Frauenkirche Church of Our Lady

The Frauenkirche church was built in the late Gothic style by Charles IV in 1355 and can be found at the central square Hauptmark. It was built as a Catholic, after the reformation as a Lutheran and at the beginning of the 19th century a Catholic again. Originally it was intended for storing imperial crown jewels.

On the gable of the church, we can see a tourist attraction – Nuremberg Astronomical Clock called Männleinlaufen. Every noon we can hear the trumpets` sound, then seven electors will appear. They will bypass the emperor three times. First and symbolically, three ecclesiastical princes go to the archbishop. They are prince of Mainz, Cologne and Trier. Then the Czech king with the royal crown and finally the falckrab of Rhine, the duke of Saxony and the margrave of Brandenburg. The astronomical clock was meant to commemorate the Golden Bull of Charles IV from 1356. It determines that every newly elected Roman king must assemble the Roman Parliament in Nuremberg. The astronomical clock was created in 1509 by the watchmaker Jörg Heus and the figures by Cyril the Coppersmith Sebastian Lindenast sr.

Inside the church we can find several medieval monuments, which were often brought here at the beginning of the 19th century, such as the so-called Tucher's altar or Peringsdörffer's sandstone epitaph. The dominant feature of the church are two copper domes on 99 meters high towers. During World War II it was destroyed, and its restoration lasted until 1994.