Congress- und Tourismus-Zentrale NürnbergVerkehrsverein Nürnberg e.V.
Frauentorgraben 3/IV
D-90443 Nürnberg
Tel.: +49 911 / 2336-0
Congress- und Tourismus-Zentrale Nürnberg1355/58 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.
Church of Our Lady Nuremberg
1361 the imperial regalia were displayed to the public for the first time for the christening of his son Wenzel, heir to the throne. The “Männleinlaufen” (mechanical clock and glockenspiel, every day at noon) recalls the proclamation of the Golden Bull of 1356: seven Electors pay homage to Emperor Karl IV sitting on his throne. Richly decorated interior. The Tucher altar (ca. 1445) is considered the most important work of panel painting in the pre-Dürer period.
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.
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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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Originally, the St. Elizabeth Church was part of a former secondary house of the Teutonic Order of the Knights.
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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]
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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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).
[more]Mon + Thurs: 8 am - 6 pm
Tues + Fri 9: am - 6 pm
Wed: 8 am - 7 pm
Sat: 9.30 am - 6.30 pm
Sun: 12.30 pm - 7 pm
The church is well accessible, except for the choir.
AFILs available.
Special tours for blind and visually impaired people available.
Oct - Apr
Sat: 12.10 pm
May - Sept
Mon - Sat: 12.10 pm