the surrender. The legend tells that when the Swedish army besieged the town, a teenage girl took the children to the Swedish general to beg for mercy. The Swedish general had recently lost his young son to illness, and a boy who approached him so closely resembled his own son that he decided to spare the town. Present day The film The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm (1962) was filmed on location in Dinkelsbühl. The Werner Herzog film The Enigma of Kasper Hauser (German: Jeder für sich und Gott gegen alle; trans. Every Man for Himself and God Against All) premiered on 1 November 1974 in Dinkelsbühl, where it was originally filmed. Main sights Dinkelsbühl is still surrounded by the old medieval walls and towers. There exist a lot of outstanding attractions. The image of this town is very typical for a German town of the 15th to early 17th centuries. St. George's Minster was built in the late 15th-century Gothic style to designs by Nikolaus Eseler. It is the largest hall church (one built without aisles) in the country. St. Paul's, now a Protestant church, was rebuilt in the 19th century in the style of the far late Roman architectural style. It was originally part of a monastery. The Castle of the Teutonic Order has a rococo chapel. The so-called Deutsches Haus is the ancestral home of the Counts of Drechsel-Deufstetten. It is a fine specimen of the German renaissance style of wooden architecture. Situated in front of the Minster is a monument to Christoph von Schmid (1768–1854), a 19th-century writer of stories for the young. Museum of the 3rd Dimension is housed in the former city mill. The Museum of History shows historical discoveries found within Dinkelsbühl and also has reconstructions of the ancient houses of the city. Since 2008, the museum has had a new domicile in the so-called "Steinerne Haus" from the 14th century. The official name is now: "house of history". While many of the artifacts are the same, the presentation is completely new. The church of St. Vincent, which is 2 km outside the city. The Summer Breeze Open Air heavy metal festival has been held in Dinkelsbühl since 2007. People from Dinkelsbühl Nikolaus von Dinkelsbühl (1360-1433), theologian, born in Dinkelsbühl. Christoph von Schmid (1768–1854), writer of children's stories, born in Dinkelsbühl. Friedrich von Hermann (1795–1868), economist and statistician, born in Dinkelsbühl. Stefan