Nuremberg ( ; german: link=no, Nürnberg ; in the local
East Franconian
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dialect: ''Nämberch'' ) is the second-largest city of the
German
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of
Bavaria
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after its capital
Munich
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, and its 518,370 (2019) inhabitants make it the
14th-largest city in Germany. On the
Pegnitz River
The Pegnitz () is a river in Franconia in the Germany, German States of Germany, state of Bavaria.
The Pegnitz has its source in the Pegnitz (town), town of the same name at an altitude of and meets the Rednitz at in Fürth to form the Regnitz ...
(from its
confluence
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with the
Rednitz
The Rednitz is a long river in Franconia, Germany, tributary of the Regnitz (more precisely: its southern, left headstream). The Rednitz is formed by the confluence of the rivers Franconian Rezat and Swabian Rezat, in Georgensgmünd ( district o ...
in
Fürth
Fürth (; East Franconian: ; yi, פיורדא, Fiurda) is a city in northern Bavaria, Germany, in the administrative division (''Regierungsbezirk'') of Middle Franconia. It is now contiguous with the larger city of Nuremberg, the centres of the t ...
onwards:
Regnitz
The Regnitz is a river in Franconia, Germany. It is a left tributary of the Main and is in length.
The river is formed by the confluence of the rivers Rednitz and Pegnitz, which meet in the city of Fürth. From there the Regnitz runs northward ...
, a
tributary
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of the
River Main
The Main () is the longest tributary of the Rhine. It rises as the White Main in the Fichtel Mountains of northeastern Bavaria and flows west through central Germany for to meet the Rhine below Rüsselsheim, Hesse. The cities of Mainz and Wies ...
) and the
Rhine–Main–Danube Canal
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, it lies in the Bavarian
administrative region
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of
Middle Franconia
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, and is the largest city and the unofficial capital of
Franconia
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The three administrative regions of Lower, Middle and Upper Fr ...
. Nuremberg forms with the neighbouring cities of
Fürth
Fürth (; East Franconian: ; yi, פיורדא, Fiurda) is a city in northern Bavaria, Germany, in the administrative division (''Regierungsbezirk'') of Middle Franconia. It is now contiguous with the larger city of Nuremberg, the centres of the t ...
,
Erlangen
Erlangen (; East Franconian German, East Franconian: ''Erlang'', Bavarian language, Bavarian: ''Erlanga'') is a Middle Franconian city in Bavaria, Germany. It is the seat of the administrative district Erlangen-Höchstadt (former administrative d ...
and
Schwabach
Schwabach () is a German city of about 40,000 inhabitants near Nuremberg in the centre of the region of Franconia in the north of Bavaria. The city is an autonomous administrative district (''kreisfreie Stadt''). Schwabach is also the name of th ...
a continuous conurbation with a total population of 800,376 (2019), which is the heart of the urban area region with around 1.4 million inhabitants, while the larger
Nuremberg Metropolitan Region
The Nuremberg Metropolitan Region comprises 3.5 million people on 21,800 square kilometers. With a gross domestic product of 134 billion euros and about 1.9 million employees, this metropolitan area is one of the strongest economic areas in German ...
has approximately 3.6 million inhabitants. The city lies about north of Munich. It is the largest city in the East Franconian dialect area (colloquially: "Franconian"; german: link=no, Fränkisch).
There are many institutions of higher education in the city, including the
University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
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(). With 39,780 students in 2017, it is Bavaria's third-largest and Germany's 11th-largest university, with campuses in Erlangen and Nuremberg and a
university hospital
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in Erlangen (Universitätsklinikum Erlangen). and are also located within the city. The Nuremberg exhibition centre () is one of the biggest
convention center
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companies in Germany and operates worldwide.
Nuremberg Airport
Nuremberg Airport , german: link=no, Albrecht Dürer Flughafen Nürnberg, is the international airport of the Franconian metropolitan area of Nuremberg and the second-busiest airport in Bavaria after Munich Airport. With about 4.1 million pass ...
() is the second-busiest airport in Bavaria after
Munich Airport
Munich International Airport- Franz Josef Strauß (german: link=no, Flughafen München) is an international airport serving Munich and Upper Bavaria. It is the second-busiest airport in Germany in terms of passenger traffic after Frankfurt A ...
, and the tenth-busiest airport of the country.
Nuremberg Castle
Nuremberg Castle (german: Nürnberger Burg) is a group of medieval fortified buildings on a sandstone ridge dominating the historical center of Nuremberg in Bavaria, Germany.
The castle, together with the city walls, is considered to be one ...
, with its many towers, is one of Europe's largest castles. is one of the five Bavarian state theatres, showing
operas
Opera is a form of theatre in which music is a fundamental component and dramatic roles are taken by singers. Such a "work" (the literal translation of the Italian word "opera") is typically a collaboration between a composer and a libretti ...
,
operettas
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,
musicals
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, and
ballets
Ballet () is a type of performance dance that originated during the Italian Renaissance in the fifteenth century and later developed into a concert dance form in France and Russia. It has since become a widespread and highly technical form of ...
(main venue: Nuremberg
Opera House
An opera house is a theatre building used for performances of opera. It usually includes a stage, an orchestra pit, audience seating, and backstage facilities for costumes and building sets.
While some venues are constructed specifically for o ...
),
plays
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* Play (theatre), a work of drama
Play may refer also to:
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* Pla ...
(main venue: ), as well as
concerts
A concert is a live music performance in front of an audience. The performance may be by a single musician, sometimes then called a recital, or by a musical ensemble, such as an orchestra, choir, or musical band, band. Concerts are held in a w ...
(main venue: ). Its orchestra, the
Staatsphilharmonie Nürnberg
The Staatsphilharmonie Nürnberg is the largest Bavarian opera orchestra after the Bavarian State Orchestra. It has 91 musicians and is the orchestra of the Staatstheater Nürnberg.
History of the Staatsphilharmonie
The history of the Nuremberg ...
, is Bavaria's second-largest opera orchestra after the
Bavarian State Opera
The Bayerische Staatsoper is a German opera company based in Munich. Its main venue is the Nationaltheater München, and its orchestra the Bayerische Staatsorchester.
History
The parent ensemble of the company was founded in 1653, under Ele ...
's
Bavarian State Orchestra
The Bavarian State Orchestra (german: Bayerisches Staatsorchester, italic=no) is the orchestra of the Bavarian State Opera in Munich, Germany. It has given its own series of concerts, the , since 1811.
Profile
On 9 December 2011, this ensemble c ...
in Munich. Nuremberg is the birthplace of
Albrecht Dürer
Albrecht Dürer (; ; hu, Ajtósi Adalbert; 21 May 1471 – 6 April 1528),Müller, Peter O. (1993) ''Substantiv-Derivation in Den Schriften Albrecht Dürers'', Walter de Gruyter. . sometimes spelled in English as Durer (without an umlaut) or Due ...
and
Johann Pachelbel
Johann Pachelbel (baptised – buried 9 March 1706; also Bachelbel) was a German composer, organist, and teacher who brought the south German organ schools to their peak. He composed a large body of sacred and secularity, secular music, and h ...
.
1. FC Nürnberg is the most famous football club of the city and one of the
most successful football clubs in Germany. Nuremberg was one of the host cities of the
2006 FIFA World Cup
The 2006 FIFA World Cup, also branded as Germany 2006, was the 18th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football world championship tournament. It was held from 9 June to 9 July 2006 in Germany, which had won the right to host the ...
.
History
Middle Ages
![Nuremberg defensive wall north f burggarten bastion f w](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f0/Nuremberg_defensive_wall_north_f_burggarten_bastion_f_w.jpg)
The first documentary mention of the city, in 1050, mentions Nuremberg as the location of an
Imperial castle
An imperial castle or ''Reichsburg'' was a castle built by order of the Holy Roman Emperor, whose management was entrusted to '' Reichsministeriales'' or ''Burgmannen''. It is not possible to identify a clear distinction between imperial castles an ...
between the
East Franks
East Francia (Medieval Latin: ) or the Kingdom of the East Franks () was a successor state of Charlemagne's empire ruled by the Carolingian dynasty until 911. It was created through the Treaty of Verdun (843) which divided the former empire int ...
and the Bavarian
March of the Nordgau
The Margraviate of the Nordgau (german: Markgrafschaft Nordgau) or Bavarian Nordgau () was a medieval administrative unit ('' Gau'') on the frontier of the German Duchy of Bavaria. It comprised the region north of the Danube and Regensburg (Ratisb ...
. From 1050 to 1572 the city expanded and rose dramatically in importance due to its location on key trade-routes.
