The 8 Towns That Could Be The New Rothenburg ob der Tauber 

If anyone knows of other towns in Germany that could be the "new" Rothenburg o.d.T, lets us know in the comments.

You mentioned a lot already in the video, and the comments mentioned a lot, so here are some that I do not have seen being mentioned but are not inferior to any of the ones being mentioned: -Stolberg in the Harz mountains It's much smaller than Rothenburg, but it feels even more medieval and frozen in time. Almost all buildings there are a half-timbered, there are hardly any stone houses, deep woods are surrounding the little town, and a big castle thrones above everything. There's not much tourism, and so it feels very authentic. There are several other medieval towns close to it, like Wernigerode or Goslar. - Gengenbach in the Black Forest: It's also much smaller than Rothenburg, but it's almost more picturesque even. It was featured in Tim Burton's Charly and the Chocolate Factory. The main square and townhall look like a toy town. The town lies inbetween rolling hills and vineyards. The surrounding Black Forest is an attraction on its own of course. - Landshut in Bavaria: It's bigger than Rothenburg, and just as medieval, however the style of medieval architecture is different. There is no half-timbering but stone houses. They are very colorful and have beautiful gables. The city's main street is probably the grandest and most beautiful of any medieval city in Germany. The city's main church has the tallest brick tower of any church in the world and a castle is perching above everything. Every 4 years the Landshuter Hochzeit (Landshut Wedding) is held in the city. It is probably the biggest and most authentic medieval parade and festival held anywhere in the world. More than 2000 actors take part in it. They even have a legit knights jousting tournament.

What about Tübingen, Marburg, Tangermünde, Wismar, Amberg, Rottweil, Landshut, Celle, Greifswald, Ravensburg, Schwäbisch Hall, Hannoversch Münden, Iphofen, Gelnhausen, Duderstadt, Bad Münstereifel, Michelstadt, Homberg (Efze), Bacharach, Bautzen, Sommerhausen, Naumburg, Fritzlar, Mühlhausen (Thür.), Soest, Lübeck, Stendal, Esslingen, Einbeck, Brandenburg (Havel), Stralsund, Bad Wimpfen ... And please note: You won't find half-timbered houses everywhere in Germany. Northern brick architecture has it's charme, too. By the way: many houses in Dinkelsbühl ARE half-timbered houses. But the construction is hidden behind plaster. Homberg (Efze),

Exactly - Rothenburg was great the last week of August and first week of September - very beginning of the off-season. Bamberg was great too. We visited so many churches, that we when got to the end of our trip a friend asked if we go to church often, to which I responded, in Germany we go 3-4 times a day.

Nördlingen in my opinion is a pretty good contender too. It's relatively close to Dinkelsbühl and Rothenburg and also on the Romantic Road. It has a fully intact city wall, a medieval town center with no or barely any car traffic and a church in the middle. Additionally, the town was built inside a meteor crater and there is a pretty interesting museum about it. One of the American moon mission crews spend some time there to study the rocks and the crater. Furthermore if you are interested in history and specifically the 30 years war then you can visit the Stadtmuseum. In 1634 a big battle between the Catholic League (Spain, the Holy Roman Empire and Bavaria) and the Swedes took place just outside of Nördlingen and it is pretty well documented in the museum

My twin was stationed near Nurnberg

Sad that Rothenburg ob der Tauber is getting mobbed, that's becoming a problem in many places. Regensburg is a strong contender, we were there on a River Cruise and it didn't seem overrun yet. Goslar is, of course, very cool, I'll probably go back there next year. We didn't make it to Quedlinburg when we were in the Harz region, sounds very cool for a short visit. Maybe Bamberg for the next trip to Bayern.

How about Görlitz?

That's not a new development, Rothenburg has been bus-load-touristy forever. The obvious charmingly medieval place to go to instead is nearby Weißenburg.