St. Egidien, Nuremberg

St Egidien
St Giles
St Egidien, Nuremberg
Religion
AffiliationEvangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria
Ecclesiastical or organizational statusparish church
Location
LocationNuremberg
Architecture
TypeChurch
StyleBaroque architecture
Groundbreaking14 October 1711
Direction of façadeW

St Egidien on Egidienplatz is the former Benedictine Abbey of Saint Giles (Egidienskirche), now a church in the former free imperial city of Nuremberg, southern Germany. It is considered a significant contribution to the baroque church architecture of Middle Franconia.[1]

  1. ^ (in German) Nürnberg, Reichsstadt: Politische und soziale Entwicklung (Political and Social Development of the Imperial City of Nuremberg), Historisches Lexikon Bayerns

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