Hospital Church (Schwabach)

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Schwabach - Hospital Church

The Spitalkirche is a listed church in Schwabach in Middle Franconia .

history

Schwabacher Spital was founded in 1375 by the Glockengießer family from Nuremberg with the participation of the sovereign, Burgrave Friedrich V of Nuremberg . The first church was from the year 1404. Today's Evang.-Luth. Spitalkirche St. Antonius und St. Elisabeth is a hall building from the years 1755/56 with the included choir from 1404. The tower of the church dates from 1885. After a bomb attack destroyed in October 1941, the church was consecrated again in 1953 .

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Coordinates: 49 ° 19 '48.3 "  N , 11 ° 1' 8.8"  E