Nuremberg are the walls and towers, churches of St

Lawrence, St. Sebaldus, and St. Jacob, Frauenkirche, fountain (Schöne Brunnen), and Rathaus. The city existed as early as 1050; was developed under the Hohenstaufens; was made a free imperial city in 1219; and be came the 15th and 16th centuries a great center of trade, art, science, and literature. The Reformation was introduced in 1525. It suffered severely in the Thirty Years' War. In 1806 it was annexed to Bavaria. Population (1890), 142,590. Ayres, July 30, 1793: died there, Jan. 22, 1846. An Argentine politician, journalist, and author. the Protestants in 1532. He served in the army, held various civil positions, and Nursia. See Norcia .