St. Jakob
St. Jakob is a medieval church in Nuremberg, southern Germany, dedicated to Saint James the Greater. Its foundation dates to 1209 under Otto IV.
A small Romanesque chapel originally stood on this site. About eighty years later, builders demolished it and created the present church.
The building reflects connections with the Knights of St. John and the Catholic Teutonic Order. Its high altar features a reredos from 1360 to 1370.
Reformation history shaped St. Jakob, which became Nuremberg’s third Protestant parish church in 1810. The church remains Protestant.
A Steinmeyer pipe organ with three manuals dates from 1968 and forms part of the church’s architectural setting. St. Jakob also carries wartime scars.
Severe Second World War damage preceded restoration, preserving the church’s historical character in Nuremberg. The building is wheelchair-accessible.
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