a picture shows that walter was seen as the source of the city's wealth. it's clear that had become an important city from an early age by the way it's the 3rd largest here and of area after munich and nuremberg but there's much more you should know about all spoke. the romans founded a settlement here in 15 b.c. now the city has about 290000 inhabitants. in the 13th century outspokenness named a free imperial city in which merchants of bad. the important contacts for emperors and kings. the city's wealth and pride can still be imagined by taking a look at the grand architecture. had been named a bishopric in the 8th century the cathedral is one of the few local buildings to have survived the 2nd world war almost intact.