Aerial view of St. James's Church with its twin Gothic spires rising above the red-tiled roofs of Rothenburg's old town.

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St. James's Church

St. James's Church is Rothenburg ob der Tauber's Gothic parish church, built between 1311 and 1484 with two towers rising to around 55-58 metres. It holds Tilman Riemenschneider's Holy Blood altarpiece, carved around 1500 around a relic cross from 1270, as well as Friedrich Herlin's 1466 high altar and medieval stained glass in the east choir.

Nearby

Rothenburg Town Hall

historic building

Medieval Crime and Justice Museum

museum

Burggarten

park

Plönlein

tourist attraction

Rothenburg Town Walls

historic site

Free entry

Free entry — no ticket needed

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