Gleisshammer, Residential district in Nuremberg, Germany

Gleisshammer is a district of Nuremberg whose northern part consists mainly of four- to five-story townhouses built in the 1910s and 1920s. In the southeast, the area is defined by the complex of the Federal Employment Agency, the Martin-Behaim-Gymnasium, the Neues Gymnasium and the Meistersingerhalle. West of Luitpoldhain lies the Nibelungenviertel with old trees and villas.

The area first appeared in records in 1336 as a hamlet near Zeltnerweiher pond. It became home to an iron forge, one of Nuremberg's earliest industrial works.

The name Gleißhammer comes from the iron hammer works that once operated here; locals call it Glashamma. Since the Reformation the district has been Lutheran, originally part of the Mögeldorf parish of St. Nikolaus and Ulrich, and today it belongs to St. Peter. The Zeltnerschloss, owned by the city since 1981, is rented to a Kulturladen that hosts cultural events.

The Nuremberg-Gleisshammer station, open since 1920, links the district to multiple city bus routes and the Nuremberg-Feucht railway line. Visitors can navigate the neighborhood and reach other parts of the city using public transport.

The Zeltnerschloss was first mentioned before 1370 as a hammer castle guarding an early industrial water mill for tin production. Its roof once carried the corner oriels typical of Nuremberg manor houses; these were not rebuilt after the castle burned out in 1943. Since 1981 the city of Nuremberg owns it and rents it to a cultural centre.