Churches
Sebalduskirche (St. Sebald Church)
Nuremberg's oldest city parish church was built ca. 1215 as a three-aisled Late Romanesque pillared basilica with two choirs. As early as 1309 the original side aisles were widened and altered in the Gothic style.
The famous Sebald shrine (Peter Vischer) in Nuremberg
Destroyed during World War II like the rest of the city, St. Sebald was reconstructed in 1957 and reconsecrated. The reliquary shrine (ca. 1397) in the tomb cast in bronze by Peter Vischer and his sons (1508-1519) is prominently located in the interior of the church. The bones of Nuremberg patron saint Sebaldus are presumed to rest in the silver embossed “casket”.
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Further information on the Churches of Nuremburg
St. Elisabethkirche (St. Elisabeth's Church)
Originally, the St. Elizabeth Church was part of a former secondary house of the Teutonic Order of the Knights.
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St. Egidienkirche (St. Giles' Church)
The St. Giles’ Church, Nuremberg’s only remaining Baroque religious building, dates back to the former Schottenkloster (Irish Benedictine monastery) which was erected here around 1140 on the site of a royal estate from the earliest...[more]
St. Jakobskirche (St. James' Church)
The Gothic old-Franconian Church of St. James in the southwest part of the Old Town, in the so-called “St. James’ Quarter”, was originally the hospice church for the Teutonic Order.
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Frauenkirche (Church of Our Lady)
1355/58 Emperor Charles IV had the synagogue razed (pogrom 1349) and replaced by the first Gothic three-aisled hall church in Franconia, constructed as an imperial royal chapel.
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St. Marthakirche (St. Martha's Church)
St. Martha’s Church, built in the second half of the 14th c. and today a Reformed Protestant parish church, is known for its notable original stained glass windows.
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Lorenzkirche (St. Lawrence Church)
Building begun about 1250. Originally built as a three-aisled basilica in the high Gothic style; later extended with an imposing late Gothic hall choir (1439-1477).
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St. Sebald
opening hours
Jan - Mar: 9.30 am - 4 pm
from Apr: 9.30 am - 6 pm
prices
Donations requested
Groups with own guide:
adults 1,- €, children 0,50 €
Groups with church guide:
donation requested
Tower tours:
adults 3,- €, children 1,50 €
during Christkindlesmarkt
adults 4,- €, children 2,- €
information for handicapped people
Fully wheelchair accessible
guided tours
Tourist pastor:
Dr. Petra Seegets
Tel.: +49 (0)911 2142508
Fax: +49 (0)911 2142517
Email: tourist@sebalduskirche.de