage less than 2006 i'm standing above the danube 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 very and very. to be honest the bridge doesn't look that old that's because it's been

completely. and over the past few years after all reagan's work has a title to defend its is 2006 its old town including this bridge has been a unesco world heritage site today i want to get to know reagan spark 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 a 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 wings 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 route. and here on its banks in the old town hall the perpetual diet was held for over 114 years.

and to find out more about what that was and what it meant for the city i'm meeting the director of the reagans berg museums. bring. us up to what exactly was the perpetual diet. from the 17th to the early 19th century 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 when 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 on tibet horror at least not for 143 years until 186 years tim yachts and the takes the whole. a muslim of the daughter

what their rice tag mean for reagan the birth of the good anna i imagine so many powerful people coming here when money was being spent and it probably brought the city some other perks to finished up in the to leave of course pagan's book 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 a shorter distance to travel. as back then the city had international flavor 1. 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 virg 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 were uncovered during construction work on plots.