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crucifix within the main altar VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
and the magnificent statue
of the Archangel Michael Practical Information
standing by the second pillar Road map D6. * 490,000.
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some magnificent 15th-century _ Internationale Nürnberger
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adorned with a number of Transport
Impressive Mauthalle fascinating statues of k on the northeast outskirts
dominating Königstraße of town. £

Flughafen MAXTORGRABEN Gothic original. Diagonally across
8 km (5 miles)
L A N G E G AS S E a Gothic mansion whose lower
VESTNERTORGRABEN the square is the Nassauer Haus,
SÖLDNERSG. TREIBBERG. Hirsvogelsaal storeys were built in the 13th
NEUT ORGRABEN AM ÖLBERG WEBERSPLATZ HIRSCHELGASSE century. The upper floors were
Kaiserburg
St-Johannis- SCHILDGASSE Pellerhaus Tucher-
added in the 15th century.
ÄUSSERE LAUFER GASSE
Friedhof NEUTORMAUER Stadtmuseum T E T Z E L G A S S E schlösschen RATHENAUPLATZ Rathenau- A short distance from
Egidienkirche
SEBALD
the square, in Karolinen-
Albrecht-
Fembohaus
Dürer-Haus Sebalduskirche BURGSTRASSE THERESIENSTR. INN. LAUFER GASSE MÜNZGASSE. L AUFERTORMAU E R platz Henry Moore.
straße, is a fine sculpture by
W E S T T O R G R A B E N MAXPLATZ Spielzeug- HAUPT- Rathaus B I N D E R G A S S E ROSENTAL LAUFERTORGRABEN a Heilig-Geist-Spital
BECKSCHLAGERG.
MARTIN-TREU-STRASSE
SCHMAUSENG.
museum
In the centre of town, on the
TUCHERSTRASSE
banks of the river Pegnitz, stands
N E U E G A S S E
OBSTMARKT.
WESTTORMAUER brücke Karls- MARKT Frauenkirche Spital Spital- River Pegnitz Wöhrder the Hospital of the Holy Spirit.
Max-
SPITAL GASSE
Founded in 1332, this is one of
brücke
Fleisch-
the largest hospitals built in the
brücke
Heilig-Geist-
brücke
KÖNIGSTRASSE
Heu-
Middle Ages and features a lovely
Wiese
brücke
KAISERSTRASSE
SP I TTLERTORGRAB E N KARL-GRILLENBERGER-STR. KA ROLINE N S T R. St. Lorenz- PETER-VISCHER-STR. LORENZ MARIENTORMA U ER inner courtyard with wooden
HINTERE LEDERG.
ADLERSTRASSE
MARIENTOR G R A B E N
galleries. The wing that spans the
LORENZER
VORDERE LEDERGASSE
Nassauer
PLATZ
Haus
river was built during extension
works in 1488–1527. Lepers were
SCHLOTFEGERGASSE
KATHARINENG.
Lorenzkirche
kept at some distance from the
B R U N N E N G A S S E
Kirche
Turm
B R E I T E G A S S E
SCHLEHENGASSE Weisser FÄRBE RS T RASS E FRA UENGASSE Mauthalle KÖNIGSTRASSE THEATERG. LORENZER STR. GLEISS- BUHLSTRASSE other patients, in a separate half-
timbered building that was
DR.-KURT-
LUDWIGSTRASSE ENGELHARDS G. JAKOBSTRASSE SCHUMACHER-STR. KLARAGASSE KÖNIGSTORGRABEN MARIENSTR. specially erected for the purpose.
OTTOSTRASSE
From 1424 until 1796, the
Empire were kept here rather
Germanisches Martha- insignia of the Holy Roman
kirche
Plärrer FRAUENTORMAUER Nationalmuseum VORD. STERNG. Museum Dokumentationszentrum than in the castle.
Neues
Reichsparteitagsgelände
FRAUENTORMAUER Hauptbahnhof The Heilig-Geist-Spital now
F R A U E N T O R G R A B E N
Opernhaus Frauentor houses a retirement home and
0 metres 300 a restaurant. The entrance to
Hauptbahnhof
0 yards 300 the building is on the northern
side of the river.
Gothic church of St Lorenz, the Apostles, dating from
whose basilica-style main body the late 14th century.
was built around 1270–1350.
The vast hall presbytery was P Lorenzer Platz
added much later, in 1439–77. Overlooked by the church of
On entering the church it is St Lorenz, Lorenzer Platz is a
worth taking a look at the popular meeting place for the
magnificent main portal, which citizens of Nuremberg and
is adorned with sculptures. In visitors alike. Outside the church
the main nave of the church, is the Fountain of the Virtues,
suspended from the ceiling Tugendbrunnen (1589), with
above the altar, is a superb water cascading from the
group sculpture, Annunciation, breasts of its seven Virtues.
the work of Veit Stoß (1519). He Nearby is a statue of St Lorenz, Heilig-Geist-Spital reflected in the waters
was also the creator of the which is a copy of the 1350 of the river Pegnitz
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