King Conrad III (reigning as
King of Germany
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from 1137 to 1152) established the
Burgraviate of Nuremberg
The Burgraviate of Nuremberg (german: Burggrafschaft Nürnberg) was a state of the Holy Roman Empire from the early 12th to the late 15th centuries. As a burgraviate, it was a county seated in the town of Nuremberg; almost two centuries pass ...
, with the first burgraves coming from the Austrian House of
Raab
Raab is a market town (''Marktgemeinde'') in the district of Schärding in Upper Austria in Austria.
History
The village historically belonged to the Duchy of Bavaria until the Treaty of Teschen transferred the area to Austria in 1780. During t ...
. With the extinction of their male line around 1189, the last Raabs count's son-in-law,
Frederick I Frederick I may refer to:
* Frederick of Utrecht or Frederick I (815/16–834/38), Bishop of Utrecht.
* Frederick I, Duke of Upper Lorraine (942–978)
* Frederick I, Duke of Swabia (1050–1105)
* Frederick I, Count of Zoller ...
from the
House of Hohenzollern
The House of Hohenzollern (, also , german: Haus Hohenzollern, , ro, Casa de Hohenzollern) is a German royal (and from 1871 to 1918, imperial) dynasty whose members were variously princes, Prince-elector, electors, kings and emperors of Hohenzol ...
, inherited the burgraviate in 1193.
From the late 12th century to the
Interregnum
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(1254–1573), however, the power of the burgraves diminished as the
Hohenstaufen
The Hohenstaufen dynasty (, , ), also known as the Staufer, was a noble family of unclear origin that rose to rule the Duchy of Swabia from 1079, and to royal rule in the Holy Roman Empire during the Middle Ages from 1138 until 1254. The dynasty ...
emperors transferred most non-military powers to a castellan, with the city administration and the municipal courts handed over to an Imperial mayor (german: link=no,
Reichsschultheiß) from 1173/74.
The strained relations between the burgraves and the castellans, with gradual transferral of powers to the latter in the late 14th and early 15th centuries, finally broke out into open enmity, which greatly influenced the history of the city.
![Nuernberg Burg Panorama PtGUI](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/50/Nuernberg_Burg_Panorama_PtGUI.jpg)
The city and particularly
Nuremberg Castle
Nuremberg Castle (german: Nürnberger Burg) is a group of medieval fortified buildings on a sandstone ridge dominating the historical center of Nuremberg in Bavaria, Germany.
The castle, together with the city walls, is considered to be one ...
would become one of the most frequent sites of the
Imperial Diet (after
Regensburg
Regensburg or is a city in eastern Bavaria, at the confluence of the Danube, Naab and Regen rivers. It is capital of the Upper Palatinate subregion of the state in the south of Germany. With more than 150,000 inhabitants, Regensburg is the f ...
and
Frankfurt
Frankfurt, officially Frankfurt am Main (; Hessian: , "Frank ford on the Main"), is the most populous city in the German state of Hesse. Its 791,000 inhabitants as of 2022 make it the fifth-most populous city in Germany. Located on its na ...
), the
Diets of Nuremberg
The Diets of Nuremberg, also called the Imperial Diet (Holy Roman Empire), Imperial Diets of Nuremberg, took place at different times between the Middle Ages and the 17th century.{{cite book, author=Johann Heinrich Kurtz, title=History of the Chri ...
from 1211 to 1543, after the first Nuremberg diet elected
Frederick II as emperor. Because of the many Diets of Nuremberg the city became an important routine place of the administration of the Empire during this time and a somewhat 'unofficial
capital
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' of the Empire. In 1219 Emperor Frederick II granted the ('Great Letter of Freedom'), including
town rights
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,
Imperial immediacy
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(), the privilege to mint coins, and an independent customs policy - almost wholly removing the city from the purview of the burgraves.
[Nürnberg, Reichsstadt: Politische und soziale Entwicklung]
(Political and Social Development of the Imperial City of Nuremberg), ''Historisches Lexikon Bayerns
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'' Nuremberg soon became, with
Augsburg
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, one of the two great trade-centers on the route from
Italy
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to Northern Europe.
In 1298 the
Jews
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of the town were falsely accused of having
desecrated the host, and 698 of them were killed in one of the many
Rintfleisch massacres
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History
It occurred in the Franconian regio ...
. Behind the massacre of 1298 was also the desire to combine the northern and southern parts of the city, which were divided by the
Pegnitz. The Jews of the German lands suffered
many massacres during the
plague
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pandemic of the mid-14th century.
In 1349 Nuremberg's Jews suffered a
pogrom
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. They were burned at the stake or expelled, and a marketplace was built over the former Jewish quarter. The plague returned to the city in 1405, 1435, 1437, 1482, 1494, 1520 and 1534.
![Nuremberg chronicles - Nuremberga](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1c/Nuremberg_chronicles_-_Nuremberga.png)
The largest growth of Nuremberg occurred in the 14th century.
Charles IV's
Golden Bull of 1356
The Golden Bull of 1356 (, , , , ) was a decree issued by the Imperial Diet at Nuremberg and Metz ( Diet of Metz, 1356/57) headed by the Emperor Charles IV which fixed, for a period of more than four hundred years, important aspects of the con ...
, naming Nuremberg as the city where newly elected
kings of Germany
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must hold their first Imperial Diet, made Nuremberg one of the three most important cities of the Empire.
Charles was the patron of the
Frauenkirche, built between 1352 and 1362 (the architect was likely
Peter Parler
Peter Parler (german: Peter von Gemünd, cs, Petr Parléř, la, Petrus de Gemunden in Suevia; 1333 – 13 July 1399) was a German-Bohemian architect and sculptor from the Parler family of master builders. Along with his father, Heinrich Parler, ...
), where the Imperial court worshipped during its stays in Nuremberg. The royal and Imperial connection grew stronger in 1423 when the Holy Roman Emperor
Sigismund of Luxembourg
Sigismund of Luxembourg (15 February 1368 – 9 December 1437) was a monarch as King of Hungary and Croatia (''jure uxoris'') from 1387, King of Germany from 1410, King of Bohemia from 1419, and Holy Roman Emperor from 1433 until his death in 1 ...
granted the Imperial regalia to be kept permanently in Nuremberg, where they remained until 1796, when the
advance of French troops required their removal to
Regensburg
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and thence to
Vienna
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.
In 1349 the members of the
guild
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s unsuccessfully rebelled against the patricians in a ('Craftsmen's Uprising'), supported by merchants and some by councillors, leading to a ban on any self-organisation of the artisans in the city, abolishing the guilds that were customary elsewhere in Europe; the unions were then dissolved, and the oligarchs remained in power while Nuremberg was a
free city Free city may refer to: Historical places
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* Free imperial city, self-governed city in the Holy Roman Empire subordinate only to the emperor
** Free City of ...
(until the early-19th century).
Charles IV conferred upon the city the right to conclude alliances independently, thereby placing it upon a politically equal footing with the
princes of the Empire.
Frequent fights took place with the burgraves – without, however, inflicting lasting damage upon the city. After fire destroyed the castle in 1420 during a feud between
Frederick IV (from 1417
Margrave of Brandenburg
This article lists the Margraves and Electors of Margraviate of Brandenburg, Brandenburg during the period of time that Brandenburg was a constituent state of the Holy Roman Empire.
The Mark, or ''March'', of Brandenburg was one of the primary c ...
) and the duke of
Bavaria-Ingolstadt
Bavaria-Ingolstadt ( or ') was a duchy which was part of the Holy Roman Empire from 1392 to 1447.
History
After the death of Stephen II in 1375, his sons Stephen III, Frederick, and John II jointly ruled Bavaria-Landshut. After seventeen year ...
, the city purchased the ruins and the forest belonging to the castle (1427), resulting in the city's total sovereignty within its borders.
Through these and other acquisitions the city accumulated considerable territory.
The
Hussite Wars
The Hussite Wars, also called the Bohemian Wars or the Hussite Revolution, were a series of civil wars fought between the Hussites and the combined Catholic forces of Holy Roman Emperor Sigismund, the Papacy, European monarchs loyal to the Cat ...
(1419–1434), a
recurrence of the Black Death in 1437, and the
First Margrave War
The First Margrave War (german: Erster Markgrafenkrieg) from 1449–50 was the result of disputes between the Free Imperial City of Nuremberg and Albrecht III Achilles, Elector of Brandenburg. Numerous towns in Franconia in modern Germany were ba ...
(1449–1450) led to a severe fall in population in the mid-15th century.
Siding with
Albert IV, Duke of
Bavaria-Munich
Bavaria-Munich (german: Bayern-München) was a duchy that was a constituent state of the Holy Roman Empire from 1392 to 1505.
History
After the death of Stephen II in 1375, his sons Stephen III, Frederick, and John II jointly ruled Bavaria-La ...
