Nu·rem·berg (n r  m-bûrg , nyr-) also Nürn·berg (nrnb rk, nürn-) A city of southeast Germany north-northwest of Munich. First mentioned in 1050, it became a free imperial city in the 13th century and a center of the German cultural renaissance in the 15th-16th century. From 1933 to 1938 it was the site of annual Nazi party congresses. Largely destroyed in World War II, the city served as the venue for the Allied trials of war criminals (1945-1946). Population: 501,000. |
Nuremberg [ˈnjʊərəmˌbɜːg]
n
(Placename) a city in S Germany, in N Bavaria: scene of annual Nazi rallies (1933-38), the anti-Semitic Nuremberg decrees (1935), and the trials of Nazi leaders for their war crimes (1945-46); important metalworking and electrical industries. Pop.: 486 400 (1999 est.) German name Nürnberg
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| Noun | 1. |  Nuremberg - a city in southeastern Germany; site of Allied trials of Nazi war criminals (1945-46)Deutschland, FRG, Germany, Federal Republic of Germany - a republic in central Europe; split into East Germany and West Germany after World War II and reunited in 1990 |
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Nuremberg
n → Nürnberg nt
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