St. Nikolai Church, Hamburg

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St. Nikolai Church in Hamburg is a former Gothic Revival church whose towering spire once made it the tallest building in the world in the 19th century and now serves primarily as a memorial and museum.

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Label Occurrences
St. Nikolai Church, Hamburg canonical 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Gothic Revival architecture
former church building
memorial
museum
architect George Gilbert Scott
architecturalStyle Gothic Revival
builtFor Protestant worship
category Churches in Hamburg
Gothic Revival church buildings in Germany
World War II memorials in Germany
country Germany
currentUse memorial
museum
dedicatedTo Saint Nicholas of Myra
denomination Lutheran
formerUse parish church
function museum of the history of Hamburg in World War II
war memorial
hasPart church spire
church tower
crypt
memorial site
museum exhibition
hasViewpoint observation platform in the tower
hasWebsite https://www.mahnmal-st-nikolai.de/
height approximately 147 metres
heritageDesignation listed building in Hamburg
languageOfName German
locatedIn Hamburg-Mitte
surface form: Altstadt, Hamburg

Hamburg
Hamburg-Mitte
locatedNear Binnenalster
Hamburg City Hall
material brick
sandstone
namedAfter Saint Nicholas of Myra
surface form: Saint Nicholas
nativeName Hauptkirche Sankt Nikolai
notableFor one of the tallest church spires in the world
ruined nave preserved as open memorial
religiousAffiliation Evangelical Lutheran Church in Northern Germany
significantEvent burned out during Operation Gomorrah in 1943
severely damaged in World War II air raids
topicOf exhibitions on the bombing of Hamburg
towerAccessibleBy elevator
towerType church spire
wasTallestBuildingInTheWorld from 1874 to 1876

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Subject: St. Nikolai Church, Hamburg
Description of subject: St. Nikolai Church in Hamburg is a former Gothic Revival church whose towering spire once made it the tallest building in the world in the 19th century and now serves primarily as a memorial and museum.

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Strasbourg Cathedral surpassedBy St. Nikolai Church, Hamburg