, in the
Landshut War of Succession
The War of the Succession of Landshut resulted from a dispute between the duchies of Bavaria-Munich (''Bayern-München'' in German) and Bavaria-Landshut (''Bayern-Landshut''). An earlier agreement between the different Wittelsbach lines, the Tre ...
of 1503–1505 led the city to gain substantial territory, resulting in lands of , making it one of the largest Imperial city.
During the Middle Ages, Nuremberg fostered a rich, varied, and influential literary culture.
Early modern age
![De Merian Frankoniae 090](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/15/De_Merian_Frankoniae_090.jpg)
The cultural flowering of Nuremberg in the 15th and 16th centuries made it the centre of the
German Renaissance
The German Renaissance, part of the Northern Renaissance, was a cultural and artistic movement that spread among Germany, German thinkers in the 15th and 16th centuries, which developed from the Italian Renaissance. Many areas of the arts and ...
. In 1525 Nuremberg accepted the
Protestant Reformation
The Reformation (alternatively named the Protestant Reformation or the European Reformation) was a major movement within Western Christianity in 16th-century Europe that posed a religious and political challenge to the Catholic Church and in ...
, and in 1532 the
Nuremberg Religious Peace
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Although created for religious motives soon after the start of the Reformation, its members later came to ...
was signed there, preventing war between Lutherans and Catholics
for 15 years. During the Princes'
1552 revolution against
Charles V Charles V may refer to:
* Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor (1500–1558)
* Charles V of Naples (1661–1700), better known as Charles II of Spain
* Charles V of France (1338–1380), called the Wise
* Charles V, Duke of Lorraine (1643–1690)
* Infan ...
, Nuremberg tried to purchase its neutrality, but Margrave
Albert Alcibiades
Albert II (german: Albrecht; 28 March 15228 January 1557) was the Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach (Brandenburg-Bayreuth) from 1527 to 1553. He was a member of the Franconian branch of the House of Hohenzollern. Because of his bellicose nature ...
, one of the leaders of the revolt, attacked the city without a declaration of war and dictated a disadvantageous peace.
At the 1555
Peace of Augsburg, the possessions of the Protestants were confirmed by the Emperor, their religious privileges extended and their independence from the
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__TOC__ Bishops, 1007–1245
* Eberhard I 1007-1040
* Suidger von Morsleben 1040-1046 (Later Pope Clement II)
* Hartw ...
affirmed, while the 1520s' secularisation of the monasteries was also approved.
Families like the
Tucher,
Imhoff or
Haller Haller is a surname of English and German origin. It is the last name of:
* Albin Haller (1849–1925), French chemist
* Albrecht von Haller (1708–1777), Swiss anatomist and physiologist, also notable for his contributions to botany
* Albrecht v ...
run trading businesses across Europe, similar to the
Fugger
The House of Fugger () is a German upper bourgeois family that was historically a prominent group of European bankers, members of the fifteenth- and sixteenth-century mercantile patriciate of Augsburg, international mercantile bankers, and vent ...
and
Welser
Welser was a Germans, German banking and merchant family, originally a patrician (post-Roman Europe), patrician family based in Augsburg and Nuremberg, that rose to great prominence in international high finance in the 16th century as bankers t ...
families from
Augsburg
Augsburg (; bar , Augschburg , links=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swabian_German , label=Swabian German, , ) is a city in Swabia, Bavaria, Germany, around west of Bavarian capital Munich. It is a university town and regional seat of the ' ...
, although on a slightly smaller scale.
![Old town hall](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e3/Old_town_hall.jpg)
The state of affairs in the early 16th century, increased trade routes elsewhere and the ossification of the social hierarchy and legal structures contributed to the decline in trade.
During the
Thirty Years' War
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, frequent quartering of Imperial, Swedish and
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soldiers, the financial costs of the war and the cessation of trade caused irreparable damage to the city and a near-halving of the population.
In 1632, the city, occupied by the forces of
Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden
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, was
besieged
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by the army of Imperial general
Albrecht von Wallenstein
Albrecht Wenzel Eusebius von Wallenstein () (24 September 1583 – 25 February 1634), also von Waldstein ( cs, Albrecht Václav Eusebius z Valdštejna), was a Bohemian military leader and statesman who fought on the Catholic side during the Th ...
. The city declined after the war and recovered its importance only in the 19th century, when it grew as an industrial centre. Even after the Thirty Years' War, however, there was a late flowering of architecture and culture – secular
Baroque architecture
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is exemplified in the layout of the civic gardens built outside the city walls, and in the Protestant city's rebuilding of
St. Egidien church, destroyed by fire at the beginning of the 18th century, considered a significant contribution to the baroque church architecture of Middle Franconia.
After the Thirty Years' War, Nuremberg attempted to remain detached from external affairs, but contributions were demanded for the
War of the Austrian Succession
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and the
Seven Years' War
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and restrictions of imports and exports deprived the city of many markets for its manufactures.
The Bavarian elector,
Charles Theodore, appropriated part of the land obtained by the city during the
Landshut War of Succession
The War of the Succession of Landshut resulted from a dispute between the duchies of Bavaria-Munich (''Bayern-München'' in German) and Bavaria-Landshut (''Bayern-Landshut''). An earlier agreement between the different Wittelsbach lines, the Tre ...
, to which Bavaria had maintained its claim; Prussia also claimed part of the territory. Realising its weakness, the city asked to be incorporated into Prussia but
Frederick William II refused, fearing to offend Austria,
Russia
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and France.
At the Imperial diet in 1803, the independence of Nuremberg was affirmed, but on the signing of the
Confederation of the Rhine
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on 12 July 1806, it was agreed to hand the city over to Bavaria from 8 September, with Bavaria guaranteeing the
amortisation of the city's 12.5 million guilder public debt.
After the Napoleonic Wars
![Adler Originalfoto](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/84/Adler_Originalfoto.jpg)
After the fall of
Napoleon
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, the city's trade and commerce revived; the skill of its inhabitants together with its favourable situation soon made the city prosperous, particularly after its public debt had been acknowledged as a part of the Bavarian national debt. Having been incorporated into a Catholic country, the city was compelled to refrain from further discrimination against Catholics, who had been excluded from the rights of citizenship. Catholic services had been celebrated in the city by the priests of the
Teutonic Order
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, often under great difficulties. After their possessions had been confiscated by the Bavarian government in 1806, they were given the Frauenkirche on the Market in 1809; in 1810 the first Catholic parish was established, which in 1818 numbered 1,010 souls.
In 1817, the city was incorporated into the district of
Rezatkreis
The Rezatkreis, between 1806 and 1837, was one of the 15 districts of the Kingdom of Bavaria. Its name meant in German the “District of the Rezat” because the Fränkische Rezat River ran through it. It was the predecessor of the ''Regieru ...
(named for the river
Franconian Rezat
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), which was renamed to
Middle Franconia
Middle Franconia (german: Mittelfranken, ) is one of the three administrative regions of Franconia in Bavaria, Germany. It is located in the west of Bavaria and borders the state of Baden-Württemberg. The administrative seat is Ansbach; however, ...
(german:
Mittelfranken
Middle Franconia (german: Mittelfranken, ) is one of the three administrative regions of Franconia in Bavaria, Germany. It is located in the west of Bavaria and borders the state of Baden-Württemberg. The administrative seat is Ansbach; however, ...
) on 1 January 1838.
The first German railway, the
Bavarian Ludwigsbahn, from Nuremberg to nearby
Fürth
Fürth (; East Franconian: ; yi, פיורדא, Fiurda) is a city in northern Bavaria, Germany, in the administrative division (''Regierungsbezirk'') of Middle Franconia. It is now contiguous with the larger city of Nuremberg, the centres of the t ...
, was opened in 1835. The establishment of railways and the incorporation of Bavaria into
Zollverein
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(the 19th-century German Customs Union), commerce and industry opened the way to greater prosperity.
In 1852, there were 53,638 inhabitants: 46,441 Protestants and 6,616 Catholics. It subsequently grew to become the more important industrial city of Southern Germany, one of the most prosperous towns of southern Germany, but after the
Austro-Prussian War
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it was given to
Prussia
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as part of their telegraph stations they had to give up. In 1905, its population, including several incorporated suburbs, was 291,351: 86,943 Catholics, 196,913 Protestants, 3,738 Jews and 3,766 members of other creeds.
