The most important subject of the church is the tomb of the patron saint of Sebaldus. The bones of the saint were kept in the silver sanctuary in Nuremberg. At the end of the 15th century, they decided to make a bronze casket for the protection and artistic strengthening of the shrine. The external structure of the tomb was cast between 1508 and 1519. On the wall of the eastern choir is the epitaph of Tucher. On the middle panel of the epitaph, Mary sits on the throne with the baby Jesus between St. Catherine and St. Barbara. Five Renaissance angels appear in the foreground in the style of Italian painting. Only recently, it was noticed that the paint “Blessing Christ” in the Eastern Choir is a copy of “Blessing Christ Albrecht Dürer.” The real picture is currently in the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art.
This walking one day tour of old Nuremberg is perfect. The walk begins at Frauentorturm directly opposite the exit of the underpass of the central railway station and runs along Königstrasse with its main churches and original shops. The footpath enters the church of St. Lorenz with its medieval architecture and the works of Adam Kraft - a contemporary of Albrecht Dürer. The path continues to the famous Nassau House through Hans Sachs Square to Holy Spirit Hospital and makes a beautiful loop through Schütt Island, the Pegnitz River, and Church of Katarina leads to the central square of Hauptmarkt and the bells of the Frauenkirche church and leads to Beautiful Fountain, where wishes are usually made. Then the walk passes near Rathausplatz and leads to the St. Sebald - Sebalduskirche gives an excellent lunch at Goldenes Posthorn Restaurant. After lunch, the path leads to the City Museum in Fembo house, Pellerhof, Museum Tucherschloss und Hirsvogelsaal, Imperial courtyard of Kaiserburg. It allows you to enjoy city views from Imperial castle Nürnberg. Further, the footpath will lead to the house of Albrecht Dürer, the home of Pilate, the gates of the Tiergärtnertorturm, and the courtyards of the breweries. We will meet The Toy Museum in Nuremberg, admire the executioner’s bridge, learn the story of the bagpipe, walk through the shopping quarter and end the day at the fountain carousel of family relationships and realize that everything is relative in this world.
Don't be afraid to get lost in new places!
