St. George’s Minster (Dinkelsbühl)

 church, listed building / architectural heritage, Roman Catholic church

One of the most beautiful wide-aisled late Gothic churches in South Germany, built 1448-1499 to plans by Nikolaus Eseler and incorporating a romanic tower porch (1220-30). Inside eleven pairs of columns support a vaulted roof with an intricate pat- tern of stars. Neo-Gothic high altar (1892), with shrine depic- ting numerous figures (dates from around 1490, crucifixi- on scene). Highly decorated side altars: St. Sebastian’s Altar (around 1520) and Holy Trinity Altar (around 1500). In the 17th century the famous Pièta (depiction of Mary) on the canopied. altar (around 1490) was visited by many pilgrims. Worth seeing: ont decorated with lions (15th century); tablet with the ten commandments around 1520); stonework of the “pretzel” window in the south choir, donated by the bakers’ guild and coopers; slab in memory of Nikolaus von Dinkelsbühl; memorial to Christoph-von-Schmid. From the tower of the Minster there is a beautiful view over the historic town.