Nazi era
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Nuremberg held great significance during the
Nazi Germany
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era. Because of the city's relevance to the
Holy Roman Empire
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and its position in the centre of Germany, the
Nazi Party
The Nazi Party, officially the National Socialist German Workers' Party (german: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei or NSDAP), was a far-right politics, far-right political party in Germany active between 1920 and 1945 that crea ...
chose the city to be the site of huge Nazi Party conventions – the
Nuremberg rallies
The Nuremberg Rallies (officially ', meaning ''Reich Party Congress'') refer to a series of celebratory events coordinated by the Nazi Party in Germany. The first rally held took place in 1923. This rally was not particularly large or impactful; ...
. The rallies were held in 1927, 1929 and annually from 1933 through 1938. After
Adolf Hitler's rise to power
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in 1933 the Nuremberg rallies became huge
Nazi propaganda
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events, a centre of Nazi ideals. The 1934 rally was filmed by
Leni Riefenstahl
Helene Bertha Amalie "Leni" Riefenstahl (; 22 August 1902 – 8 September 2003) was a German film director, photographer and actress known for her role in producing Nazi propaganda.
A talented swimmer and an artist, Riefenstahl also became in ...
, and made into a propaganda film called ''Triumph des Willens'' (''
Triumph of the Will
''Triumph of the Will'' (german: Triumph des Willens) is a 1935 German Nazi propaganda film directed, produced, edited and co-written by Leni Riefenstahl. Adolf Hitler commissioned the film and served as an unofficial executive producer; his na ...
'').
At the 1935 rally, Hitler specifically ordered the
Reichstag to convene at Nuremberg to pass the
Nuremberg Laws
The Nuremberg Laws (german: link=no, Nürnberger Gesetze, ) were antisemitic and racist laws that were enacted in Nazi Germany on 15 September 1935, at a special meeting of the Reichstag convened during the annual Nuremberg Rally of th ...
which revoked German
citizenship
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for all Jews and other non-Aryans. A number of premises were constructed solely for these assemblies, some of which were not finished. Today many examples of
Nazi architecture
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can still be seen in the city. The city was also the home of the Nazi
propagandist
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Julius Streicher
Julius Streicher (12 February 1885 – 16 October 1946) was a member of the Nazi Party, the ''Gauleiter'' (regional leader) of Franconia and a member of the '' Reichstag'', the national legislature. He was the founder and publisher of the virul ...
, the publisher of ''
Der Stürmer
''Der Stürmer'' (, literally "The Stormer / Attacker / Striker") was a weekly German tabloid-format newspaper published from 1923 to the end of the Second World War by Julius Streicher, the ''Gauleiter'' of Franconia, with brief suspensions ...
''.
During the
Second World War
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, Nuremberg was the headquarters of ''
Wehrkreis
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'' (military district) XIII, and an important site for military production, including aircraft, submarines and tank engines. A subcamp of
Flossenbürg concentration camp
Flossenbürg was a Nazi concentration camp built in May 1938 by the SS Main Economic and Administrative Office. Unlike other concentration camps, it was located in a remote area, in the Fichtel Mountains of Bavaria, adjacent to the town of F ...
was located here, and extensively used
slave labour
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.
On
2 January 1945, the medieval city centre was systematically bombed by the
Royal Air Force
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and the
U.S. Army Air Forces
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and about ninety percent of it was destroyed in only one hour, with 1,800 residents killed and roughly 100,000 displaced. In February 1945, additional attacks followed. In total, about 6,000 Nuremberg residents are estimated to have been killed in air raids.
Nuremberg was a heavily fortified city that was captured in
a fierce battle lasting from 17 to 21 April 1945 by the U.S.
3rd Infantry Division,
42nd Infantry Division and
45th Infantry Division, which fought house-to-house and street-by-street against determined German resistance, causing further urban devastation to the already bombed and shelled buildings. Despite this intense degree of destruction, the city was rebuilt after the war and was to some extent restored to its pre-war appearance, including the reconstruction of some of its medieval buildings. Much of this reconstructive work and conservation was done by the organisation '
Old Town Friends Nuremberg
The Old Town Friends Nuremberg (German language, German: Altstadtfreunde Nürnberg e. V.) are an association that supports the Historic preservation, preservation and Conservation and restoration of cultural heritage, restoration of the existing hi ...
'. However, over half of the historic look of the center, and especially the northeastern half of the old
Imperial Free City
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was not restored.
Nuremberg trials
![Defendants in the dock at nuremberg trials](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/39/Defendants_in_the_dock_at_nuremberg_trials.jpg)
Between 1945 and 1946, German officials involved in war crimes and crimes against humanity were brought before an international tribunal in the Nuremberg trials. The
Soviet Union
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had wanted these trials to take place in
Berlin
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. However, Nuremberg was chosen as the site for the trials for specific reasons:
* The city had been the location of the Nazi Party's Nuremberg rallies and the laws stripping Jews of their citizenship were passed there. There was symbolic value in making it the place of Nazi demise.
* The
Palace of Justice was spacious and largely undamaged (one of the few that had remained largely intact despite extensive Allied bombing of Germany). The already large courtroom was reasonably easily expanded by the removal of the wall at the end opposite the bench, thereby incorporating the adjoining room. A large prison was also part of the complex.
* As a compromise, it was agreed that Berlin would become the permanent seat of the International Military Tribunal and that the first trial (several were planned) would take place in Nuremberg. Due to the
Cold War
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, subsequent trials never took place.
Following the trials, in October 1946, many prominent German Nazi politicians and military leaders were
executed in Nuremberg.
The same courtroom in Nuremberg was the venue of the
Nuremberg Military Tribunals
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, organized by the United States as
occupying power
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in the area.
Geography
![Bavaria N](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ab/Bavaria_N.svg)
Several old villages now belong to the city, for example
Grossgründlach,
Kraftshof,
Thon, and
Neunhof in the north-west;
Ziegelstein in the northeast,
Altenfurt and
Fischbach in the south-east; and
Katzwang
Katzwang, formerly a separate municipality, has been a part of Nuremberg in Bavaria, Germany, since 1 July 1972. It is located on a ford across the Rednitz river, in the south of the city (approx. 8 km away from the center).
The village was ...
,
Kornburg in the south.
Langwasser
Langwasser is a part (''Stadtteil'') of Nuremberg in the southeastern area of the city. It was developed as a prototype of the satellite town concept in the 1960s and is primarily a suburban residential area. The name Langwasser (translated as "lon ...
is a modern suburb.
Climate
Nuremberg has an
oceanic climate
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(
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''Cfb'') with a certain
humid continental
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influence (''Dfb''), categorized in the latter by the 0 °C isotherm. The city's climate is influenced by its inland position and higher altitude. Winters are changeable, with either mild or cold weather: the average temperature is around to , while summers are generally warm, mostly around at night to in the afternoon. Precipitation is evenly spread throughout the year, although February and April tend to be a bit drier whereas July tends to have more rainfall.
Demographics
Nuremberg has been a destination for immigrants. 39.5% of the residents had an immigrant background in 2010 (counted with MigraPro).
Economy
Nuremberg for many people is still associated with its traditional gingerbread (''
Lebkuchen
(), or , are a honey-sweetened German cake molded cookie or bar cookie that has become part of Germany's Christmas traditions. It is similar to gingerbread.
Etymology
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'') products, sausages, and handmade toys.
Pocket watch
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They were the most common type of watch from their development in the 16th century until wr ...
es — ''
Nuremberg eggs
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Their production was made possible by the miniaturisation ...
'' — were made here in the 16th century by
Peter Henlein
Peter Henlein (also spelled Henle or Hele) (1485 - August 1542), a locksmith and clockmaker of Nuremberg, Germany, is often considered the inventor of the watch., p.31 He was one of the first craftsmen to make small ornamental portable clocks wh ...
. Only one of the districts in the 1797-1801 sample was early industrial; the economic structure of the region around Nuremberg was dominated by metal and glass manufacturing, reflected by a share of nearly 50% handicrafts and workers. In the 19th century Nuremberg became the "industrial heart" of
Bavaria
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with companies such as
Siemens
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The principal divisions of the corporation are ''Industry'', '' ...
and
MAN
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establishing a strong base in the city. Nuremberg is still an important industrial centre with a strong standing in the markets of Central and Eastern Europe. Items manufactured in the area include electrical equipment, mechanical and optical products, motor vehicles, writing and drawing paraphernalia, stationery products and printed materials.
The city is also strong in the fields of automation, energy and medical technology. Siemens is still the largest industrial employer in the Nuremberg region but a good third of German market research agencies are also located in the city.
The
Nuremberg International Toy Fair
The Nuremberg International Toy Fair (German language, German: ''Spielwarenmesse''), held annually since 1949, is the largest international trade fair for toys and games. Only trade visitors associated with the toy business, journalists and inv ...
, held at the
city's exhibition centre is the largest of its kind in the world.
