Church of St. Lawrence

The Knightly Church of St. Lawrence (or St. Lorenz) is one of the first German churches to become Lutheran (1529).

The temple began to be built in the XIII century, and its current appearance it received two centuries later. The plan of the Lawrence Chapel was partially established by archaeologists during excavations in Nuremberg in 1929. The period of World War II became very difficult for the temple: its roof and ceilings almost completely destroyed the bombing. The temple was renovated using new castle stones, on which representatives of the Protestant chronicle are visible (Martin Luther, J. Sebastian Bach).

Inside the temple are objects created before the Reformation (before the XVI century). The oldest sculpture in the temple is Our Lady of the XIII century, created in the workshop at the Regensburg Cathedral, also there is a composition of the linden “Annunciation” weighing 800 kilograms and a 20-meter protector. The church organ is considered the second largest in the country (after Passau) and the first organ owned by the evangelical church in Germany.