Nuremberg - St Lawrence's Church

(Local Name: St Lorenzkirche) In Lorenzer Platz in Nuremberg stands the twin-towered Gothic church of St Lawrence (St-Lorenzkirche; 13th-15th c.; Protestant), the city's largest church. Above the beautiful west doorway (c. 1355) is a rose window 9m/30ft in diameter. Outstanding among the many works of art it contains are the "Annunciation" by Veit Stoss (1517-18) which hangs in the choir, the tabernacle by Adam Krafft (1493-96), the crucifix by Veit Stoss on the high altar, the Krell Altar (behind the high altar; c. 1480), with the oldest surviving representation of the town, and the superb stained glass (1477-93) in the choir.

Northwest of the church is the Fountain of Virtue (1589), and opposite this is the tower-like Nassauer Haus (13th-15th c.).

From here the Museumsbrücke crosses the Pegnitz to the Sebalder Seite.