- a city in central Bavaria, in SE Germany: site of international trials (1945–46) of Nazis accused of war crimes.
- 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: 493 553 (2003 est)
