Nürnberg travel guide

{{Infobox German Location |Name = |German_name = Nürnberg |type = city |image_photo = Nuremberg Castle Heaven Door Sinwell Tower Walpurgis f se.jpg |imagesize = |image_caption = Nuremberg Kaiserburg |Wappen = Nurnberg.jpg |Wappengröße = |lat_deg = 49 | lat_min = 27 | lat_sec = 0|lat_hem = N |lon_deg = 11 | lon_min = 5 | lon_sec = 0 |lon_hem = E| |Karte = |Lageplan = |Lageplanbeschreibung = |Bundesland = Bavaria |Regierungsbezirk = Middle Franconia |Landkreis = urban |Kreis = |Amt = |Gemeindeverwaltungsverband = |Samtgemeinde = |Verbandsgemeinde = |Verwaltungsgemeinschaft = |Verwaltungsverband = |Höhe = 302 |Fläche = 186.38 |area_metro = |Einwohner = 500132 |pop_metro = |Stand = 2005 |pop_ref =. Perhaps most famously, the main part of Nicolaus Copernicus' work was published in Nuremberg in 1543.
Printers and publishers have a long history in Nuremberg. Many of these publishers worked with well-known artists of the day to produce books that could also be considered works of art. In 1470 Anton Koberger opened Europe's first print shop in Nuremberg. In 1493, he published the Nuremberg Chronicles, also know as the World Chronicles (Schedelsche Weltchronik), an illustrated history of the world from the creation to the present day. It was written in the local Franconian dialect by Hartmann Schedel and had illustrations by Michael Wohlgemuth, Wilhelm Pleydenwurff, and Albrecht Dürer. Others furthered geographical knowledge and travel by map making. Notable among these was navigator and geographer Martin Behaim, who made the first world globe. (...) more....

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