Church of st. Katarina ( German Katharinenkirche ) in Nuremberg was a three-nave basilica, which was consecrated in 1297 as a church of the Dominican convent, founded at the end of the XIII century . In the XVI century, as a result of the reformation, the monastery was forbidden to take new novices, the monastery was closed after the death of the last abbess in 1596 .
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| Church of St. Catherine | |
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 The ruins of the church of St. Katarina | |
| A country |  Germany |
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In 1614 the church was restored and they were going to use it for evangelical services. But from 1620 until the end of the 18th century, the church was regularly used for singing competitions of the Nuremberg Mastersingers. Then the building was empty for a long time and was reopened during the 1848 revolution for political meetings.
From 1887 to the 1930s, the church regularly hosts chamber music concerts dedicated to the Nuremberg Mastersingers; the nuns' dining room was converted into a singing museum.
In 1938 , after the annexation of Austria , Chief Mayor Lieutenant ( Willy Liebel ) transferred from the Vienna Palace the attributes of imperial power, which he exhibited for a year in the church of St. Catherine.
During the raid on Nuremberg on January 2, 1945 , during which the Old Town, the monastery of St. Catherine was turned into ruins, ennobled at the present time used to conduct music festivals in the open air. At the moment - object 8c of the Nuremberg Historical Mile .