Germanische National Museum

Founded in 1852, this museum is dedicated to art of the German-speaking world from pre-history to the present.  Its humongous collection includes toys, musical instruments, textiles, arms and armor, folk art, and crafts as well as works by Tilman Riemenschneider, Konrad Witz, Lucas Cranach the Elder, Adolf Altdorfer, Albrect Duerer, and Hans Baldung Grien.  The building incorporates the remains of Carthusian abbey.

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Kirche St. Sebaldus

This church is the oldest in Nuremburg, having been construced in the Romanesque style in 1230-73. It was expanded in the 14th century with addition of two side naves and a gothic choir, and again in the 15th century with the addition of teh Gothic towers. Several sculptures by Viet Stoss adorn the church. The tomb of St. Sebaldus dates from 1397 and contains relics of the saint.

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Rathaus

The Rathaus consits of two portions: the older, Gothic part built in 1332-40 and remodelled in the 15th century, and the Renaissance portion built in 1616-22.  The prison cells under the building are opened to the public and can be viewed on a guided tour. During the Protestant Reformation, The ornate carvings over the main entrances to the Rathaus were added (1524 - 7 years after Luther's 95 Theses were posted at the Wittemberg chapel door). The imagery was taken from the 7th chapter of the Holy Bible's Book of Daniel, in which 4 creatures were to represent the 4 great more..

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City History Museum

The city history museum is housed in the Fenbo House, a Renaissance townhouse.  It has several nice displays, including a fascinating wooded model of the entire city built in the 1930s.

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Kaiserburg

The palace complex of Kaiserburg towers over the old city. Up the Burgstrasse and you are there. The complex includes the Burgrave's castle and the Imperial Residence.  The oldest portion of the complex is the Fuenfeckturm (Pentagonal Tower) which was part of the von Zollern burgraves' castle and dates from 1040.  Their is also a magnificent Romanesque imperial chapel, which is the oldest part of the castle proper. and many charming half-timbered buildings.

Behind the castle there is a beautiful garden.

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Spielzeugmuseum

Nuermenburg is a center of the toy industry, and so it should come as no suprise that there is a toy museum.  The museum features a nice collection of tin soldiers and an impressive set of antique doll houses.

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St. Lorenz-Kirche

This Gothic church was constructed in 1270-1350 as a basilica style church and then expanded in 1439-77.  Above the altar is an Annunciation scuplted by Viet Stoss in 1519, who also sculpted the crucifix in the main altar and a statue of the Archangel Michael.  Several original Gothic altars reman, as do some 15th-centruy stained-glass windows.

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Duerer Haus

The German painter Albrecht Duerer used to live here. Many artefacts but no original paintings. Address: Tiergaertnerpplatz, tel. 231 25 68.

Frauenkirche

The Frauenkirche is a beautiful Gothic hall church constructed in 1352-58.  The oriel of the west choir contains a clock installed in 1509 that displays a procession of electors paying homage to the emperor every day at noon.  The original Gothic altar dates from 1445.

St. Johannis Friedhof

This cemetary is one of the oldest and best preserved in Germany.  Several notable people are buried here, including Albrect Duerer, Viet Stoss, and Anselm Feuerbach.

Ehemaliges Reichsparteitagsgelaende

This unfinished complex is a legacy of Nuremburg's Nazi connection.  It is an unfinisehd meeting hall in the Nazi style of archetecture.  Also still in existence is the grandstand from which Hitler presided over many Nazi rallys.