Schelf Church

Schelf Church
The Schelf Church of St. Nicholas
Shown within Germany
Basic information
Geographic coordinates 53°37′57″N 11°25′4″E / 53.63250°N 11.41778°E / 53.63250; 11.41778Coordinates: 53°37′57″N 11°25′4″E / 53.63250°N 11.41778°E / 53.63250; 11.41778
Affiliation Lutheranism
Status Active
Completed 1238

The Schelf Church of St. Nicholas (German: Schelfkirche St. Nikolai) is an Evangelical Lutheran church dedicated to Saint Nicholas in the Schelfstadt quarter of Schwerin in Germany. The church is owned and used by a congregation within the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Northern Germany. It was originally built in 1238, but was rebuilt in 1713 in the Baroque style after destruction by a storm. It is the family burial place of the House of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, including Sophia Louise of Mecklenburg-Schwerin.

Bibliography

  • Leonhard Christoph Sturm: Architectonisches Bedencken Von Protestantischer Kleinen Kirchen Figur und Einrichtung/ An Eine Durchläuchtige Person über einem gewissen Casu gestellet/ Und Als eine offtmahls vorkommende Sache zum gemeinen Nutzen im Druck gegeben/ Mit dazu gehörigen Rissen. Hamburg: Schiller 1712
  • Edgar Jakobs: Etwas von der Schelfkirche. In: Monatshefte für Mecklenburg. Schwerin, Bd. 14 (1938), 165, S. 397-398 (Digitalisat)


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