After crossing the Hans Maier Straße and the Aurach you will reach Liebfrauenhaus 18 literally Home of Our Lady The complex of buildings comprises a private elementary school after school day care a public all day school living groups for teens and a nursing home as well as the Church of the Immaculate Conception B M V which is referred to in Herzogenaurach as Liebfrauenhauskirche The Liebfrauenhaus was built by the Capuchin Father Cyprian Fröhlich in 1899 to support needy and orphaned children One year later the school was opened and the church followed in 1907 Fa ther Cyprian founded the Seraphische Liebeswerk Altötting in 1889 focus ing on upbringing education and care today seven institutions in Bavaria be long to this organization The Catho lic Liebfrauenhaus church Immaculata Conceptio which was consecrated in 1907 harbors as its altarpiece a Ma donna of Mercy stemming from the Nürnberg school of Veit Stoß created around 1500 Follow the Erlanger Straße and you will reach a roundabout beckoning for a short stop with a small park bench es playground and restaurants The bike path takes you across the Aurach once again After the bridge you see the main entrance to Schaeffler AG and the original adidas AG headquar ters 19 Athlet ic shoes have been created and made on this spot since 1927 first by the Dassler brothers later by adidas Across the street from adidas and near Schaeffler you can still see the remaining part of the old train station building 19 Great changes came to Herzogenau rach with the connection to the train net work in 1894 Not only were the cities of Erlangen Fürth and Nürnberg much more quickly within reach but it seemed that the whole world moved closer with the help of the train these were the years which marked the advent of mod ern times with things like electric street lamps the telegraph and telephone ser vices In 1984 the Bundesbahn discon tinued regular service to Erlangen the line was closed down in 1995 The bike path takes you along the Aurach and the town s typical silhou ette with its two distinctive towers on the right and leads to a small park with a playground and a halfpipe for skaters Cross Hans Maier Straße once again and you arrive at a fountain the Realschule is to your left on Burgstaller Weg and a bit further up the street is the Protestant church 20 The church places a clearly visible ac cent on the townscape with its modern architecture and dominant tower The reconstructed and expanded church was consecrated in 2010 Traces of the orig inal church built in 1934 are still visible as the pillars around the altar The build ing encompasses the church itself and parish rooms the impression it makes is influenced by its large scale form as well as the wooden shingles

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