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St. Michael’s Church, Hamburg

St. Michael's Church, colloquially called Michel, is one of 's five Lutheran main churches and one of the most famous churches in the city. St. Michaelis is a landmark of the city and it is considered to be one of the finest Hanseatic Protestant baroque churches.
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  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Lutheran
  • Description: Lutheran church in Hamburg, Germany
  • Also known as: “Church of St. Michael”, “Hauptkirche Sankt Michaelis”, “Michel”, “Saint Michaelis Church”, “Saint Michaelis Church, Hamburg”, “St. Michaelis (‘Michel’)”, “St. Michaelis Church”, and “St. Michaelis Church, Hamburg”
  • Address: Englische Planke 1 A, Hamburg, 20459
  • Wheelchair access: limited
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Krameramtsstuben and Elbe Philharmonic Hall.

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The are historic buildings on Krayenkamp, near St. Michaelis Church in the district of , Germany. Formerly homes for widows of members of the Grocers’ Institute, the 1620 to 1700 built, timber-framed buildings form the last of the 17th century enclosed courtyards of Hamburg. is situated 100 metres southeast of St. Michael’s Church, Hamburg.

Theater building
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The Elbphilharmonie, popularly nicknamed Elphi, is a concert hall in the quarter of , Germany, on the Grasbrook peninsula of the River. is situated 1 km southeast of St. Michael’s Church, Hamburg.

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The in , , is the largest warehouse district in the world where the buildings stand on timber-pile foundations—oak logs, in this particular case. is situated 720 metres southeast of St. Michael’s Church, Hamburg.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Neustadt and Portugiesenviertel.

Suburb
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is one of the districts of the , .

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood.

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The city centre of is formed by the districts of Altstadt and Neustadt, as well as the new district of Hafencity immediately south of Altstadt.

St. Michael’s Church, Hamburg

Latitude
53.54841° or 53° 32′ 54″ north
Longitude
9.9789° or 9° 58′ 44″ east
Elevation
22 metres (72 feet)
Height
24 metres (79 feet)
Open location code
9F5FGXXH+9H
Open­Street­Map ID
way 22731336
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­church
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­lutheran
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­limited
Geo­Names ID
6612051
Wiki­data ID
Q674472
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“St. Michael’s Church, Hamburg” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كنيسة القديس ميخائيل”
  • Aragonese: “Ilesia de Sant Miguel d’Hamburgo”
  • Azerbaijani: “Müqəddəs Mixail kilsəsi (Hamburq)”
  • Azerbaijani: “Müqəddəs Mixail kilsəsi”
  • Basque: “San Migel eliza”
  • Belarusian: “Царква Святога Міхаіла, Гамбург”
  • Belarusian: “Царква Святога Міхаіла”
  • Catalan: “Església de Sant Miquel”
  • Chinese: “圣米迦勒教堂”
  • Czech: “Hauptkirche St. Michaelis”
  • Czech: “Kostel svatého Michaela v Hamburku”
  • Czech: “Kostel svatého Michaela”
  • Czech: “Michaeliskirche Hamburg”
  • Dutch: “Sint-Michielskerk (Hamburg)”
  • Dutch: “Sint-Michielskerk”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسه القديس مايكل”
  • Esperanto: “Ĉefpreĝejo Sankta Mikaelo”
  • French: “église Saint-Michel de Hambourg”
  • French: “Église Saint-Michel de Hambourg”
  • French: “Michel”
  • German: “Hamburger Michel”
  • German: “Hauptkirche Sankt Michaelis”
  • German: “Hauptkirche St. Michaelis”
  • German: “Michaeliskirche Hamburg”
  • German: “Michel”
  • German: “St. Michaelis”
  • German: “St.-Michaelis-Kirche”
  • Greek: “Εκκλησία Αγίου Μιχαήλ του Αμβούργου”
  • Hebrew: “כנסיית מיכאל הקדוש (המבורג)”
  • Hungarian: “Szent Mihály-templom”
  • Indonesian: “Gereja Santo Mikael, Hamburg”
  • Italian: “chiesa di San Michele”
  • Italian: “Chiesa di San Michele”
  • Japanese: “聖ミカエル教会”
  • Japanese: “聖ミヒャエリス教会”
  • Japanese: “聖ミヒャエル教会 (ハンブルク)”
  • Latvian: “Hamburgas Svētā Miķeļa baznīca”
  • Latvian: “Miķelis Hamburgā”
  • Macedonian: “Црква „Св. Михаил“”
  • Macedonian: “Црква Свети Михаил”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “St. Michaelis-kirken i Hamburg”
  • Norwegian: “St. Michaelis-kirken i Hamburg”
  • Polish: “Kościół Główny św. Michała w Hamburgu”
  • Polish: “Kościół św. Michała w Hamburgu”
  • Portuguese: “Igreja de São Miguel”
  • Russian: “Церковь Святого Михаила”
  • Spanish: “iglesia de San Miguel”
  • Spanish: “Iglesia de San Miguel”
  • Swedish: “S:t Mikaelskyrkan, Hamburg”
  • Swedish: “St. Mikaelskyrkan”
  • Ukrainian: “Церква Святого Михайла (Гамбург)”
  • Ukrainian: “Церква Святого Михайла”
  • “Michel”

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