Visiting Nuremberg, Germany's Christmas Market with Savvy Mom Ruth Paget
Nuremberg’s Christkindlesmarkt first appears in historical
records in 1628 when an oval box decorated with flowers mentions it. The box
contained skeins of silk to be sold at the market.
The box is now housed at the German National Museum in Nuremberg according to the website www.christkindlesmarkt.de , which details the world’s most famous Christmas market.
Today the Christmas market features 180 wood stalls that sell traditional wood crafts, food, and drinks. In the children’s area, there are small train rides and a merry-go-round.
The Nuremberg Christkindlesmarkt hosts two million visitors every year where the good-natured crowd treads cobble stone streets and is just as much part of the scene as the wood carved decorations on the booths and Christmas trim.
While walking around the main square where the market is held, my husband Laurent and I discovered the Korn and Berg Bookstore. Korn and Berg was founded in 1531 and is Germany’s oldest bookstore. The scent of new paper greeted us when we entered the ship. I purchased a blank book with a flower-patterned cover that shimmers in the light for my alchemical musings brought on by our visit to this German town full of medieval buildings.
On our next trip to Nuremberg, we plan to visit the German National Museum which houses paintings by Albrecht Dürer (1471 – 1528), Hans Holbein (1497 – 1543), and Lucas Cranach (1472 – 1553) among other art objects.
Art was often my entryway to understanding French culture when I was younger. I hope to use art again to understand German culture in addition to studying the German language.
By Ruth Paget - Author of Eating Soup with Chopsticks and Marrying France
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