The Gothic church Jakobskirche, together with the church of St. Elisabeth, stands on Jakobsplatz Square on the spot of the former royal court. It was handed over in 1209 to the Order of the Teutonic Knights by Emperor Otto IV. The church was a station on the Franconian Way (the mediaeval St. Jacob's Way between Nuremberg and Rothenburg ob der Tauber). The original hospital church was demolished about 80 years later and its material was used for the new building. Since 1810, it has been one of the three Protestant churches.
In the tower there are four wooden bells hanging in a wooden bell tower. These are the Prayer Bell, James Bell, Melanchton's Bell and the Baptismal Bell. You can see there the oldest preserved winged altar in southern Germany, made around 1370. Then there is a linden wood piety and a Gothic sanctuary on the main altar. An excellent work of German sculpture art is the Mourning of Christ from the 15th century. Organ with three manuals and 39 registers with an electric tract.
