At first I was told that Stadtilm is "only" about 725 years old. The newest information is that nobody really knows the age of this town. When I walked through the medieval part of this small town I had no doubts that it was old.
Please wear good walking shoes or sneakers - dress shoes will not be a good choice for the rough cobble stone paving.
My judgement a few years ago was that still some work has do be done to make Stadtilm more attractive to visitors. I assume that some progress gas been achieved since that.
In order to help this unique place we decided to include it in our tourist guide for beautiful Thuringia.
Normally, many towns have an excellent restaurant with this or a similar name - always adjacent to an old or still active city hall. Here I found the doors locked for good.