Dinkelsbühl

Dinkelsbühl is another medieval walled city just like Rothenburg, so it has a lot of old buildings, art, and churches. But what is neat about this city is what I learned about its history.

During a war called the Thirty Years' War in the 1600s, the Swedish Army came to Dinkelsbühl to conquer it and possibly destroy the whole city! But the children of the town went out to plead for mercy from the Swedish troops so that their families would be protected. Well, it turns out that one of the children of the Swedish general had died at a young age, and when the general saw the children, he had compassion and decided not to destroy the city. They have a painting of this on the wall on this building.

To this day, Dinkelsbühl still celebrates that part of its history, and they throw a yearly party where they put on special events for children and they give them presents and free candy!