St. Katharina
St. Katharina rises in Nuremberg as the ruins of a medieval church, once part of a Dominican convent founded in 1295. Stone walls and open-air space now frame cultural events in the city centre.
A library holding more than 700 volumes made the convent notable in the fifteenth century. After the last nun died, the convent closed in 1596, while the church later became Lutheran and hosted Meistersingers between 1620 and 1778. Richard Wagner preserved that connection in the opening scene of Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg. Air raids heavily damaged the church in 1945, and partial restoration in 1970 and 1971 prepared the ruins for a new role.
Summer concerts bring jazz, classical, folk, pop, indie and world music into this historic setting. Blue Night and Bardentreffen also use the ruins for cultural events, where medieval masonry meets live performance.
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