The associated Zwolfbruderstiftung zu Nürnberg, or Twelve Poor Brothers' Charitable Home for
Older People, was Joseph's last home. It was founded in the fifteenth century as a brotherhood that
catered to elderly craftsmen. Their housebook, Das Hausbuch der Mendelschen Zwolfbruderstiftung
zu Nürnberg, shows many illustrations of the craftsmen and their tools in fifteenth and sixteenth
century Nürnberg and is a valuable reference for ancient occupations. The crafts include agriculture,
weaving, woodworking, metalworking, leatherworking, candlemaking, barrel making and many others
Older People, was Joseph's last home. It was founded in the fifteenth century as a brotherhood that
catered to elderly craftsmen. Their housebook, Das Hausbuch der Mendelschen Zwolfbruderstiftung
zu Nürnberg, shows many illustrations of the craftsmen and their tools in fifteenth and sixteenth
century Nürnberg and is a valuable reference for ancient occupations. The crafts include agriculture,
weaving, woodworking, metalworking, leatherworking, candlemaking, barrel making and many others
Located a few blocks outside of the old Nürnberg city walls, lie two old cemeteries which still
maintain much of their original appearance. St. Rochus Friedhof, containing more than seventeen
hundred tombs, and St. Johannis, both surrounding the two churches for which they are named,
were established around 1395 to bury victims of the plagues. By the fifteenth century, the two
cemeteries were largely reserved for the city's more prominent citizens, skilled artisians, musicians,
writers ands craftsmen. St. Rochus Friedhof contains more than seventeen hundred tombs, and most
of the tombs have their original 16th or early 17th century bronze plaques and about 1000 tomb
inscriptions are still preserved.
maintain much of their original appearance. St. Rochus Friedhof, containing more than seventeen
hundred tombs, and St. Johannis, both surrounding the two churches for which they are named,
were established around 1395 to bury victims of the plagues. By the fifteenth century, the two
cemeteries were largely reserved for the city's more prominent citizens, skilled artisians, musicians,
writers ands craftsmen. St. Rochus Friedhof contains more than seventeen hundred tombs, and most
of the tombs have their original 16th or early 17th century bronze plaques and about 1000 tomb
inscriptions are still preserved.
| St. Rochus Friedhof |
Joseph Schaitberger's grave is here and is in
good company: Dürer, Adam Kraft, Hans
Sachs, Veit Stoß, Pachelbel and other
Nürnberg greats are buried in St. Rochus
Friedhof in Nürnberg. Wolfgang Endter, the
printer who first published Schaitberger's book,
is also buried here.
Left, Dürer's and Pachelbel's tombs. Below, Joseph
Schaitberger's tomb
good company: Dürer, Adam Kraft, Hans
Sachs, Veit Stoß, Pachelbel and other
Nürnberg greats are buried in St. Rochus
Friedhof in Nürnberg. Wolfgang Endter, the
printer who first published Schaitberger's book,
is also buried here.
Left, Dürer's and Pachelbel's tombs. Below, Joseph
Schaitberger's tomb