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St. Nikolai Memorial Church Ruins

St. Nikolai Memorial Church Ruins

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St. Nikolai Memorial Church Ruins

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Location: Hamburg, Germany

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1. View of the Alster – Eichbaum Lake loop from Reeperbahn

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2. View of the Speicherstadt – St. Pauli Landungsbrücken loop from Berliner Tor

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3. St. Michael's Church (Michel) – Ellerntorsbrücke loop from Hamburg-Altona

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Mapf

July 25, 2021

The ruin of the main church St. Nikolai on Hamburg's Hopfenmarkt is dedicated as a memorial to St. Nikolai "to the victims of war and tyranny between 1933 and 1945". The church was founded in 1195 and its last neo-Gothic version was completed in 1874 (Wikipedia).

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JR56

March 4, 2019

Since 2005, a panorama lift has enabled the barrier-free ascent to the observation deck of the historic tower, which is 76 meters away. The elevator cabin is glazed on three sides and offers exciting views even during the 40-second journey. Once at the top, there is an impressive view of Hamburg city center, the town hall, the Alster, the harbor, the cruise terminal, the warehouse district, the Elbphilharmonie and the HafenCity. Historical photographs on the observation deck show the break in Hamburg for 1943 and what the city looked like back then compared to today.

The panorama lift at the St. Nikolai memorial is barrier-free and can be used by wheelchair users.

When completed in 1874, the tower of the St. Nikolai memorial was the tallest church tower in the world at 147.3 meters high. It was designed - just like the whole church - by the British architect George Gilbert Scott, one of the most internationally successful builders of historicism.

It was the tower of the former main church that initiated the sinking of Hamburg involuntarily, and it was this that, strangely, survived the destruction. The city's tallest building served as the target for English warplanes; When they flew their nightly attacks on Hamburg, they chose the St. Nikolai tower as a landmark. Today the tower - still the fifth tallest church tower in the world - rises high into the sky as a "warning index finger" and commemorates the horrors of the Second World War. At the same time, he promotes tolerance and international understanding.
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MarioAlex (Kreiznacher Bub)

September 20, 2018

A memorial: Never again a war from German soil!

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St. Nikolai Memorial Church Ruins

1. View of the Alster – Eichbaum Lake loop from Reeperbahn

2. View of the Speicherstadt – St. Pauli Landungsbrücken loop from Berliner Tor

3. St. Michael's Church (Michel) – Ellerntorsbrücke loop from Hamburg-Altona

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