St. Nicholas Church, Hamburg

The Church of St. Nicholas is a Gothic Revival cathedral that was formerly one of the five Lutheran Hauptkirchen in the city of Hamburg, Germany. The original chapel, a wooden building, was completed in 1195.
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  • Opening hours:
    May—September: 10:00 AM—6:00 PM
    October—April: 10:00 AM—5:00 PM
  • Type: Museum
  • Description: church building in Altstadt (Hamburg), Germany
  • Also known as: “St. Nicholas‘ Church” and “St. Nikolai Museum”
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Miniature Wonderland and Speicherstadt.

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The Miniatur Wunderland is, according to Guinness World Records, the largest model railway system in the world. It is located at the historic in and is one of the most popular and most visited sights in . is situated 450 metres south of St. Nicholas 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 490 metres southwest of St. Nicholas Church, Hamburg.

Town hall
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Hamburg City Hall is the seat of local government of , Germany. It is the seat of the government of Hamburg and as such, the seat of one of Germany's 16 state parliaments. is situated 310 metres north of St. Nicholas Church, Hamburg.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Neustadt-Altstadt and HafenCity.

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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.

Suburb
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is a quarter in the borough of , , . It is located on the river island Grasbrook, on the former area.

Suburb
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is one of the districts of the , .

St. Nicholas Church, Hamburg

Latitude
53.54766° or 53° 32′ 52″ north
Longitude
9.9912° or 9° 59′ 28″ east
Open location code
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Open­Street­Map attribute
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Wiki­data ID
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Wu Chinese—“St. Nicholas Church, Hamburg” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كنيسة القديس نيقولا”
  • Aragonese: “Ilesia de Sant Nicolau d’Hamburgo”
  • Armenian: “Սուրբ Նիկոլայի տաճար”
  • Azerbaijani: “Müqəddəs Nikolay kilsəsi (Hamburq)”
  • Azerbaijani: “Müqəddəs Nikolay kilsəsi”
  • Basque: “San Nikolas eliza”
  • Belarusian: “Царква Святога Мікалая, Гамбург”
  • Belarusian: “Царква Святога Мікалая”
  • Bengali: “সেন্ট নিকোলাস গির্জা জার্মানি”
  • Bengali: “সেন্ট নিকোলাস গির্জা”
  • Chinese: “圣尼古拉教堂”
  • Czech: “Kostel svatého Mikuláše v Hamburku”
  • Czech: “Kostel svatého Mikuláše”
  • Dutch: “Nikolaiturm”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسه القديس نيقولا”
  • Esperanto: “Preĝejo Sankta Nikolao de Hamburgo”
  • French: “église Saint-Nicolas de Hambourg”
  • French: “Église Saint-Nicolas de Hambourg”
  • German: “Ehemalige Hauptkirche St. Nikolai”
  • German: “Hauptkirche St. Nikolai”
  • German: “St. Nikolai (Hamburg)”
  • German: “St.-Nikolai-Kirche”
  • Greek: “ναός του Αγίου Νικολάου στο Αμβούργο”
  • Greek: “Ναός του Αγίου Νικολάου στο Αμβούργο”
  • Hebrew: “כנסיית ניקולאי הקדוש”
  • Hungarian: “Szent Miklós-templom”
  • Indonesian: “Gereja Santo Nikolai, Hamburg”
  • Indonesian: “Gereja Santo Nikolaus, Hamburg”
  • Italian: “chiesa di San Nicola”
  • Italian: “Chiesa di San Nicola”
  • Japanese: “ニコライキレヒェ、ハンブルグ”
  • Japanese: “聖ニコライ教会”
  • Korean: “성 니콜라이 교회”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Nikolaikirken i Hamburg”
  • Norwegian: “Nikolaikirken i Hamburg”
  • Persian: “کلیسای سنت نیکولاس هامبورگ”
  • Polish: “Kościół Główny św. Mikołaja w Hamburgu”
  • Polish: “Kościół św. Mikołaja w Hamburgu”
  • Russian: “Церковь Святого Николая”
  • Slovak: “Kostol svätého Mikuláša”
  • Slovenian: “Cerkev sv. Nikolaja, Hamburg”
  • Slovenian: “Cerkev svetega Nikolaja, Hamburg”
  • Spanish: “iglesia de San Nicolas”
  • Spanish: “iglesia de San Nicolás”
  • Spanish: “Iglesia de San Nicolás”
  • Swedish: “S:t Nikolai-kyrkan”
  • Turkish: “Aziz Nikolai Kilisesi”
  • Welsh: “Eglwys Sant Nicholas, Hamburg”
  • Wu Chinese: “圣尼古拉教堂 (汉堡)”
  • Wu Chinese: “圣尼古拉教堂（汉堡）”

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