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Monument in Hanover, Germany

St. Nicholas' Chapel
Nikolaikapelle
The monument in 2015
St. Nicholas' Chapel was situated outside the old town and the approximate location of the former 13th-century defensive wall encircling it (●) that was within the 17th-century inner bastion (●).
52°22′41″N 9°43′55″E / 52.377935°N 9.732055°E / 52.377935; 9.732055 Edit this at Wikidata
LocationHanover
Completion date1952; 73 years ago (1952)
Church in Hanover, Germany
Nikolaikapelle
The chapel in 1898
LocationHanover
CountryGermany
DenominationLutheran
Previous denominationCatholic
Architecture
Completed1325; 700 years ago (1325)
The chapel ruins in 2018
Copper engraving from 1740, depicting a procession towards the chapel at the bottom left

St. Nicholas' Chapel (German: Nikolaikapelle) is an architectural heritage monument (Baudenkmal) and the oldest building in Hanover, Germany. First built as a chapel dedicated to Saint Nicholas between 1250 and 1284 and a choir dating to 1325, it was damaged severely during the aerial bombings of Hanover during World War II. In 1953 the then approximately 700-year-old chapel was largely torn down to make way for a road as part of a larger post-war city-wide strategy to accommodate cars, with the currently 700-year-old choir left standing as a monument.

Epitaphs at the chapel

  • Group of epitaphs next to the chapel Group of epitaphs next to the chapel
  • Epitaph for Ludolf von Anderten and his family (1601) Epitaph for Ludolf von Anderten and his family (1601)
  • Epitaph for ILSA MARGARE († 1654), daughter of Justus Müller and his wife Epitaph for ILSA MARGARE († 1654), daughter of Justus Müller and his wife
  • Epitaph for shoemaker Hans Hagen (1627–1716) and his wife Margareta Wietgrefe (1633–1697), signed "H. J. U." for the sculptor Hans Jacob Uhle Epitaph for shoemaker Hans Hagen (1627–1716) and his wife Margareta Wietgrefe (1633–1697), signed "H. J. U." for the sculptor Hans Jacob Uhle

See also

General references

References

  1. Christian Ulrich Grupen (1740). Origines et antiquitates Hanoverenses: oder umständliche Abhandlung von dem Ursprunge und den Alterthümern der Stadt Hannover (in German). Göttingen: Universitätsverlag Göttingen. OCLC 457345571. OL 52994269M. Wikidata Q130753940. Archived from the original on 11 August 2023. Retrieved 2 November 2024.
  2. ^ Neß, Wolfgang; Rüttgerodt-Riechmann, Ilse; Weiß, Gerd (1985). Weiß, Gerd; Wulf, Walter (eds.). "Baudenkmale in Niedersachsen". Denkmaltopographie Bundesrepublik Deutschland (in German). 10 (2, Stadt Hannover). Braunschweig: Friedr. Vieweg & Sohn. doi:10.11588/diglit.44415. ISBN 3-528-06208-8.
  3. Schwarz, Henrike (2003). Beck, Silke; Bonk, Klaus; Helmer, Klaus; Wollkopf, Claudia (eds.). Der St. Nikolai-Friedhof und der Neustädter Friedhof (PDF) (in German). Hanover: Landeshauptstadt Hannover, Umwelt und Stadtgrün. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
  4. Conrad, Claus (2012). "Geschichte der St. Nikolai Friedhöfe" [History of the St Nikolai cemeteries] (PDF). St. Nikolai Stift zu Hannover (in German). Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
  5. Zalewski, P. Paul (2006). Stadtarchiv Hannover (ed.). "Neues über das älteste Bauwerk Hannovers – Zur Bauforschung an der Friedhofskapelle auf dem altstädtischen Nikolaifriedhof" (PDF). Hannoversche Geschichtsblätter (in German). 60. Landeshauptstadt Hannover: 265–289. ISBN 978-3-7752-5960-6. ISSN 0342-1104. Retrieved 12 November 2022.


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