Tourism
Nuremberg is
Bavaria
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's second largest city after
Munich
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, and a popular tourist destination for foreigners and Germans alike. It was a leading city 500 years ago, but 90% of the town was destroyed in 1945 during the war. After
World War II
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, many medieval-style areas of the town were rebuilt.
Attractions
![Nürnberg (A](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/66/N%C3%BCrnberg_%28A._B._Spritzer%29.jpg)
Beyond its main attractions of the
Imperial Castle
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,
St. Lorenz Church, and
Nazi Trial grounds, there are 54 different museums for arts and culture, history, science and technology, family and children, and more niche categories,
where visitors can see the world's oldest globe (built in 1492), a 500-year-old Madonna, and Renaissance-era German art.
There are several types of tours offered in the city, including historic tours, those that are
Nazi
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-focused, underground and night tours,
walking tour
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s, sightseeing buses, self guided tours, and an old town tour on a mini train. Nuremberg also offers several parks and green areas, as well as indoor activities such as
bowling
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,
rock wall climbing,
escape room
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s,
cart racing, and
mini golf
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, theaters and cinemas, pools and
thermal spa
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s. There are also six nearby
amusement park
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s.
The city's tourism board sells the Nurnberg Card which allows for free use of public transportation and free entry to all museums and attractions in Nuremberg for a two-day period.
Culinary tourism
Nuremberg is also a destination for food lovers. Culinary tourists can taste the city's famous lebkuchen, gingerbread, local beer, and Nürnberger Rostbratwürstchen, or Nuremberg sausages. There are hundreds of restaurants for all tastes, including traditional franconian restaurants and beer gardens. Also offers 17 Veganism, vegan and Vegetarianism, vegetarian restaurants, seven fully Organic food, organic restaurants. Nuremberg also boasts a two Michelin Guide, Michelin Star rated restaurant, Essigbrätlein.
Pedestrian zones
Like many European cities, Nuremberg offers a Pedestrian zone, pedestrian-only zone covering a large portion of the old town, which is a main destination for shopping and specialty retail, including year-round Christmas stores where tourists and locals alike can purchase Christmas ornaments, gifts, decorations, and additions to their toy Christmas villages. The Craftsmen's Courtyard, or Handwerkerhof, is another tourist shopping destination in the style of a Middle Ages, medieval village. It houses several local family-run businesses which sell handcrafted items from glass, wood, leather, pottery, and precious metals. The Handwerkerhof is also home to traditional German restaurants and beer gardens.
The Pedestrian zones of Nuremberg host festivals and markets throughout the year, most well known being Christkindlesmarkt, Nuremberg, Christkindlesmarkt, Germany's largest Christmas market and the gingerbread capital of the world. Visitors to the Christmas market can peruse the hundreds of stalls and purchase local wood crafts, nutcrackers, smokers, and prune people, while sampling Christmas sweets and traditional ''Mulled wine, Glühwein''.
Hospitality
In 2017, Nuremberg saw a total of 3.3 million overnight stays, a record for the town, and is expected to have surpassed that in 2018, with more growth in tourism anticipated in the coming years. There are over 175 registered places of accommodation in Nuremberg, ranging from hostels to luxury hotels, bed and breakfasts, to multi-hundred room properties.
As of 19 April 2019, Nuremberg had 306 Airbnb listings.
Culture
Nuremberg was an early centre of humanism, science, printing, and mechanical invention. The city contributed much to the science of astronomy. In 1471 Johannes Mueller of Königsberg, Bavaria, Königsberg (Bavaria), later called Regiomontanus, built an astronomical observatory in Nuremberg and published many important astronomical charts.
In 1515,
Albrecht Dürer
Albrecht Dürer (; ; hu, Ajtósi Adalbert; 21 May 1471 – 6 April 1528),Müller, Peter O. (1993) ''Substantiv-Derivation in Den Schriften Albrecht Dürers'', Walter de Gruyter. . sometimes spelled in English as Durer (without an umlaut) or Due ...
, a native of Nuremberg, created woodcuts of the first maps of the stars of the northern and southern hemispheres, producing the first printed star charts, which had been ordered by Johannes Stabius. Around 1515 Dürer also published the "Stabiussche Weltkarte", the first perspective drawing of the terrestrial globe.
Printers and publishers have a long history in Nuremberg. Many of these publishers worked with well-known artists of the day to produce books that could also be considered works of art. In 1470 Anton Koberger opened Europe's first print shop in Nuremberg. In 1493, he published the ''Nuremberg Chronicles'', also known as the ''World Chronicles'' (''Schedelsche Weltchronik''), an illustrated history of the world from the creation to the present day. It was written in the local Franconian dialect by Hartmann Schedel and had illustrations by Michael Wolgemut, Michael Wohlgemuth, Hans Pleydenwurff, Wilhelm Pleydenwurff, and Albrecht Dürer. Others furthered geographical knowledge and travel by map making. Notable among these was navigator and geographer Martin Behaim, who made the first world globe.
Sculptors such as Veit Stoss, Adam Kraft and Peter Vischer the Elder, Peter Vischer are also associated with Nuremberg.
Composed of prosperous artisans, the guilds of the Meistersingers flourished here. Richard Wagner made their most famous member, Hans Sachs, the hero of his opera ''Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg''. Baroque composer
Johann Pachelbel
Johann Pachelbel (baptised – buried 9 March 1706; also Bachelbel) was a German composer, organist, and teacher who brought the south German organ schools to their peak. He composed a large body of sacred and secularity, secular music, and h ...
was born here and was organist of St. Sebaldus Church.
The Academy of Fine Arts, Nuremberg, academy of fine arts situated in Nuremberg is the oldest art academy in central Europe and looks back to a tradition of 350 years of artistic education.
Nuremberg is also famous for its Christkindlesmarkt, Nuremberg, Christkindlesmarkt (Christmas market), which draws well over a million shoppers each year. The market is famous for its handmade ornaments and delicacies.
Museums
*Germanisches Nationalmuseum
*Albrecht Dürer's House, House of Albrecht Dürer
*Kunsthalle Nürnberg
*Kunstverein Nürnberg
*Neues Museum Nürnberg (Modern Art Museum)
*Nuremberg Toy Museum
*Nuremberg Transport Museum
Performing arts
![Bardentreffen 2013 3668](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a3/Bardentreffen_2013_3668.jpg)
The Staatstheater Nürnberg, Nuremberg State Theatre, founded in 1906, is dedicated to all types of opera, ballet and stage theatre. During the season 2009/2010, the theatre presented 651 performances for an audience of 240,000 persons.
The State Philharmonic Nuremberg (
Staatsphilharmonie Nürnberg
The Staatsphilharmonie Nürnberg is the largest Bavarian opera orchestra after the Bavarian State Orchestra. It has 91 musicians and is the orchestra of the Staatstheater Nürnberg.
History of the Staatsphilharmonie
The history of the Nuremberg ...
) is the orchestra of the Staatstheater Nürnberg, State Theatre. Its name was changed in 2011 from its previous name: The Nuremberg Philharmonic (''Nürnberger Philharmoniker''). It is the second-largest opera orchestra in Bavaria.
Besides opera performances, it also presents its own subscription concert series in the Meistersingerhalle. Christof Perick was the principal conductor of the orchestra between 2006 and 2011. Marcus Bosch heads the orchestra since September 2011.
The Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra (''Nürnberger Symphoniker'') performs around 100 concerts a year to a combined annual audience of more than 180,000.
The regular subscription concert series are mostly performed in the ''Meistersingerhalle'' but other venues are used as well, including the new concert hall of the ''Kongresshalle'' and the ''Serenadenhof''. Alexander Shelley has been the principal conductor of the orchestra since 2009.
The Nuremberg International Chamber Music Festival (''Internationales Kammermusikfestival Nürnberg'') takes place in early September each year, and in 2011 celebrated its tenth anniversary. Concerts take place around the city; opening and closing events are held in the medieval ''Burg''. The Bardentreffen, an annual folk festival in Nuremberg, has been deemed the largest world music festival in Germany and takes place since 1976. 2014 the Bardentreffen starred 368 artists from 31 nations.
Cuisine
![Nürnberger Bratwürste](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f2/N%C3%BCrnberger_Bratw%C3%BCrste.jpg)
Nuremberg is known for Nürnberger Bratwurst, which is shorter and thinner than other bratwurst sausages.
Another Nuremberg speciality is Nürnberger
Lebkuchen
(), or , are a honey-sweetened German cake molded cookie or bar cookie that has become part of Germany's Christmas traditions. It is similar to gingerbread.
Etymology
The etymology of ''Leb-'' in the term ''Lebkuchen'' is uncertain. Pro ...
, a kind of gingerbread eaten mainly around Christmas time.
