Church of St. Sebald

The Church of St. Sebald is one of the oldest, beautiful and largest city churches in Nuremberg. Built in 1273, it is considered a Lutheran parish temple. The church was built by analogy with the Bamberg Cathedral, has a characteristic Gothic appearance. The centuries-old history of the temple left many touches on its appearance, which belong to different architectural epochs.

Initially, the Church of Sebald represented a small basilica with 2 choirs, which is made in the popular Romanesque style at that time, the XVII century added to the appearance of the Catholic Church the trend of the growing popularity of Baroque. World War II kept little of the church of St. Sebald. Both the external appearance and the internal interior were subjected to changes. Only a small part of the interior remained authentic after the reconstruction, the shrine with the relics of St. Sebald, the work of Fait Stoss and stained glass windows. The church got its name in honor of the missionary, hermit and patron saint of Nuremberg, Saint Sebald.

The church houses, built in 1492 by Adam Kraft, a tombstone of the Schreyer-Landaue family. The great master decorated his creation with compositions on biblical themes: the bearing of the cross by Christ, his crucifixion, the burial of Christ, the resurrection.