The Location
Also the windmills in Spain were an Arab heritage.
Did you know that…
…already in the 7th century A.D. the first windmills stood in Arabia?
Whereas the oldest windmill in Europe was only mentioned in 1105.
…already in the 7th century A.D. the first windmills stood in Arabia?
Whereas the oldest windmill in Europe was only mentioned in 1105.
Museum of Arab Culture, Nuremberg
Why in Nuremberg?
Nuremberg regards herself as the City of Human Rights and therefore is predestined for dialogue. As a center of far-distance trade through the Middle Ages, also contacts with the Arab World have a long tradition.
The museum can be integrated into an existing vivid museum landscape.
The city has excellent traffic connections by air, train and car.
At present, suitable locations are being analysed. Nuremberg's first public bath, the art nouveau "Volksbad", is considered as one possible option. See our press release from 22 October 2010 (in German only.)
Nuremberg regards herself as the City of Human Rights and therefore is predestined for dialogue. As a center of far-distance trade through the Middle Ages, also contacts with the Arab World have a long tradition.
The museum can be integrated into an existing vivid museum landscape.
The city has excellent traffic connections by air, train and car.
At present, suitable locations are being analysed. Nuremberg's first public bath, the art nouveau "Volksbad", is considered as one possible option. See our press release from 22 October 2010 (in German only.)
Most of the today known horse breeds descended from the Arab thoroughbreds.
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Museum and Centre of Dialogue
Museum and Centre of Dialogue
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The Location
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The Association
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Cooperation
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Nuremberg Christkindlesmarkt
Street of Human Rights
Historic City Centre
Historic relations between Nuremberg and the Arab World
Merchants from Nuremberg were among the most important traders in medieval times importing Oriental goods from Venice to the countries north of the Alps. 1381 the so-called Imhoff Trades' Company was mentioned as the first Nuremberg settlement in Venice.
In the second half of the 15. century German imports from Venice amounted to approxi-
mately 2 billion € – of which the Nuremberg merchants had the biggest market share.
The majority of the imports of Oriental origin were spices. Spices from the Arab World were – besides local honey – the most important ingredients for the famous Nuremberg ginger-
bread, which soon was highly appreciated at European royal courts and are still a typical Nuremberg specialty today.
In medieval times Nuremberg was a center of competence for the fabrication of nautical instruments – which reached, via Venice and Genua – the navigators in the Arab World.
Nuremberg also was the meeting-place for pilgrims to the "Holy Land" – also for many German principals. Here they left their money before starting the dangerous trip across the Alps; they got their money back at the branches of the Nuremberg merchants in Venice.
Hans Tucher, who started on 6 Mai 1479 for a pilgrimage to Jerusalem, wrote a travel guide which later was used by many other travelers. Until 1609 at least 12 different editions of this travel guide were printed. Tucher not only described the objects of interest, he also gave useful advice like in modern tourist guides – like information about travel formalities, recommended clothes, luggage and souvenirs.
In his famous world chronicle published in 1493 the physician Hartmann Schedel from Nuremberg gave knowledge about the important Arab physicians and scolars Avicenna und Averroes to a general public.
Salomon Schweigger, who was pastor in Nürnberg since 1605, gave in his description of a journey to Constantinople and Jerusalem facts about the Coran and Islamic principles – for the first time in German language.
In 1883 the MAN company in Nuremberg delivered first luxury sleeping-cars for the "Orient Express" train, which connected Paris and Istanbul after 1888. MAN also delivered part of the train from Ostende to Vienna, which was connected to the Orient Express. Passenger cars from Nuremberg also ran on the line between Jaffa and Jerusalem in Palestine after the First World War. Pictures from the MAN archives also show sleeping-cars of the Nuremberg company at the train station in Cairo in the 1950s.
The gold-plated fiber for the precious embroideries on the Kiswah, covering the Kaaba in Mecca, is produced by a company in the Nuremberg Metropolitan Region – the Leoni AG. The factory in Weissenburg delivers the material for the annual replacement of the Kiswah.
Merchants from Nuremberg were among the most important traders in medieval times importing Oriental goods from Venice to the countries north of the Alps. 1381 the so-called Imhoff Trades' Company was mentioned as the first Nuremberg settlement in Venice.
In the second half of the 15. century German imports from Venice amounted to approxi-
mately 2 billion € – of which the Nuremberg merchants had the biggest market share.
The majority of the imports of Oriental origin were spices. Spices from the Arab World were – besides local honey – the most important ingredients for the famous Nuremberg ginger-
bread, which soon was highly appreciated at European royal courts and are still a typical Nuremberg specialty today.
In medieval times Nuremberg was a center of competence for the fabrication of nautical instruments – which reached, via Venice and Genua – the navigators in the Arab World.
Nuremberg also was the meeting-place for pilgrims to the "Holy Land" – also for many German principals. Here they left their money before starting the dangerous trip across the Alps; they got their money back at the branches of the Nuremberg merchants in Venice.
Hans Tucher, who started on 6 Mai 1479 for a pilgrimage to Jerusalem, wrote a travel guide which later was used by many other travelers. Until 1609 at least 12 different editions of this travel guide were printed. Tucher not only described the objects of interest, he also gave useful advice like in modern tourist guides – like information about travel formalities, recommended clothes, luggage and souvenirs.
In his famous world chronicle published in 1493 the physician Hartmann Schedel from Nuremberg gave knowledge about the important Arab physicians and scolars Avicenna und Averroes to a general public.
Salomon Schweigger, who was pastor in Nürnberg since 1605, gave in his description of a journey to Constantinople and Jerusalem facts about the Coran and Islamic principles – for the first time in German language.
In 1883 the MAN company in Nuremberg delivered first luxury sleeping-cars for the "Orient Express" train, which connected Paris and Istanbul after 1888. MAN also delivered part of the train from Ostende to Vienna, which was connected to the Orient Express. Passenger cars from Nuremberg also ran on the line between Jaffa and Jerusalem in Palestine after the First World War. Pictures from the MAN archives also show sleeping-cars of the Nuremberg company at the train station in Cairo in the 1950s.
The gold-plated fiber for the precious embroideries on the Kiswah, covering the Kaaba in Mecca, is produced by a company in the Nuremberg Metropolitan Region – the Leoni AG. The factory in Weissenburg delivers the material for the annual replacement of the Kiswah.
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