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).
Magnificent west facade with splendid portal richly decorated with statuary and rose window (mid-14th c.). Two towers 80 and 81 meters high. Important works of art: the Annunciation by Veit Stoß (1518), tabernacle by Adam Kraft (1496), medieval altars, memorial plaques, stained glass.
Key facts:
- together with St. Sebald and the Church of Our Lady one of the three most important churches in Nuremberg
- the three-part pipe organ in Lorenz is one of the largest in the world, with 12,000 pipes and 165 registers
- the oldest of 16 bells was cast in the 14th century
- the Angelic Greeting (1517/1518) from Veit Stoß can be found in St. Lorenz
Lorenzkirche (St. Lawrence Church):
5 things, you should know about.- St. Lawrence’s Church was one of the first to turn Lutheran, in the year 1524.
- The furnishings in St. Lawrence’s Church date back to the time before the Reformation. Because much of the artwork was donated by the citizens of Nuremberg, the city council decided to leave it in the church.
- Two separate nights of bombing during World War II badly damaged St. Lawrence’s Church.
- St. Lawrence’s Church was rededicated on August 10, 1952.
- Some of the artwork, such as the Annunciation from Veit Stoss, was stored in Nuremberg’s Art Bunker; other pieces, such as the tabernacle, were protected in the church.
