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The Evangelical-Lutheran town church pc. Jakob in Rothenburg whether that deaf ones became between 1311 and 1485 delighted. The east choir 1322 was completed, established after a building break the main ship between 1373 and 1436. That, a road bridging, west choir was built between 1450 and 1471. The consecration took place 1485,1544 the reformation was introduced.

It is remarkable at from the outside simply working gothical church that she possesses two differently high towers. One of the towers is 57 m and other 55 m highly. In this important church the famous holy blood altar of the Bildschnitzers Tilman belt cutter on the west loft, whom it carved around 1500 for a holy blood Reliquie, is. The Reliquie is kept thereby in a rock crystal cap of the Reliquienkreuzes. (approx. 1270)

is also the twelve-messenger altar, which is a shrine altar and a main altar of the church. The pictures come from Friedrich Herlin, the Schnitzererin from verschiednen Swabian masters. On the back of this altar the oldest representations of the city Rothenburg are whether to that deaf ones of 1466 and very rare picture legends from Jakobspilgern to to be seen.

Other Kleinode in the church is the Ludwig of Toulouse altar of Tilman belt cutter and the Maria coronation/culmination altar from the belt cutter school. The central windows are decorated by very valuable paintings, the oldest originate from the year 1350, further from the year 1400.

Large organ

The large organ was built by the company Rieger in Vorarlberg. It possesses four manuals and 69 sounding voices, distributed on two play tables. It has about 5500 whistles and belonged thereby to the most important organ works in Bavaria.

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