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General Information

Other name(s): Sankt Nikolaikirche
Beginning of works: 1830
Completion: 1850
Status: in use

Project Type

Structure: Dome
Function / usage: Church

Location

Location: , ,
Address: Alter Markt
Coordinates: 52° 23' 46.68" N    13° 3' 38.88" E
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Excerpt from Wikipedia

St. Nicholas Church (German:St. Nikolaikirche) in Potsdam is a Lutheran church under the Evangelical Church in Berlin, Brandenburg and Silesian Upper Lusatia of the Evangelical Church in Germany on the Old Market Square (Alter Markt) in Potsdam. The central plan building in the Classicist style and dedicated to Saint Nicholas was built to plans by Karl Friedrich Schinkel in the years 1830 to 1837. The tambour of the 77-metre-high church that towers above the roofs of the city was built later, from 1843 to 1850. Its construction was taken over by Ludwig Persius and, from 1845, Friedrich August Stüler.

Towards the end of the Second World War, the church was hit during the British air raid on Potsdam and subsequently badly damaged by Soviet artillery fire. After many years of rebuilding the church was re-consecrated in 1981 by the Evangelical Parish of St. Nicholas, Potsdam, and, today, is open to visitors. In addition to the normal church services, concert events are also held in the church.

Text imported from Wikipedia article "St. Nicholas Church, Potsdam" and modified on 02 June 2020 according to the CC-BY-SA 3.0 license.

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  • Structure-ID
    20029490
  • Published on:
    26/07/2007
  • Last updated on:
    03/05/2018
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