St. Nikolai

St. Nikolai is the name of a Protestant parish and its church in Kiel, the capital of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is the metropolis's oldest constructing, on the Alter Markt. It became committed to Saint Nicholas. In the 19th century, it turned into revamped in Gothic Revival style. Destroyed in World War II, it become rebuilt with a less complicated contemporary interior. It capabilities remarkable works of art which include a bronze baptismal font from 1340, an altar from 1460, a triumphal go from 1490, a wood-carved pulpit from 1705, and out of doors a bronze by means of Ernst Barlach from 1928.

The building changed into started rapidly after the foundation of the city through Adolf IV of Schauenburg and Holstein, c. 1242. The church is first cited in a document of 1246, committed to Saint Nicholas, the patron saint of seafarers and traders. The original Gothic hall church became modified hundred years later, following the version of St. Petri , via including a protracted choir, and constructing 3 naves. The steeple turned into linked to the church by the annex of chapels.