More than 170,000 people live in the towns of Ulm and Neu-Ulm on the banks of the Danube River, but the most famous inhabitant was Albert Einstein, born in the Bahnhofstraße, located between the present-day newspaper offices and the bank. Sadly, Einstein's house and the entire district was destroyed in 1944, WWII firebombing. A small memorial is erected there, and there are many other historic sites to view including the following:
Try walking the remaining section of the city walls along the river with the 14th-century Metzgerturm or butchers' tower. (36 m in height) Check out the modern Building of the Ulm School of Design and the Botanischer Garten der Universitat Ulm, the university's botanical garden. Stadthausis is a house for public events adjacent to the minster, and Stadtbibliothek is the public library erected in the form of a glass pyramid, adjacent to the town hall. Finally, every year on the second last Monday of July, there is a big festival here called "Schwõrmontag" wherein the mayor swears a traditional oath to his people and thousands swim and party in the Danube. Adam Southwood writes for Canadian, U.S. and European magazines and newspapers. He is a graduate of both McMaster University in Hamilton and UWO in London with an interest in culture and history. He has produced several educational programs for TV.
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Ulm, Germany