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St. Sebaldus Church ( St. Sebald, Sebalduskirche) is a medieval church in Nuremberg, Germany. Along with Frauenkirche (Our Lady's Church) and St. Lorenz, it is one of the most important churches of the city, and also one of the oldest. It is located at the Albrecht-Dürer-Platz, in front of the old city hall. It takes its name from Sebaldus, an ...
- 1225 (building), 1255 (parish)
- Nuremberg
With the veneration of St. Sebald, the city expressed its independence and made a name for Nuremberg. St. Sebald’s Church was significantly damaged in World War II and rebuilt between 1945 and 1978. Post-war, the shrine of St. Sebald was moved further east in the church to create a modern altar for worship services.
- Albrecht-Dürer-Platz,90403 Nürnberg, Sebalduskirche (St. Sebald's Church), BY
- 0911 2142500
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St Sebaldus' Church is the city's oldest parish church. Parts of the building date back to the 13th century. After numerous additions, St Sebaldus' reached its final form in 1480. The church houses the tomb of the city's patron saint, St. Sebaldus, a delicately wrought shrine created at the workshop of Peter Vischer in the 16th century.
The feast day of St Sebaldus as August 19 appeared in a calendar of Olmütz of 1131–1137, and many children born in that city bore the saint's name. The relics of the saint were translated in 1397 to the new choir of the church of Saint Sebaldus, and every year his relics were carried in procession. The kings and emperors of Germany, when in ...
- March 26, 1425 by Pope Martin V
- against cold and cold weather; Nuremberg; Bavaria
- August 19
- St. Sebaldus Church
- Frauenkirche – Church of Our Lady Nuremberg. The most recognizable of the churches in Nuremberg, the backdrop for the city’s famous Christmas Market. The Frauenkirche, or Church of Our Lady, will probably be the most familiar church in Nuremberg to readers, as if you’ve ever read an article about the Nuremberg Christmas Markets, you will almost certainly have seen a picture of it.
- Sebalduskirche – St Sebaldus Church Nuremberg. Soaring Gothic masterpiece and burial place of Nuremberg’s patron saint. For me, the Church of St Sebaldus is the most impressive of the churches in Nuremberg Altstadt.
- Lorenzkirche – St Lawrence Church Nuremberg. Grand Gothic Basilica with remarkable art treasures and one of the largest church organs in the world. St Lorenz Nuremberg Basilica is another great almost-twin-spired Nuremberg Gothic church, and it’s to the south of the river Pegnitz on the east side of the Altstadt.
- Elisabethkirche – St Elizabeth Church Nuremberg. The Roman Catholic Elisabethkirche is one of the most prominent churches in Nuremberg, its dome one of the main landmarks of the Altstadt skyline.
It takes its name from Sebaldus, an 8th-century hermit and missionary and patron saint of Nuremberg. It has been a Lutheran parish church since the Reformation. The construction of the building began in 1225. the church achieved parish church status in 1255 and was completed by 1273-75. It was originally built as a Romanesque basilica with two ...
