The Rodertor is one of the five gates into the preserved Medieval walled town of Rotheburg, it is Located on the east side of Rothenburg. This gate is the closest to the Bahnhof (train station). It’s a ten-minute walk from the station to the Rödertor entrance on Ansbachstrasse. The two structures that margin the Rödertor are round buildings where customs officials formerly collected a toll fee. The word Röder is a reference to the court system which Rothenburg had, by virtue of being a free imperial city; on the left side of Ansbachstrasse, near the Rödertor entrance, is a beautiful building which houses Rothenburg’s present court. After driving through the Rödertor bastion, tourists enter the old city, through the gate in the Röder tower. There are stairs at the Rödertor which provide access to the walkway of the town walls, on either sides, behind the tower.

• The tower has an exhibition of photos about the bombing of Rothenburg by American planes on March 31, 1945, about six weeks before World War II ended on May 8, 1945.

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