Benediktinerkloster St. Ägidien (Schottenkloster), Nürnberg

The monastery of St. Giles was founded by King Conrad III in the 12th century on the site of a royal court. Conrad and his consort Gertrud entrusted the former St. Martin's Church to Abbot Carus of the Scottish Monastery in Regensburg, so that prayers for the empire and the royal house could be offered there. In the same century, a new Romanesque basilica of sandstone was built, financed by royal funds. The so-called Haiden or Wolfgang Chapel, accessible from the transept, is believed to contain remnants of the first stone monastic house. In 1264, the monastery gained the right to freely elect its abbot through a papal letter of protection, loosening its ties to the royal court. Despite ecclesiastical subordination to the Scottish Abbot in Regensburg and visitations by him, the Nuremberg Imperial Bailiff (Reichsschultheiß) assumed royal rights over the monastery from 1340, giving the city council influence. In the mid-14th century, the choir of the Eucharius Chapel was replaced by a Chapel of Mary, which served as a burial place for the patrician Tetzel family. In the early 15th century, the city and the Bishop of Bamberg attempted to reform monastic discipline, prompting the monastery to seek protection from the Burgrave of Nuremberg. Burgrave Frederick VI subsequently secured royal recognition of his patronage over St. Giles in 1415. However, the reform was only postponed for a short time, as in 1418, monks from the reform monastery of Kastl in the Upper Palatinate moved into St. Giles and re-established strict monastic discipline, leading to a new period of prosperity. A schoolhouse built in 1425 gained an excellent reputation and later had up to 230 students. The General Chapter of the order met at St. Giles in 1438 and 1441. Under Abbot Johann Radenecker (1477–1504), the abbey experienced a final spiritual flourishing, though accompanied by increasing economic difficulties that necessitated the sale of church treasures. Nevertheless, in 1485, it was decided to heighten the church tower. After a visitation from Bamberg, Abbot Georg had to leave the monastery in 1520. His successor, Friedrich Pistorius, was instrumental in the religious colloquy that took place in Nuremberg's city hall in March 1525, introducing the Reformation to Nuremberg. Two months later, the monastic properties were transferred to the city's alms fund, and the monastery was dissolved. In 1526, Philipp Melanchthon established a gymnasium, the Aegidianum, in the monastery buildings, following the city council's advice. It was later moved and then returned to Nuremberg in 1633. Attempts to reclaim the monastic properties for the Benedictine order after the Peace of Augsburg failed. On the night of July 6-7, 1696, the church and the former monastery buildings burned down.

The former Benedictine monastery of St. Giles is centrally located in the city of Nuremberg, in the federal state of Bavaria, Germany.

The St. Giles Church, which originated from the monastery, now serves as the main church for the Evangelical-Lutheran congregation of St. Giles. The repeatedly rebuilt former monastery buildings have been used for educational purposes since the Reformation, including by the Willstätter-Gymnasium.

• Pellerhaus (residence, approx. 78 m away)
• Tucherpalais (residence, approx. 79 m away)
• Nuremberg City Fortification - Laufer Schlagturm (city fortification, approx. 152 m away)
• Tucherschloss (castle, approx. 218 m away)