If you come by near the town of Nordlingen which is located in Bavaria, Germany, you will probably be surprised with the placement of it’s streets and buildings.
As you can see from photos, the main part of this interesting Bavarian town is ‘designed’ to look like a circle. But, that is not without the reason and the cause for that is even more exciting than the very look of of the town.
This little town which has about 20.000 residents is located in a huge meteorite crater. Scientists concluded that the crater was formed about 14,5 million years ago when pretty big meteorite collided with Earth. However, the town is not older than hundred years.
I like much the idea about building the town in meteor crater, it is definitely cool place for such thing and I believe this place could became pretty popular amongst tourists in future.
There is also one additional advantage of living in this place, I guess. The fact that meteor hit here once in past gives a pretty small chances for another one to hit exactly there 
but, still, you never know…
Via Flickr.
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July 9th, 2010 at 9:54 pm
Nördlingen is a bit older than 100 years. There was a roman castle in the first century and the city was first cited in official documents in 898. So it’s at least 1112 years old…
http://www.noerdlingen.de/ISY/index.php?get=327
July 20th, 2010 at 4:09 pm
the crater itself ist about 20km in diameter. The round shape of the town is a result of the medieval fortifications around it. nearly every town in medieval germany was somewhat ROUND in shape…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%C3%B6rdlinger_Ries
December 13th, 2010 at 12:17 pm
100 years:-))))