Ulm: Germany

Ulm: Germany
Ulm is a city in Germany, part of the Bundesland of Baden-Württemberg (about 100 km south-east of Stuttgart). Its population is slightly above 115,000. Ulm was also the birthplace of one of the 20th century’s most famous people - Albert Einstein.

Sights - Ulm Münster with the world’s highest church steeple (161.53m high and 768 steps). - The old Fischerviertel (fishermen’s quarter), on the river Blau is full of half-timbered houses, cobblestone streets, and picturesque footbridges. Interesting sights here are the Schiefes Haus (crooked house), a 16th-century house today used as a hotel, and the Alte Munz (Old Mint). a medieval building extended in the 16th and 17th centuries in Renaissance style. - The remaining section of the city walls, along the river, with the 14th-century Metzgerturm (butchers’ tower) (36m high).

-The Rathaus (Town Hall), built in 1370, featuring some brilliantly-colored murals dating from the mid-16th century. On the gable is an astronomical clock dating from 1520.