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St. Michaelis Church Lüneburg

St. Michaelis Church Lüneburg

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Location: Lüneburg Heath, Lower Saxony, Germany

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Siegfried LG

December 22, 2016

St. Michaelis, one of the three main churches in Lüneburg, is the striking point in the old craftsmen's quarter. Built in the 14th century as the monastery church of the former Michaeliskloster. The tower with its top is striking.

A memorial plaque is dedicated to Johann Sebastian Bach for his two-year stay as a choirboy (1700-1702). Accordingly, the place in front of the church is called after.

This church is also struggling with the subsidence area and has been extensively renovated. After nets had to be stretched, the people in the church should not have plaster or stones falling on their heads.

During the opening times you can enter the tower (from the square), marvel at the old mechanical clockwork inside and take a look up into the tower vault. Through a glass door you enter the interior with a view of the choir. To the right of the chancel it goes down to the crypt. It is not possible to climb the tower, only with special permission from the Landeskirche Hannover.
Opening times: Mon - Sat 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. and Sun 2 p.m. - 4 p.m. (in winter). A little longer in summer and closed in January and February. Official link: sankt-michaelis.de

The castle that gave the city its name was located above St. Michaelis on the Kalkberg. The castle was conquered by the Lüneburgers on 02/01/1371, which was followed by the War of the Lüneburg Succession between Welfen and Wittenberger. There was a lot of back and forth in the following years. Ultimately, the Lüneburg merchants were able to make their cut and almost made it to an imperial immediate status. The castle served the Lüneburgers as building material for the city, as well as the Kalkberg itself.

The decline of the Hanseatic League and the lack of herring schools led to impoverishment (no need for salt). The ransom in the Thirty Years' War spared the city, but drove up the debt all the more.

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Siegfried LG

January 8, 2017

When you enter the interior for the first time, you notice: the pillars are crooked, but why? The subsidence area is to blame here. Lüneburg stands on a salt plinth up to 40 m below the ground. Large caverns were created as a result of the salt mining.
The church threatens to tip over to the left into the former Michaeliskloster. About 100 years ago the columns were connected with steel anchors, clad with wood. An undisguised anchor looks right in front of the organ. The whole purpose is to increase stability.
One can only hope that the subsidence will subside. You can't know.

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Kathrin unterwegs

January 18, 2021

This staircase, at the foot of the St. Michaeliskirche in Lüneburg's old town, is hardly inclined to pay the appropriate attention, as the church attracts attention.
The bumpy and stumbling stairs fit perfectly into the old town, complete the overall picture and are indispensable.

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Location: Lüneburg Heath, Lower Saxony, Germany

St. Michaelis Church Lüneburg

1. Old Crane Lüneburg – Lüneburg Town Hall loop from Lüneburg

2. Lüneburg Town Hall – Lüneburg Water Tower loop from Bockelsberg

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