West of the Old Town lie two districts with very different characters, separated by the Pegnitz River. North of the river, St. Johannis grew up around a lazaretto first mentioned in 1234, a station for lepers.
West of the Old Town lie two districts with very different characters, separated by the Pegnitz River. North of the river, St. Johannis grew up around a lazaretto first mentioned in 1234, a station for lepers. On the Johannisfriedhof, also called Rosenfriedhof due to its many roses, Albrecht Dürer and Veit Stoß are buried. In the Hesperidengärten, reconstructed Baroque gardens demonstrate how Nuremberg patricians once cultivated citrus plants here. South of the Pegnitz lies Gostenhof, first mentioned in 1311 and largely undamaged during World War II. Long notorious as the "Glass Shard Quarter," the district has acquired an an alternative image since the 1980s with pubs, initiatives, and artist studios; its acronym "GoHo" alludes to SoHo in Manhattan.Here you can stroll through old cemeteries with elaborate epitaphs, relax in the Baroque gardens, and explore Gostenhof's pubs in the evening. Composer Johann Pachelbel is buried in the Rochusfriedhof; the Memorium in the Palace of Justice on Fürther Straße commemorates the Nuremberg Trials. The U1 stops in Gostenhof at the Gostenhof and Bärenschanze stations; at Plärrer, on the border with the Old Town, lines U1, U2, and U3 intersect.
St. Johannis and Gostenhof are situated west of the Old Town, flanking the Pegnitz. In St. Johannis, you'll find the Johannisfriedhof with the graves of Albrecht Dürer and Veit Stoß, as well as the baroque Hesperidengärten. Gostenhof has acquired an alternative image with its pubs, initiatives, and artist workshops. The U1 stops at two stations in Gostenhof; at Plärrer, you transfer to U2 and U3.
Sights in St. Johannis and Gostenhof
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1Johannisfriedhof
The cemetery dates back to a Siechkobel mentioned in 1234 and is known as Rosenfriedhof due to its many rose bushes. Thousands of historic epitaphs are heritage-protected. Albrecht Dürer and Veit Stoß are buried here. St. John's Church was consecrated in 1377 in the choir and in 1395 in the nave.
Between Johannisstraße and Hallerwiese, patricians and merchants from the 16th to 18th centuries laid out pleasure gardens where, following Italian models, they cultivated citrus plants like bitter oranges. Some of the Baroque gardens were reconstructed in the early 1980s; you can enter them via Johannisstraße 13 and 47 or Riesenschritt 26.
The cemetery of St. Lorenz Parish was laid out in 1518 and consecrated in 1519. Here lie, among others, the composer Johann Pachelbel and the bronze caster Peter Vischer the Elder. In the Rochus Chapel, founded in 1520/21, the eleven windows from the Hirsvogel workshop are almost entirely original.
