St. Thomas Church, Leipzig

E52612
Lutheran church church building landmark

St. Thomas Church in Leipzig is a historic Lutheran church renowned as the longtime workplace and burial site of composer Johann Sebastian Bach and as the home of the famed Thomanerchor boys' choir.

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All labels observed (9)

Label Occurrences
St. Thomas Church, Leipzig canonical 15
Thomaskirche, Leipzig 7
Cantor at St. Thomas, Leipzig 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Lutheran church ⓘ
church building ⓘ
landmark ⓘ
architecturalStyle Gothic architecture ⓘ
Decorated Gothic ⓘ
surface form: Late Gothic architecture
associatedWith Felix Mendelssohn ⓘ
surface form: Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy

Johann Sebastian Bach ⓘ
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra ⓘ
Thomanerchor ⓘ
category Churches in Leipzig ⓘ
Johann Sebastian Bach sites ⓘ
Lutheran churches in Saxony ⓘ
city Leipzig ⓘ
country Germany ⓘ
denomination Evangelical-Lutheran ⓘ
foundedAs Roman Catholic church ⓘ
function parish church ⓘ
hasChoir Thomanerchor ⓘ
hasOrgan pipe organ ⓘ
hasPart Bach grave ⓘ
Bach memorial inside the church ⓘ
St. Thomas Church choir stalls ⓘ
St. Thomas Church nave ⓘ
St. Thomas Church tower ⓘ
heritageDesignation cultural heritage monument in Leipzig ⓘ
heritageStatus protected monument ⓘ
knownFor Lutheran church music tradition ⓘ
association with Johann Sebastian Bach ⓘ
burial site of Johann Sebastian Bach ⓘ
home of the Thomanerchor boys' choir ⓘ
locatedIn Germany ⓘ
Leipzig ⓘ
Saxony ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Central European Summer Time ⓘ
Central European Time ⓘ
municipality Leipzig ⓘ
musicDirectorTitle Thomaskantor ⓘ
namedAfter Apostle Thomas ⓘ
surface form: Saint Thomas the Apostle
notableClergy Johann Hermann Schein ⓘ
Johann Kuhnau ⓘ
Johann Sebastian Bach ⓘ
Karl Straube ⓘ
parish St. Thomas Church, Leipzig self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Evangelical-Lutheran St. Thomas parish, Leipzig
primaryUse Christian worship ⓘ
religion Lutheranism ⓘ
secondaryUse concert venue ⓘ
touristAttraction yes ⓘ
tradition Lutheran liturgical music ⓘ
uses German language in services ⓘ

Referenced by (29)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Johann Sebastian Bach → employer → St. Thomas Church, Leipzig ⓘ
Johann Sebastian Bach → positionHeld → St. Thomas Church, Leipzig ⓘ
this entity surface form: Thomaskantor in Leipzig
Johann Sebastian Bach → burialPlace → St. Thomas Church, Leipzig ⓘ
Leipzig → hasCulturalInstitution → St. Thomas Church, Leipzig ⓘ
this entity surface form: Thomaskirche (St. Thomas Church)
St. Thomas Church, Leipzig → parish → St. Thomas Church, Leipzig self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Evangelical-Lutheran St. Thomas parish, Leipzig
Johann Christian Bach → educatedAt → St. Thomas Church, Leipzig ⓘ
this entity surface form: St. Thomas School, Leipzig
St Matthew Passion → firstPerformancePlace → St. Thomas Church, Leipzig ⓘ
this entity surface form: Thomaskirche, Leipzig
Christmas Oratorio → firstPerformancePlace → St. Thomas Church, Leipzig ⓘ
Bach-Archiv Leipzig → locatedNear → St. Thomas Church, Leipzig ⓘ
this entity surface form: Thomaskirche (St. Thomas Church, Leipzig)
St. Thomas Church tower → associatedWith → St. Thomas Church, Leipzig ⓘ
this entity surface form: Thomaskirche
St. Thomas Church nave → partOf → St. Thomas Church, Leipzig ⓘ
Thomanerchor → residence → St. Thomas Church, Leipzig ⓘ
Thomanerchor → primaryVenue → St. Thomas Church, Leipzig ⓘ
Thomanerchor → performsRegularlyAt → St. Thomas Church, Leipzig ⓘ
Thomaskantor → appliesToInstitution → St. Thomas Church, Leipzig ⓘ
Thomaskantor → hasTitleForm → St. Thomas Church, Leipzig ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cantor at St. Thomas, Leipzig
Karl Straube → employer → St. Thomas Church, Leipzig ⓘ
Johann Hermann Schein → employer → St. Thomas Church, Leipzig ⓘ
Johann Hermann Schein → burialPlace → St. Thomas Church, Leipzig ⓘ
Kommt, ihr Töchter, helft mir klagen → firstPerformanceVenue → St. Thomas Church, Leipzig ⓘ
this entity surface form: Thomaskirche, Leipzig
BWV 244 → firstPerformancePlace → St. Thomas Church, Leipzig ⓘ
this entity surface form: Thomaskirche, Leipzig
BWV 244 → associatedChurch → St. Thomas Church, Leipzig ⓘ
Johann Kuhnau → employer → St. Thomas Church, Leipzig ⓘ
BWV 248 → intendedVenue → St. Thomas Church, Leipzig ⓘ
this entity surface form: Thomaskirche, Leipzig
Cantata II → firstPerformanceChurch → St. Thomas Church, Leipzig ⓘ
subject surface form: Cantata II (Christmas Oratorio)
this entity surface form: Thomaskirche, Leipzig
Cantata III → firstPerformanceVenue → St. Thomas Church, Leipzig ⓘ
subject surface form: Cantata III (Christmas Oratorio)
this entity surface form: Thomaskirche, Leipzig
Cantata IV → firstPerformanceChurch → St. Thomas Church, Leipzig ⓘ
this entity surface form: Thomaskirche, Leipzig
Cantata V → firstPerformanceVenue → St. Thomas Church, Leipzig ⓘ
Cantata VI → originalPerformanceContext → St. Thomas Church, Leipzig ⓘ