St. Nicholas Church, Stralsund

St. Nicholas Church
Nikolaikirche
St. Nicholas Church in Stralsund, seen from the roof of the Ozeaneum
St. Nicholas Church is located in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
St. Nicholas Church
St. Nicholas Church
Location of St. Nicholas Church in Stralsund, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
St. Nicholas Church is located in Germany
St. Nicholas Church
St. Nicholas Church
St. Nicholas Church (Germany)
54°18′55″N 13°05′29″E / 54.31532°N 13.0912554°E / 54.31532; 13.0912554
LocationStralsund
CountryGermany
DenominationLutheran
Previous denominationCatholic
Websitenikolai-stralsund.de
History
DedicationSt. Nicholas of Myra
Dedicated1276
Architecture
Architectural typeGothic
Groundbreaking1234

St. Nicholas Church (German: Nikolaikirche) is the oldest of the three major parish churches of the Hanseatic city of Stralsund in Germany. It was dedicated in 1279 to St. Nicholas of Myra, the patron saint of sailors. Since 1524 it has been an Evangelical Lutheran church. It is one of the earliest examples of the introduction of the cathedral pattern of northern France into the Brick Gothic architecture of the Baltic region.[1] As part of the historic centre of Stralsund, St. Nicholas Church was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2002.[2]

  1. ^ Stralsund and Wismar (Germany) No 1067 (Report). ICOMOS. 28 December 2000. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
  2. ^ <"Historic Centres of Stralsund and Wismar". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization. Retrieved 27 August 2022.