Yes, it's another big, beautiful church in Europe. Monumental, as one reference source called it. But this one is somewhat surprising because of its location. It's right in the midst of the old portion of Nuremberg, as you'd expect. But it's also right in the middle of a commercial district that is filled with fabulous stores.
St. Lorenz translates to St. Lawrence. Work on this church first took place in the 1400s. Why was it so elaborate? Because it could be. There was plenty of funding in Nuremberg at the time.
As you might expect, it was heavily damaged in World War II, but was rebuilt. Even better, most of the art work was taken out of the building and hidden. By the pipe organ has something like 12,000 pipes. That's a lot of air to push.
St. Lorenz is one of the most well-known Lutheran churches in all of Bavaria. It is free to visit, although a small contribution of a couple of Euros would be nice.
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