
Nuremberg
City in Bavaria, Germany

City in Bavaria, Germany
Nuremberg ( NURE-əm-burg; German: Nürnberg [ˈnʏʁnbɛʁk] ; Mainfränkisch: Nämberch [ˈnɛmbɛrç]) is the second-largest city in the German state of Bavaria and the largest city in the cultural region of Franconia. Its 546,397 (2024) inhabitants make it the 13th-largest city in Germany. Situated on the Pegnitz, the city forms a continuous conurbation with the neighbouring cities of Fürth, Erlangen and Schwabach, with the built-up area comprising around 1.4 million inhabitants, while the larger Nuremberg Metropolitan Region has a population of approximately 3.6 million. First mentioned in 1050, Nuremberg developed around an imperial castle into one of the most important cities of the Holy Roman Empire. It became a Free Imperial City in the 13th century. Owing to its political significance, imperial diets were frequently held there, and the Imperial Regalia were kept in the city from 1424 until the end of the empire. During the Late Middle Ages and the Renaissance, Nuremberg was also a centre of...
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