Tucherschloss, Renaissance château in Nuremberg, Germany.
Tucherschloss is a three-story stone building in Nuremberg featuring characteristic elements of 16th-century German Renaissance design, including decorative facade details and carefully arranged interior spaces. The building contains exhibition rooms displaying furniture, tapestries, and a significant silver collection spanning multiple centuries.
Construction of this residence took place between 1533 and 1544 for the Tucher family, a powerful merchant clan in medieval Nuremberg. The building served the family across generations as a statement of their social standing and economic influence in the city.
The residence reveals how wealthy merchant families lived in Nuremberg and arranged their domestic spaces, displaying furnishings and objects spanning several centuries. The collection offers insights into the daily life and tastes of the Tucher family across multiple generations.
The building sits in a quiet residential district and is easily accessible on foot, with rooms spread across multiple levels to explore at your own pace. Visitors should plan for a standard tour duration and can take advantage of additional programming offered on weekends.
The residence preserves artworks from Michael Wolgemut's workshop, the teacher of Albrecht Dürer, creating a direct link to Nuremberg's artistic heritage. These pieces offer a rare window into the artistic networks that flourished in this Renaissance city.
Location: Nuremberg
Fee: Yes
Address: Hirschelgasse 11
Opening Hours: Monday 10:00-15:00; Thursday 13:00-17:00; Sunday 10:00-17:00
Phone: +499112315421
Website: https://museen.nuernberg.de/tucherschloss
GPS coordinates: 49.45750,11.08420
Latest update: December 6, 2025 17:41
Nuremberg holds layers of history within its walls. The city's medieval heart, surrounded by ancient fortifications, tells stories of craft and commerce from centuries past. Stone churches still stand where they were built in the 14th century, and narrow streets wind between half-timbered houses that seem frozen in time. But this city also carries the weight of the 20th century. Visitors walk through spaces that witnessed both the darkest chapters of history and the trials that followed, making Nuremberg a place where you confront the past directly. The Old Town draws you in with its cobblestone squares, Gothic spires, and the sound of fountains that have flowed for generations. You can see where leather workers once lived and crafted their trade, where markets still happen today much as they did hundreds of years ago. Churches like St. Lawrence hold treasures within—carved wooden altarpieces and glass windows that survived wars and destruction. Museums here gather millions of objects that trace how German culture developed from its earliest days to modern times. What makes Nuremberg distinct is how openly it addresses all of its history. The Nazi Congress Hall, never completed, now houses a museum that documents how a nation lost itself. The Palace of Justice stands as witness to the trials that sought accountability. Walking through Nuremberg means encountering both the beauty of medieval tradition and the reality of historical reckoning, in the same afternoon.
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