Education
![Hochschule für Musik Nürnberg (1)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cd/Hochschule_f%C3%BCr_Musik_N%C3%BCrnberg_%281%29.jpg)
Nuremberg offers 51 public and 6 private elementary schools in nearly all of its districts. Secondary education is offered at 23 Mittelschulen, 12 Realschulen, and 17 Gymnasium (Germany), Gymnasien (state, city, church, and privately owned). There are also several other providers of secondary education such as Berufsschule, Berufsfachschule, Wirtschaftsschule etc.
Higher education
Nuremberg hosts the joint university University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, two Fachhochschulen (Technische Hochschule Nürnberg and ''Evangelische Hochschule Nürnberg''), a pure art academy (''Akademie der Bildenden Künste Nürnberg'', the first art academy in the German-speaking world) in addition to the design faculty at the TH and a music conservatoire (Hochschule für Musik Nürnberg). There are also private schools such as the ''Akademie Deutsche POP Nürnberg'' offering higher education.
Main sights
*
Nuremberg Castle
Nuremberg Castle (german: Nürnberger Burg) is a group of medieval fortified buildings on a sandstone ridge dominating the historical center of Nuremberg in Bavaria, Germany.
The castle, together with the city walls, is considered to be one ...
: the three castles that tower over the city including central burgraves' castle, with Free Reich's buildings to the east, the Imperial castle to the west.
*'':de:Heilig-Geist-Spital (Nürnberg), Heilig-Geist-Spital''. In the centre of the city, on the bank of the river Pegnitz, stands the Hospital of the Holy Spirit. Founded in 1332, this is one of the largest hospitals of the Middle Ages. Lepers were kept here at some distance from the other patients. It now houses elderly persons and a restaurant.
*The ''Hauptmarkt'', dominated by the front of the unique Gothic architecture, Gothic ''Nuremberg Frauenkirche, Frauenkirche'' (Our Lady's Church), provides a picturesque setting for the famous Christkindlesmarkt, Nuremberg, Christmas market. A main attraction on the square is the Gothic ''Schöner Brunnen'' (Beautiful Fountain) which was erected around 1385 but subsequently replaced with a replica (the original fountain is kept in the Germanisches Nationalmuseum). The unchanged Renaissance bridge ''Fleischbrücke'' crosses the Pegnitz nearby.
*The Gothic architecture, Gothic ''St. Lorenz, Nuremberg, Lorenzkirche'' (St. Laurence church) dominates the southern part of the walled city and is one of the most important buildings in Nuremberg. The main body was built around 1270–1350.
*The even earlier and equally impressive ''St. Sebaldus Church, Sebalduskirche'' is St. Lorenz's counterpart in the northern part of the old city.
*The church of the former ''Katharinenkirche, Nuremberg, Katharinenkloster'' is preserved as a ruin, the Nuremberg Charterhouse, charterhouse (''Kartause'') is integrated into the building of the Germanisches Nationalmuseum and the choir of the former ''Franziskanerkirche'' is part of a modern building.
*Other churches located inside the city walls are: St. Lorenz (Nürnberg), St. Laurence's, Saint Clare of Assisi, Saint Clare's, St. Martha, Nuremberg, Saint Martha's, St. Jakob, Nuremberg, Saint James the Greater's, St. Egidien, Nuremberg, Saint Giles's, and St. Elizabeth, Nuremberg, Saint Elisabeth's.
*The Germanisches Nationalmuseum is Germany's largest museum of cultural history, among its exhibits are works of famous painters such as Albrecht Dürer, Rembrandt, and Ernst Ludwig Kirchner.
*The Neues Museum Nürnberg is a museum for modern and contemporary art.
*The Walburga Chapel and the Romanesque ''Doppelkapelle'' (Chapel with two floors) are part of Nuremberg Castle.
*The ''Johannisfriedhof'' is a medieval cemetery, containing many old graves (Albrecht Dürer, Willibald Pirckheimer, and others). The ''Rochusfriedhof'' or the Wöhrder Kirchhof are near the Old Town.
*The Chain Bridge (Nuremberg), Chain Bridge (''Kettensteg''), the first chain bridge on the European continent.
*The Tiergarten Nürnberg is a zoo stretching over more than in the Nürnberger Reichswald forest.
*There is also a medieval market just inside the city walls, selling handcrafted goods.
*Th
German National Railways Museum (an Anchor Point of ERIH, The European Route of Industrial Heritage) is located in Nuremberg.
*The :File:Nuremberg Ring.jpg, Nuremberg Ring (now welded within an iron fence of Schöner Brunnen) is said to bring good luck to those that spin it.
*The Nazi party rally grounds with the Documentation Center Nazi Party Rally Grounds, documentation-center.
Politics
Nuremberg is represented in the Bundestag by two List of Bundestag constituencies, constituencies; Nuremberg North and Nuremberg South. Since 2002, both constituencies have been held by the CSU.
At local level, Nuremberg has historically been left-leaning in the conservative state of Bavaria - since the end of World War II, the city has mainly elected Social Democratic Party of Germany, SPD mayors with the exception of Ludwig Scholz (elected 1996, served until 2002) and Marcus König (elected 2020). From 1957 to 1987, the position of Chief Mayor (Oberbürgermeister) was continuously held by Andreas Urschlechter (SPD) for 30 years.
Mayor
![2020 Nuremberg mayoral election (2nd round)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2d/2020_Nuremberg_mayoral_election_%282nd_round%29.svg)
The current mayor of Nuremberg is Marcus König of the Christian Social Union in Bavaria, Christian Social Union (CSU) since 2020. The most recent mayoral election was held on 15 March 2020, with a runoff held on 29 March, and the results were as follows:
! rowspan=2 colspan=2, Candidate
! rowspan=2, Party
! colspan=2, First round
! colspan=2, Second round
, -
! Votes
! %
! Votes
! %
, -
, bgcolor=,
, align=left, Marcus König
, align=left, Christian Social Union in Bavaria, Christian Social Union
, 66,521
, 36.5
, 103,865
, 52.2
, -
, bgcolor=,
, align=left, Thorsten Brehm
, align=left, Social Democratic Party of Germany, Social Democratic Party
, 63,742
, 34.9
, 95,237
, 47.8
, -
, bgcolor=,
, align=left, Verena Osgyan
, align=left, Alliance 90/The Greens
, 27,535
, 15.1
, -
, bgcolor=,
, align=left, Roland Hübscher
, align=left, Alternative for Germany
, 7,696
, 4.2
, -
, bgcolor=,
, align=left, Titus Schüller
, align=left, The Left (Germany), The Left
, 4,631
, 2.5
, -
, bgcolor=,
, align=left, Florian Betz
, align=left, Pirate Party Germany, Pirate Party/Die PARTEI
, 2,153
, 1.2
, -
, bgcolor=,
, align=left, Christian Rechholz
, align=left, Ecological Democratic Party
, 2,029
, 1.1
, -
, bgcolor=,
, align=left, Ümit Sormaz
, align=left, Free Democratic Party (Germany), Free Democratic Party
, 1,905
, 1.0
, -
,
, align=left, Marion Padua
, align=left, Left List Nuremberg
, 1,469
, 0.8
, -
,
, align=left, Fridrich Luft
, align=left, Citizens' Initiative A (BIA)
, 869
, 0.5
, -
,
, align=left, Philipp Schramm
, align=left, The Good Ones (Guten)
, 637
, 0.4
, -
! colspan=3, Valid votes
! 182,493
! 99.6
! 199,102
! 99.2
, -
! colspan=3, Invalid votes
! 790
! 0.4
! 1,626
! 0.81
, -
! colspan=3, Total
! 183,283
! 100.0
! 200,728
! 100.0
, -
! colspan=3, Electorate/voter turnout
! 390,547
! 47.1
! 388,998
! 51.6
, -
, colspan=7, Source: City of Nuremberg
1st round
City council
![2020 Nuremberg City Council election](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f3/2020_Nuremberg_City_Council_election.svg)
The Nuremberg city council governs the city alongside the Mayor. The most recent city council election was held on 15 March 2020, and the results were as follows:
! colspan=2, Party
! Votes
! %
! +/-
! Seats
! +/-
, -
, bgcolor=,
, align=left, Christian Social Union in Bavaria, Christian Social Union (CSU)
, 3,584,755
, 31.3
, 1.9
, 22
, 1
, -
, bgcolor=,
, align=left, Social Democratic Party of Germany, Social Democratic Party (SPD)
, 2,943,118
, 25.7
, 18.4
, 18
, 13
, -
, bgcolor=,
, align=left, Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne)
, 2,283,988
, 20.0
, 11.0
, 14
, 8
, -
, bgcolor=,
, align=left, Alternative for Germany (AfD)
, 650,369
, 5.7
, New
, 4
, New
, -
, bgcolor=,
, align=left, The Left (Germany), The Left (Die Linke)
, 449,463
, 3.9
, New
, 3
, New
, -
, bgcolor=,
, align=left, Free Voters of Bavaria (FW)
, 324,475
, 2.8
, 0.0
, 2
, ±0
, -
, bgcolor=,
, align=left, Ecological Democratic Party (ÖDP)
, 265,079
, 2.3
, 0.2
, 2
, ±0
, -
, bgcolor=,
, align=left, Free Democratic Party (Germany), Free Democratic Party (FDP)
, 241,329
, 2.1
, 0.1
, 1
, ±0
, -
, bgcolor=,
, align=left, Die PARTEI/Pirate Party Germany, Pirate Party (PARTEI/Piraten)
, 194,693
, 1.7
, New
, 1
, ±0
, -
,
, align=left, Socio-Cultural Freedom, Participation and Sustainability (Politbande)
, 190,710
, 1.7
, New
, 1
, New
, -
,
, align=left, Left List Nuremberg
, 151,992
, 1.3
, 2.8
, 1
, 2
, -
,
, align=left, The Good Ones (Guten)
, 95,862
, 0.8
, 0.9
, 1
, ±0
, -
,
, align=left, Citizens' Initiative A (BIA)
, 62,374
, 0.6
, 2.5
, 0
, 2
, -
! colspan=2, Valid votes
! 178,999
! 97.7
!
