St. Salvador Church

Picturesque in the “Zürch” district, east of the Rathaus. The then “Liebfrauenkirche” (Church of Our Lady) was consecrated here in 1412, of which the choir is still preserved to this day. The inhabitants of Schweinfurt heard the first reformist sermon on the steps of the former church in 1532.

The church in its present-day form was erected from 1717–1719. It burned down to the ground in the Second World War and was completely reconstructed by 1953. Worth seeing: The “Trumpet Angel” on the elegant cupola dome formerly served the inhabitants of Schweinfurt as a weather vane. This is why Friedrich Rückert also wrote: “At last look I saw that he is not in such a good mood, since he trumpets from the city and his backside turns inward.”