The Old Town Friends Nuremberg (German: Altstadtfreunde Nürnberg e. V.) are an association that supports the preservation and restoration of the existing historical old town houses and other architectural monuments in Nuremberg that are worth preserving.The association was founded on January 25, 1950 under the name "Association of Friends of the Old Town Nuremberg. It works to preserve the old town of Nuremberg, since the devastation it suffered in World War Two. It aims to ensure new building work is carried out in a way that is appropriate with the historic character of the old town. The old town friends buy old town houses in order to restore and preserve them. They do this through inheritance or donation or buying the house. Between 1972 and 1978, the association achieved a groundbreaking success with the rescue of four medieval half-timbered houses on Unschlittplatz, which had already been scheduled for demolition.