!
!
, -
! colspan=2, Invalid votes
! 4,124
! 2.3
!
!
!
, -
! colspan=2, Total
! 183,123
! 100.0
!
! 70
! ±0
, -
! colspan=2, Electorate/voter turnout
! 389,547
! 47.0
! 2.7
!
!
, -
, colspan=7, Source
City of Nuremberg
Transport
The city's location next to numerous highways, railways, and a waterway has contributed to its rising importance for trade with Eastern Europe.
Railways
![Subway station nuremberg](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/24/Subway_station_nuremberg.jpg)
Nürnberg Hauptbahnhof is a stop for InterCity, IC and Intercity-Express, ICE trains on the German long-distance railway network. The Nuremberg–Munich high-speed railway, Nuremberg–Ingolstadt–Munich high-speed line with operation opened 28 May 2006, and was fully integrated into the rail schedule on 10 December 2006. Travel times to Munich have been reduced to as little as one hour. The Nuremberg–Erfurt high-speed railway opened in December 2017.
City and regional transport
![DT3 Hauptbahnhof TB](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/26/DT3_Hauptbahnhof_TB.JPG)
The Trams in Nuremberg, Nuremberg tramway network was opened in 1881. , it extends a total length of , has six lines, and carried 39.152 million passengers annually. The first segment of the Nuremberg U-Bahn metro system was opened in 1972. Nuremberg's trams, buses and U-Bahn are operated by the ''Verkehrs-Aktiengesellschaft Nürnberg'' (VAG; Nuremberg Transport Corporation), a member of the ''Verkehrsverbund Großraum Nürnberg'' (VGN; Greater Nuremberg Transport Network).
There is also a Nuremberg S-Bahn suburban metro railway and a regional train network, both centred on Nürnberg Hauptbahnhof.
Since 2008, Nuremberg has had the first U-Bahn in Germany (U2/U21 and U3) that works without a driver. It also was the first subway system worldwide in which both driver-operated trains and computer-controlled trains shared tracks.
Motorways
Nuremberg is located at the junction of several important Autobahn routes. The Bundesautobahn 3, A3 (''Netherlands''–Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt–Würzburg–''
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'') passes in a south-easterly direction along the north-east of the city. The Bundesautobahn 9, A9 (Berlin–Munich) passes in a north–south direction on the east of the city. The Bundesautobahn 6, A6 (''France''–Saarbrücken–''Prague'') passes in an east–west direction to the south of the city. Finally, the Bundesautobahn 73, A73 begins in the south-east of Nuremberg and travels north-west through the city before continuing towards Fürth and Bamberg.
Airport
Nuremberg Airport
Nuremberg Airport , german: link=no, Albrecht Dürer Flughafen Nürnberg, is the international airport of the Franconian metropolitan area of Nuremberg and the second-busiest airport in Bavaria after Munich Airport. With about 4.1 million pass ...
has flights to major German cities and many European destinations. The largest operators are currently Eurowings and TUI fly Deutschland, while the low-cost Ryanair and Wizz Air companies connect the city to various European centres. A significant amount of the airport's traffic flies to and from mainly touristic destinations during the peak winter season. The airport (Flughafen) is the terminus of Nuremberg U-Bahn, Nuremberg U-Bahn Line 2; until 2021, it was the only airport in Germany served by a U-Bahn subway system. Stuttgart Airport is also now served by its U-Bahn network, with the line U6 terminating there.
Canals
Nuremberg is an important port on the
Rhine–Main–Danube Canal
The Rhine–Main–Danube Canal (German: ''Rhein-Main-Donau-Kanal''; also called Main-Danube Canal, RMD Canal or Europa Canal), is a canal in Bavaria, Germany. Connecting the Main and the Danube rive ...
.
Sport
Football
1. FC Nürnberg, known locally as ''Der Club'' (English: "The Club"), was founded in 1900 and currently plays in the 2.Bundesliga. The official colours of the association are red and white, but the traditional colours are red and black. They won their first regional title in the Southern German football championship, Southern German championship in 1916 closely followed by their first national title in 1920. Besides the eleven regional championships they won the List of German soccer champions, German championship for a total of nine times. With this they held the record for the most German championship titles until 1986 when the current record holder FC Bayern München surpassed them. The current chairmen are Nils Rossow and Dieter Hecking. They play in Max-Morlock-Stadion which was refurbished for the
2006 FIFA World Cup
The 2006 FIFA World Cup, also branded as Germany 2006, was the 18th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football world championship tournament. It was held from 9 June to 9 July 2006 in Germany, which had won the right to host the ...
and accommodates 50,000 spectators.
*German Champion: 1920, 1921, 1924, 1925, 1927, 1936, 1948, 1961, 1968
*German Cup: 1935, 1939, 1962, 2007
TuS Bar Kochba Nürnberg, TuS Bar Kochba is a league that was founded in 1913 as a social-sport club for the Jewish community in Nürnberg. Established as the "Jewish Gymnastics and Sports Club Nuremberg", the league was dissolved by the Nazi party in 1939. It was reformed in 1966. The club plays in the senior A-league of the Bavarian Football Association.
Basketball
The ''SELLBYTEL Baskets Nürnberg'' played in the Basketball Bundesliga from 2005 to 2007. Since then, teams from Nuremberg have attempted to return to Germany's elite league. The recently founded Nürnberg Falcons BC have already established themselves as one of the main teams in Germany's second division ProA and aim to take on the heritage of the SELLBYTEL Baskets Nürnberg. The Falcons play their home games at the ''Halle im Berufsbildungszentrum (BBZ)''.
International relations
Twin towns – sister cities
Nuremberg is Twin towns and sister cities, twinned with:
*Nice, France, since 1954
*Kraków, Poland, since 1979
*Skopje, North Macedonia, since 1982
*San Carlos, Río San Juan, San Carlos, Nicaragua, since 1985
*Glasgow, United Kingdom, since 1985
*Prague, Czech Republic, since 1990
*Kharkiv, Ukraine, since 1990
*Hadera, Israel, since 1995
*Shenzhen, China, since 1997
*Antalya, Turkey, since 1997
*Atlanta, United States, since 1998
*Kavala, Greece, since 1999
*Córdoba, Spain, Córdoba, Spain, since 2010
Cooperation
Nuremberg also cooperates with:
*Venice, Italy; since 1954 a twin town, relations renewed in 1999 as a cooperation agreement
Associated cities
![Partnerstädte Nürnberg](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/29/Partnerst%C3%A4dte_N%C3%BCrnberg.png)
Nuremberg maintains friendly relations with:
*Klausen, South Tyrol, Klausen, Italy, since 1970
*Gera, Germany, since 1988, renewed 1997
*Kalkudah, Sri Lanka, since 2005
*Bar Municipality, Bar, Montenegro, since 2006
*Brașov, Romania, since 2006
*Changping District, Changping, China, since 2006
*Montan, Italy, since 2012
*Nablus, Palestine, since 2015
Notable people
![Hockeyplayer Maximilian Mueller](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a4/Hockeyplayer_Maximilian_Mueller.jpg)
;The arts
*Michael Wolgemut (1434–1519), painter and printmaker
*Hans Folz (c. 1437–1513), author and poet
*Veit Stoss (c. 1450–1533), Renaissance sculptor, mostly in wood
*Peter Vischer the Elder (c. 1455–1529), sculptor
*Adam Kraft (c. 1460–1509), stone sculptor, master builder and architect
*
Albrecht Dürer
Albrecht Dürer (; ; hu, Ajtósi Adalbert; 21 May 1471 – 6 April 1528),Müller, Peter O. (1993) ''Substantiv-Derivation in Den Schriften Albrecht Dürers'', Walter de Gruyter. . sometimes spelled in English as Durer (without an umlaut) or Due ...
