St. Nicholas Church, Berlin

Church of St. Nicholas
St. Nikolai-Kirche
St. Nicholas's fortified westwork (left) and Our Lady's Chapel (right, added 1452)
Religion
AffiliationDeconsecrated since November 1938.
originally Roman Catholic, from 1539 on Lutheran
Districtlast: March of Brandenburg ecclesiastical province, Kirchenkreis Stadt Berlin I (deanery)
Provincelast: Evangelical Church of the old-Prussian Union
Location
LocationNikolaiviertel, a neighborhood of Berlin
Geographic coordinates52°31′00″N 13°24′27″E / 52.516804°N 13.407547°E / 52.516804; 13.407547
Architecture
Architect(s)Hermann Blankenstein (1877–1879)
Completedca. 1243, after burning in the city fire of 11 August 1380 reconstructed until 1470, renovation 1877–1879
Materialsbrick

The St. Nikolai-Kirche, (Nikolaikirche or St. Nicholas' Church) is the oldest church in Berlin, the capital of Germany. The church is located in the eastern part of central Berlin, the borough of Mitte. The area around the church, bounded by Spandauer Straße, Rathausstraße, the River Spree and Mühlendamm, is known as the Nikolaiviertel 'Nicholas quarter', and is an area of restored medieval buildings (in some cases recent imitations). The church was built between 1220 and 1230, and is thus, along with the Church of Our Lady at Alexanderplatz not far away, the oldest church in Berlin.