Saint Vitus Church

Saint Vitus was a very interesting church, in terms of the color scheme. I didn't know what to make of it. Black and sort of yellowish-orange. The colors definitely didn't come through in the pictures.

That aside, the first Christian structure on the spot was built in 1293. The current church came later, 1349, and was enlarged in 1457. The church has a statue of Saint John carved by Tilman Riemenschneider, one of the most influential wood sculptors of the German school. He dominated the transition period between the Hight Gothic and the Northern Renaissance, and his work if found in several important churches in Central Germany.Read more