Show Image by Pyaray - sm_DSCN2070.JPG - During the wars of the 1600’s, a general whimsically offered to save the town from destruction if a councilman could drink an enormous 3 ½ liter tankard of wine in one gulp. A former mayor of the city stepped forward, performed the feat and saved the city. The clock of Rothenburg commemorates that feat.

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During the wars of the 1600’s, a general whimsically offered to save the town from destruction if a councilman could drink an enormous 3 ½ liter tankard of wine in one gulp. A former mayor of the city stepped forward, performed the feat and saved the city. The clock of Rothenburg commemorates that feat.