Russian Memorial Church of Saint Alexius
The Russian Memorial Church of Saint Alexius in Leipzig was inaugurated and dedicated from October 17–18, 1913, one hundred years after the Battle of Leipzig.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Church
- Denomination: Orthodox
- Description: church building in Reudnitz-Thonberg, Germany
- Also known as: “Russian Orthodox Memorial Church” and “Russische Gedaechtniskirche”
- Address: Philipp-Rosenthal-Straße 51 a, Leipzig, 04103
- Wheelchair access: no
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include University Hospital Leipzig and German Museum of Books and Writing.
University Hospital Leipzig
Hospital
Photo: Tnemtsoni, CC BY-SA 3.0.
University Hospital Leipzig is situated 160 metres southeast of Russian Memorial Church of Saint Alexius.
German Museum of Books and Writing
Museum
Photo: LIU, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The German Museum of Books and Writing in Leipzig, Germany, founded in 1884 as Deutsches Buchgewerbe-Museum, is the world's oldest museum of its kind, dedicated to collecting and preserving objects and documents as well as literature connected with the history of books, including paper, printing techniques, the art of illustration, and bookbinding. German Museum of Books and Writing is situated 220 metres southwest of Russian Memorial Church of Saint Alexius.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Reudnitz and Südvorstadt.
Südvorstadt
Suburb
Südvorstadt is a locality in the south borough of Leipzig, Germany. The English translation of Südvorstadt is Southern Suburb. The Südvorstadt is crossed from north to south by the Karl-Liebknecht-Strasse.
Russian Memorial Church of Saint Alexius
Latitude
51.3241° or 51° 19′ 27″ northLongitude
12.39694° or 12° 23′ 49″ eastElevation
128 metres (420 feet)Inception
1913Height
4 metres (13 feet)Open location code
9F3J89FW+JQOpenStreetMap ID
way 23566049OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=orthodoxOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=noGeoNames ID
11395637Wikidata ID
Q455058
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Russian—“Russian Memorial Church of Saint Alexius” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “圣阿列克谢俄罗斯纪念教堂”
- Chinese: “聖阿列克謝俄羅斯紀念教堂”
- Dutch: “Herdenkingskerk van de Heilige Alexis”
- Esperanto: “Rusa kirko de Lepsiko”
- Esperanto: “Rusa preĝejo de Lepsiko”
- French: “Église du Souvenir à la gloire de la Russie”
- French: “église orthodoxe russe du souvenir”
- French: “Église orthodoxe russe du souvenir”
- French: “Église Saint-Alexis”
- German: “Russische Gedächtniskirche”
- German: “St. Alexej”
- German: “St.-Alexi-Gedächtniskirche zur Russischen Ehre”
- Polish: “Cerkiew św. Aleksego w Lipsku”
- Russian: “Храм-памятник русской славы в Лейпциге”
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