The Middle Ages meet the Modern Day: under this slogan experience two cities with flair.
Ulm Minster has the tallest church steeple in the world. The "lion man“ in Ulm Museum, thought to be around 35.000 years old, is the world's oldest human-animal sculpture and the Fisherman's Quarter (Fischerviertel) has what is claimed to be the world's most crooked hotel. But Ulm/Neu-Ulm is not just about such dated superlatives. At the foot of the famous cathedral, and forming both a contrast and a complement to this dominating late-Gothic building, the Stadthaus and the cathedral square were designed by the renowned American architect, Richard Meier.
During the centuries Ulm citizens demonstrated a lot of pioneering spirit: Albert Einstein, whose theory of relativity revolutionised the world of physics was born here. Someone else who should not be forgotten is Albrecht Ludwig Berblinger, the ”Tailor of Ulm”, whose attempt to fly in 1811 sadly failed. One Neu-Ulm legend is Hermann Köhl who in 1928 was the first pilot to cross the Atlantic flying east to west. And if you use turntable ladders or jaws to rescue patients by a daily routine you should remember those equipment was developed by Magirus at Ulm.
