16 Hubmann Building The end of the tour takes us to the former res taurant and the traditional Hubmann brewery The building with its hip roof and half timbered upper floor was built in the 18th century The adjacent brewery and malthouse was torn down in 1979 15 Oldest House According to a dendrochronological study the construction of the oldest house in town was in 1447 48 This end gabled building with its cornice the projecting upper floor displays antique half timbering and has a wood paneled living room Once upon a time A Middle Gate The Middle Gate of the inner town fortification was first mentioned in writing in 1399 It was dismantled after the completion of the outer wall 14 Care House This building was erected in Herzogenaurach thanks to the work of a charity endowment It served as a hostel for pilgrims and living quarters for the town s poor starting in the middle ages It was constructed in its present state in 1458 13 Girls School The school building was built in 1860 a late neo classical u shaped sandstone building The flat high pilaster defines the otherwise simple front façade The town s school for singing and music can be found here named after Herzo genaurach s honorary citizen Käthe Zang 12 Chapel of Mary Marienkapelle The double chapel on the northeast corner of the former cemetery was probably built in the 14th century The lower floor of the former cemetery chapel served as an ossuary for the safekeeping of the bones removed from abandoned graves In 1932 the chamber was set up as a memorial place for the dead of the world war The altar in the upper floor was dedicated to St Kunigunde and St Heinrich in 1401 The White Shrine After many relocations Herzogenaurach s oldest and most beautiful shrine finally found a home on the Church Square Kirchenplatz in 2007 The late Gothic shrine probably dates from the 14th century The reliefs show the scene at the crucifixion of Jesus and a Gregorian mass as well as St Leonhard and St Elisabeth 11 Rectory The style of the Catholic rectory and the school house across from it is a bit out of the ordinary The rectory was built in 1845 where a medi eval building preceded it As such it was built according to the fashion of the time as a square sandstone building with a strictly structured façade in the late neo classical style including the arched windows 10 Beneficiary Spital Pfründnerhospital This half timbered late medieval building was donated by the dyer and fabric merchant Cunz Reyther of Niederndorf as housing for old and invalid residents of the town in 1508 In accord ance with the guidelines for the protection of historic buildings the building was restored and is now home to the Town Museum The modern permanent exhibits are regularly supplemented with various special exhibitions 8 St Kilian s Fountain Legend has it that the Franconian apostle Kilian preached and performed baptisms on this spot in the year 686 This is the site of the oldest spring of the town documented since the Middle Ages The fountain monument to St Kilian was created by Maria Lerch an honorary citizen of Herzo genaurach in 1934 Cross the pedestrian zone and enter the church quarter which actually was outside the town wall until the end of the 15th century The preceding building on this site was in the roman style the church being built in 1341 the history of the well integrated choir stretches back to the 13th century The nave of the gothic hall is spanned with a heavy wooden barrel vault The church received its baroque interior again with the restoration in 1934 35 9 Catholic Parish Church St Magdalena 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1314 15 16 A Hintere Gasse St ei nw eg Am S ch los sgr aben En ge lg as se R ey th er st ra ße Hauptstraße Markt platz Kirchenplatz B ad ga ss e Rathaus i WC P4 Tourist Information Start of the town tour End of the town tour i

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