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Nuremberg

city in northern Bavaria, from German Nürnberg, Medieval Latin Norinberga. The second element is Berg "mountain," the first element is of unknown origin. Associated with the Nazis as the site of mass party rallies every September during the Third Reich. The Nuremberg Laws (1935) barred Jews from German citizenship and forbid intermarriage with Aryans. The Nuremberg trials for war crimes and crimes against humanity were held there 1945-6.

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Definitions of Nuremberg from WordNet

Nuremberg (n.)
a city in southeastern Germany; site of Allied trials of Nazi war criminals (1945-46);
Synonyms: Nurnberg
From wordnet.princeton.edu