St. Nicholas Church, Stralsund
St. Nicholas Church (German: Nikolaikirche) is the oldest of the three major parish churches of the Hanseatic city of Stralsund in Germany. It was dedicated in 1279 to St. Nicholas of Myra, the patron saint of sailors. Since 1524 it has been an Evangelical Lutheran church. It is one of the earliest examples of the introduction of the cathedral pattern of northern France into the Brick Gothic architecture of the Baltic region. As part of the historic centre of Stralsund, St. Nicholas Church was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2002.
| St. Nicholas Church | |
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Nikolaikirche | |
St. Nicholas Church in Stralsund, seen from the roof of the Ozeaneum | |
St. Nicholas Church Location of St. Nicholas Church in Stralsund, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany St. Nicholas Church St. Nicholas Church (Germany) | |
| 54°18′55″N 13°05′29″E | |
| Location | Stralsund |
| Country | Germany |
| Denomination | Lutheran |
| Previous denomination | Catholic |
| Website | nikolai-stralsund |
| History | |
| Dedication | St. Nicholas of Myra |
| Dedicated | 1276 |
| Architecture | |
| Architectural type | Gothic |
| Groundbreaking | 1234 |
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