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Michi LE

August 6, 2021

was an important place at the end of the GDR

possibly Nikolai Church in Leipzig

construction time

Last third of the 12th century, 1st quarter of the 14th century (lengthening and heightening of the chancel), mid-14th century,

15th Century, 16th Century, 17th Century,

18th century, 20th century,

probably 1165 to 1185 (previous building, tower front preserved), around 1470, 1513 to 1525 (new construction of the nave), 1555 to 1560 (central tower), 1596 (conversion of the north chapel to the library), 1610 (redesign of the choir roof), 1622 to 1680 (restoration of the interior ), 1730 to 1731 (middle tower raised), around 1759 (west portal), 1784 to 1797 (redesign of the interior), 1901 to 1902 (demolition of annexed loges, chapels and staircases)

architectural style

Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance, Baroque, Historicism

Builder / Architect

Benedict Eisenberg (1513 to 1525),

Hieronymus Lotter (1555 to 1560),

Johann Carl Friedrich Dauthe (1784 to 1797),

Condition

The Nikolaikirche in Leipzig has been renovated.

Todays use

sacred

Access

the Eve Nikolaikirche in Leipzig is an open church.

Description

type

The Nikolaikirche in Leipzig is a three-aisled hall church with naves of approximately the same width, but bays of different lengths and a west tower front. On the west side there are several polygonally arranged, multi-storey extensions, on the north and south side chapel extensions and stairwells. The eastern long choir is polygonal.

structure

West front: plastered quarry stone building, pilaster strips, octagonal tower tops with pointed arched openings, octagonal central tower, simple west portal,

North and south side: plastered, with buttresses,

inner space

originally octagonal pillars, these converted to fluted columns on a high pedestal with Egyptian capitals and palm fronds, star-net vaults converted to a coffered ceiling, surrounding galleries with Corinthian columns, pulpit, ribbed vaulting in the chancel covered by a wooden barrel,

several paintings, pulpit (1793/94), Luther pulpit (1521), baptism, choir screen, organ (Friedrich Ladegast), several carved altars

Source: architektur-blicklicht.de/kirchen/leipzig-nikolaikirche

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Danny & Kalle

July 17, 2018

Photographing in the church is possible for a fee, but indoor shots may not be posted on the internet. I photographed the relevant information and put it to the photos of the highlight.

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Karsten S.

September 10, 2019

The city and parish church of St. Nikolai was built in 1165 in Romanesque style after the city and market rights were granted to Leipzig. The Romanesque origin can still be seen on the west side of the church. In the 15th and 16th centuries, extensions and the complete conversion to the three-nave late Gothic hall church took place.

In 1452 the Nikolaikirche received its first bell with the Osanna, decorated by Nikolaus Eisenberg with depictions of the crucified Jesus and the four Evangelists, St. Martin and the patron saint of this church, St. Nicholas. The bell not only started the church services, but was also used as a fire bell. The almost 6 t heavy Osanna hanging in the south tower was lost due to melting in the First World War.

On May 25, 1539 the sermons of the reformers Justus Jonas the Elder and Martin Luther started the Reformation in Leipzig. The church became the seat of the first superintendent of the city of Johann Pfeffinger.

In the Nikolaikirche, Johann Sebastian Bach performed many of his cantatas and oratorios for the first time with the St. Thomas Choir, including the St. John Passion, his most extensive work to date, on Good Friday, April 7, 1724.

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Location: Saxony, Germany

St. Nicholas Church (Nikolaikirche) Leipzig

1. Leipzig Market Square – Lion Enclosure, Leipzig Zoo loop from Leipzig Bayerischer Bahnhof

2. New Town Hall Leipzig – Lake of Tears loop from Zentrum-Südost

3. Lake of Tears – Monument to the Battle of the Nations loop from Leipzig-Stötteritz

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