(1471–1528), painter, engraver, printmaker and theorist of the German Renaissance
*Hans Leonhard Schäufelein (c. 1480–1540), artist, painter and designer of woodcuts
*Augustin Hirschvogel (1503–1553), artist, mathematician and cartographer
*Michael Sigismund Frank (1770–1847), Catholic artist, rediscovered glass-painting
*Lorenz Ritter (1832–1921), painter and etcher
*Philipp Rupprecht (1900–1975), cartoonist of anti-Semitic caricatures
*Hermann Kesten (1900–1996), novelist and dramatist
*Eliyahu Koren (1907–2001), master typographer, graphic artist and designer
*Hermann Zapf (1918–2015), typographer and calligrapher
*Peter Angermann (born 1945), painter
*Christoph Dreher (born 1952), filmmaker, musician and scriptwriter
*Katy Garretson (born 1963), American TV director and producer
*Martina Schradi (born 1972), author, cartoonist and psychologist
;Music
*Conrad Paumann (c. 1410–1473), organist, lutenist and composer
*Hans Sachs (1494–1576), Meistersinger, poet, playwright, and shoemaker
*Sebald Heyden (1499–1561), musicologist, cantor, theologian and hymn-writer
*
Johann Pachelbel
Johann Pachelbel (baptised – buried 9 March 1706; also Bachelbel) was a German composer, organist, and teacher who brought the south German organ schools to their peak. He composed a large body of sacred and secularity, secular music, and h ...
(1653–1706), composer, organist, and teacher
*Hugo Distler (1908–1942), organist, choral conductor, teacher and composer
*Martha Mödl (1912–2001), ''Wagner'' soprano/mezzo-soprano
*Chaya Arbel (1921–2007), Israeli classical composer
*Siegfried Jerusalem (born 1940), operatic tenor
*Kevin Coyne (1944–2004), English musician, singer, composer, film-maker, and writer
*Rudi Mahall (born 1966), contemporary jazz bass clarinet player
;Acting
*Margarete Haagen (1889–1966), actress
*Wolfgang Preiss (1910–2002), actor
*Heinz Bernard (1923–1994), British actor and director and theatre manager
*Annette Carell (1926–1967), American actress
*Sandra Bullock (born 1964), American actress, producer, and philanthropist
*Tom Beck (actor), Tom Beck (born 1978), actor, singer, and entrepreneur
;Science and business
*Anton Koberger (c. 1440–1513), goldsmith, printer and publisher
*Katerina Lemmel (1466–1533), patrician businesswoman and Birgittine nun
*
Peter Henlein
Peter Henlein (also spelled Henle or Hele) (1485 - August 1542), a locksmith and clockmaker of Nuremberg, Germany, is often considered the inventor of the watch., p.31 He was one of the first craftsmen to make small ornamental portable clocks wh ...
(1485–1542), locksmith and clockmaker, invented the world's first watch
*Kunz Lochner (1510–1567), plate armourer, blacksmith and silversmith
*Joachim Camerarius the Younger (1534–1598), physician, botanist and zoologist
*Kaspar Uttenhofer (1588–1621), astronomer, author
*Johann Christoph Volkamer (1644–1720), merchant, manufacturer and botanist
*Maria Sybilla Merian (1647–1717), naturalist and scientific illustrator
*Johann Philipp von Wurzelbauer (1651–1725), astronomer
*John Miller (botanical illustrator), John Miller (1715–c. 1792), engraver and botanist active in London
*Johann Kaspar Hechtel (1771–1799), brass factory owner, non-fiction writer and designer of parlour games
*Ernst von Bibra (1806–1878), scientist, naturalist and author
*Friedrich Sigmund Merkel (1845–1919), anatomist and histopathologist
*Johann Sigmund Schuckert (1846–1895), electrical engineer, pioneer of the electrical industry
*Siegfried Bettmann (1868–1951), bicycle, motorcycle and car manufacturer
*Ernst Stromer, Ernst Freiherr Stromer von Reichenbach (1871–1952). paleontologist
*Ulrich Rück (1882–1962), collector of musical instruments, chemist and dealer in pianos
*Karl Bechert (1901–1981), theoretical physicist in atomic physics and politician
*Peter Owen (publisher), Peter Owen (1927–2016), British publisher, founded Peter Owen Publishers
*Manfred M. Fischer (born 1947), Austrian-German regional scientist and academic
;Public thinking and public service
*St. Sebaldus of Nuremberg (11th century), the patron saint of Nuremberg
*Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor (1368–1437), King of Hungary, Croatia, Germany, Bohemia and Italy; Holy Roman emperor from 1433 until 1437
*Frederick I, Elector of Brandenburg (1371–1440), the last Burgrave of Nuremberg in 1397–1427
*Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia (1361–1419), King of Bohemia and German King
*Hartmann Schedel (1440–1514), physician, humanist, historian and cartographer
*Caritas Pirckheimer (1467–1532), Abbess at the time of the Reformation
*Johannes Pfefferkorn (1469–1523), Catholic theologian and convert from Judaism
*Willibald Pirckheimer (1470–1530), Renaissance humanist, lawyer and author
*Franz Schmidt (executioner), Franz Schmidt (1555–1634), executioner and diarist
*Ludwig Andreas Feuerbach (1804–1872), philosopher and anthropologist
*Gottlieb Christoph Adolf von Harless (1806–1879), Lutheran theologian
*Helene von Forster (1859–1923), women's rights activist and author
*Friedrich Freiherr Kress von Kressenstein (1870–1948), general
*August Engelhardt (1875–1919), founded a sect of sun worshipers in German New Guinea
*Johanna Hellman (1889–1982), German-Swedish surgeon
*Lucie Adelsberger (1895–1971), Jewish physician, imprisoned at Auschwitz and Ravensbrück concentration camp, Ravensbrück
*Karl Holz (Nazi), Karl Holz (1895–1945), Nazi Party politician
*Käte Strobel (1907–1996), politician, Federal Minister of Healthcare (1966-1969), Federal Minister of Youth, Family and Health (1969-1972)
*Ronald Grierson (1921–2014), British banker, businessman, government advisor and British Army officer
*Werner Heubeck CBE (1923–2009), Luftwaffe PoW and a British transport executive
*Arnold Hans Weiss (1924–2010), U.S. Army intelligence officer, helped find Hitler's will
*Günther Beckstein (born 1943), politician, Minister President of Bavaria (2007-2008)
*Robert Kurz (philosopher), Robert Kurz (1943–2012), Marxist philosopher, social critic and journalist
*Thomas Händel (born 1953), politician and Member of the European Parliament
*Ulrich Maly (born 1960), politician, Mayor of Nuremberg (2002-2020)
*Markus Söder (born 1967), politician, Minister President of Bavaria since 2018
*Ines Eichmüller (born 1980), politician, former national spokesperson for the Green Youth (Germany), Green Youth
;Sport
*Heinrich Stuhlfauth (1896–1966), soccer-player
*Hans Nüsslein (1910–1991), tennis player and coach
*Olga Jensch-Jordan (1913–2000), springboard diver
*Max Morlock (1925–1994), soccer-player
*Günther Meier (1941–2020), amateur boxer, bronze medalist at the 1968 Summer Olympics
*Norbert Schramm (born 1960), figure skater
*Alex Wright (born 1975), British-German professional wrestler
*Deniz Aytekin (born 1978), soccer-referee
*Hannah Stockbauer (born 1982), swimmer, bronze medalist at the 2004 Summer Olympics
*Florian Just (born 1982), pair skater
*Absolute Andy (born 1983), professional wrestler
*Maximilian Müller (born 1987), field hockey player, gold medalist at the 2008 Summer Olympics, 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics
*Nicole Vaidišová (born 1989), Czech tennis player
*Dominik Eberle (born 1996), American football player
See also
*List of mayors of Nuremberg
*Norisring Racetrack, where Pedro Rodríguez (racing driver), Pedro Rodriguez died in 1971
*Nuremberg Architecture Prize
Notes and references
Notes
References
Bibliography
External links
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English website of the cityKUNSTNÜRNBERG – Online – Magazine for Contemporary Art and History of Art in Nuremberg and Franconia49 digitised objects on Nurembergin European Library, The European Library
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World War II sites in Germany