Schelf Church

Schelf Church
The Schelf Church of St. Nicholas
Religion
AffiliationLutheranism
StatusActive
Location
Schelf Church is located in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Schelf Church
Shown within Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Schelf Church is located in Germany
Schelf Church
Schelf Church (Germany)
Geographic coordinates53°37′57″N 11°25′4″E / 53.63250°N 11.41778°E / 53.63250; 11.41778
Architecture
Completed1238

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.

  • Plan by Schlie
    Plan by Schlie
  • Schelfe and the medieval Schelf Church before 1651
    Schelfe and the medieval Schelf Church before 1651
  • Inscription
    Inscription

Bibliography

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  • 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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