Egidienplatz

Egidienplatz stands in Nuremberg’s Sebalder Altstadt, within the medieval old town and surrounded by historic residential buildings. At its centre, Egidienkirche rises as the city’s only Baroque church. The square forms part of Nuremberg’s Historic Mile, a route through the city’s architecture and history. Its setting gives the open space a neighbourhood character, although parked cars and street furnishings interrupt the layout.

The site belongs to Nuremberg’s earliest settlement centres and once held the city’s first monastery, Schottenkloster. The Pellerhaus, a Renaissance mansion, was destroyed during World War II and later rebuilt. A monument to Kaiser Wilhelm I adds another visible landmark beside the church. Johann Andreas Graff captured the square in seventeenth-century artwork, preserving a view of its changing urban setting.