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St. Nicholas Church (german: St. Nikolaikirche) in Potsdam is a Lutheran church under the
Evangelical Church in Berlin, Brandenburg and Silesian Upper Lusatia The Evangelical Church Berlin-Brandenburg-Silesian Upper Lusatia (german: Evangelische Kirche Berlin-Brandenburg-schlesische Oberlausitz, EKBO) is a United Protestant church body in the German states of Brandenburg, Berlin and a part of Saxony ( ...
of the Evangelical Church in Germany on the Old Market Square (''Alter Markt'') in Potsdam. The central plan building in the Classicist style and dedicated to
Saint Nicholas Saint Nicholas of Myra, ; la, Sanctus Nicolaus (traditionally 15 March 270 – 6 December 343), also known as Nicholas of Bari, was an early Christian bishop of Greeks, Greek descent from the maritime city of Myra in Asia Minor (; modern-da ...
was built to plans by Karl Friedrich Schinkel in the years 1830 to 1837. The tambour of the 77-metre-high church that towers above the roofs of the city was built later, from 1843 to 1850. Its construction was taken over by Ludwig Persius and, from 1845, Friedrich August Stüler. Towards the end of the Second World War, the church was hit during the British air raid on Potsdam and subsequently badly damaged by Soviet artillery fire. After many years of rebuilding the church was re-consecrated in 1981 by the Evangelical Parish of St. Nicholas, Potsdam, and, today, is open to visitors. In addition to the normal church services, concert events are also held in the church.


Literature

* Dietmar Beuchtel, Ursula Treichel: ''St. Nikolai in Potsdam''. DKV-Kunstführer. Vol. 424,9. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich - Berlin 1999 (3rd ed.). * Gemeindekirchenrat der Ev. St. Nikolai-Kirchen-Gemeinde Potsdam (ed.): ''St. Nikolai Potsdam. 150 Jahre unter der Kuppel''. UNZE, Teltow 2000. * Kuratorium der Nikolaikirche (Hrg.): ''St. Nikolai Potsdam - ein Rückblick anläßlich der Wiedereinweihung 1981.'' Potsdam 1981, W. Kreutzmann, Leipzig 1989. * F. Wilhelm Riehl: ''Die St. Nikolai-Kirche in Potsdam, ihre Geschichte und gegenwärtige Gestalt.'' Mit einem Grundrisse der Kirche. Potsdam 1850. * Waltraud Volk: ''Potsdam. Historische Straßen und Plätze heute''. Verlag für Bauwesen, Berlin - Munich, 1993 (3rd ed.). * ''Atlas zur Zeitschrift für Bauwesen''. Jg. III, Berlin 1853 Tafeln 1ff
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See also

* Day of Potsdam


External links


St. Nicholas Evangelical Parish, Potsdam


References

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