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Saint Nicholas Church

The St. Nicholas Church is one of the major churches of central , Germany. Construction started in Romanesque style in 1165, but in the 16th century, the church was turned into a Gothic hall church.
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  • Opening hours:
    Monday—Friday: 11:00 AM—6:00 PM
    Saturday: 11:00 AM—4:00 PM
    Sunday: 11:30 AM—2:30 PM
  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Lutheran
  • Description: church in Leipzig, Germany
  • Also known as: “St. Nicholas Church”, “St. Nicholas Church, Leipzig”, and “Stadt- und Pfarrkirche St. Nikolai”
  • Address: Nikolaikirchhof 4b, Leipzig, 04109
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Old St Nicholas School, Leipzig and Museum of Antiquities of Leipzig University.

Photo: Appaloosa, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Old St. Nicholas School was the first non-church secondary school in , . The native German name is Alte Nikolaischule, the Latin name was Schola Nikolaitana.

Museum
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The Museum of Antiquities of the University of Leipzig is a collection of antiquities in , .

Theater building
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The is an opera house and opera company located at the Augustusplatz and the Inner City Ring Road at its east side in district Mitte, Germany. is situated 210 metres east of Saint Nicholas Church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Musikviertel and Reudnitz.

Neighborhood
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is a neighbourhood in , . The is part of the locality Zentrum-Süd in the borough of Leipzig-Mitte.The name goes back to the first music institutions built in the neighbourhood, the second Gewandhaus and the new building of the .

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood.

Neighborhood
is a neighbourhood in the north west of borough Mitte in , . It is considered one of the largest complete areas of Gründerzeit buildings in Europe and is therefore considered of important cultural and heritage status.

Saint Nicholas Church

Latitude
51.34031° or 51° 20′ 25″ north
Longitude
12.37857° or 12° 22′ 43″ east
Elevation
124 metres (407 feet)
Open location code
9F3J89RH+4C
Open­Street­Map ID
way 24606979
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­church
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­church
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­lutheran
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Geo­Names ID
11395551
Wiki­data ID
Q694286
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Swedish—“Saint Nicholas Church” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “San Nikolas eliza (Leipzig)”
  • Basque: “San Nikolas eliza”
  • Chinese: “圣尼古拉教堂”
  • Chinese: “星期一示威”
  • Chinese: “聖尼古拉教堂”
  • Czech: “Kostel svatého Mikuláše”
  • Danish: “Nicolaikirken”
  • Dutch: “Nikolaikirche (Leipzig)”
  • Dutch: “Nikolaikirche”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسه القديس نيكولاس”
  • Esperanto: “Nikolai-preĝejo”
  • Esperanto: “Preĝejo Sankta Nikolao”
  • French: “église Saint-Nicolas de Leipzig”
  • French: “Église Saint-Nicolas de Leipzig”
  • French: “Église Saint-Nicolas”
  • German: “Leipziger Nikolaikirche”
  • German: “Nikolaikirche Leipzig”
  • German: “Nikolaikirche”
  • Hebrew: “כנסיית ניקולאי”
  • Italian: “chiesa di San Nicola”
  • Italian: “Chiesa di San Nicola”
  • Japanese: “聖ニコラス教会”
  • Latvian: “Svētā Nikolaja bazn\ica”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Nikolaikirken”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Nikolaikyrkja i Leipzig”
  • Norwegian: “Nikolaikirken”
  • Polish: “Kościół św. Mikołaja w Lipsku”
  • Portuguese: “Igreja de São Nicolau”
  • Russian: “Церковь Святого Николая”
  • Spanish: “iglesia de San Nicolas”
  • Spanish: “iglesia de San Nicolás”
  • Spanish: “Iglesia de San Nicolás”
  • Swedish: “Nikolaikyrkan, Leipzig”
  • Swedish: “Nikolaikyrkan”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Saint Nicholas Church”. Photo: Berthold Werner, CC BY-SA 3.0.