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[[Image:Nürnberg Kaiserburg Panorama 001.JPG|thumb|510px|Castle with "Heimlicher Wächtergang", Sinwell Tower and Walpurgis Chapel]]
[[Image:Nürnberger Burg im Herbst 2013.jpg|thumb|310px|Old Town]]
'''[http://www.nuernberg.de/internet/portal_e/index.html Nuremberg]''' (German: ''Nürnberg'') is [[Franconia]]'s largest city, and its undisputed economic, social and cultural centre. The city lies on the Pegnitz River and the Main-Danube Canal. Within the city limits Nuremberg has a population of about 520,000 (2018), making it the second-biggest city in the ''Bundesland'' Bavaria and the biggest city in the region of Franconia. Greater Nuremberg including its suburbs has a population of 1.3 million. The [http://www.metropolregionnuernberg.de/ Metropolitan Region Nuremberg] which extends to cities like [[Bamberg]] or [[Ansbach]] has a population of 3.5 million. Long a ''de facto'' independent "freie Reichstadt", the city was an early centre of manufacturing and proto-industry and had a golden era during the 16th century when people like Albrecht Dürer, Hans Sachs or Martin Behaim called the city home. Annexed into Bavaria in the early 19th century, the city later came to host Germany's first railway, linking it with neighbouring [[Fürth]] (this railway has since been replaced first by a tram and then by a subway line; the current
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