St. Michael Church

St. Michaelis is one of the main churches in , , Germany. It was first an abbey church of the former monastery of Benedictines, built from 1376 in brick Gothic style.
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  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Lutheran
  • Description: church in Lüneburg, Lower Saxony, Germany
  • Also known as: “Abteikirche St. Maria und Michael”, “St. Michaelis”, “St. Michaelis (Lüneburg)”, and “St. Michaelis, Lüneburg”
  • Address: Johann-Sebastian-Bach-Platz 1, Lüneburg, 21335

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include East Prussian Regional Museum and Kalkberg.

Museum
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The , with a Baltic German department, in , in , was established in 1987 on the basis of the East Prussian Hunting Museum created by forester Hans Loeffke. is situated 540 metres southeast of St. Michael Church.

Peak
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is a peak.

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is a water tower in the southeastern part of the old town in , , built by the architect Franz Krüger, from designs by Richard Kampf. is situated 1 km east of St. Michael Church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Reppenstedt and Vögelsen.

Village
is a municipality and the administrative centre of the Samtgemeinde Gellersen within the in , . is situated 3 km west of St. Michael Church.

Village
is a municipality in the , in , . is situated 4½ km northwest of St. Michael Church.

Hamlet
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is a village in the municipality of in the district of , , . It is located in the south-west of Lüneburg, the closest larger city which offers important infrastructure such as a railway station, highway access and a sport airfield. is situated 5 km southwest of St. Michael Church.

St. Michael Church

Latitude
53.24942° or 53° 14′ 58″ north
Longitude
10.40121° or 10° 24′ 4″ east
Inception
1376
Roof shape
hipped
Wheelchair access
limited
Open location code
9F5G6CX2+QF
Open­Street­Map ID
way 88049858
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­church
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­lutheran
Wiki­data ID
Q1302330
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In Other Languages

From Bashkir to Ukrainian—“St. Michael Church” goes by many names.
  • Bashkir: “Изге Михаил сиркәүе (Люнебург)”
  • Bashkir: “Изге Михаил сиркәүе”
  • Chinese: “圣米歇尔教堂”
  • Chinese: “聖米歇爾教堂”
  • Chinese: “聖馬可教堂”
  • Dutch: “Sint-Michaelkerk (Luneburg)”
  • Dutch: “Sint-Michaëlkerk”
  • French: “église Saint-Michel de Lunebourg”
  • French: “Église Saint-Michel de Lunebourg”
  • French: “Église Saint-Michel”
  • German: “St. Michaelis (Lüneburg)”
  • German: “St. Michaelis”
  • Greek: “Εκκλησία Αγίου Μιχαήλ”
  • Hebrew: “יננבורג, סנט מיכאל (מנזר בנדיקטני) National Library of Israel”
  • Hebrew: “סנט מיכאל”
  • Japanese: “聖ミカエル教会”
  • Polish: “Kościół św. Michała w Lüneburgu”
  • Portuguese: “Igreja de São Miguel”
  • Russian: “Церковь Святого Михаила (Люнебург)”
  • Russian: “Церковь Святого Михаила”
  • Spanish: “Iglesia de San Miguel”
  • Ukrainian: “церква святого Міхаеля (Люнебург)”
  • “St. Michaelis”
  • “St. Michaelis (Lüneburg)”

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