St. Nicholas' Chapel (German: Nikolaikapelle) is an architectural heritage monument (Baudenkmal) and the oldest building in Hanover, Germany.[1][2]: 8 First built as a chapel dedicated to Saint Nicholas between 1250 and 1284 and a choir dating to 1325,[3] it was damaged severely during the aerial bombings of Hanover during World War II.[1]: 13 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 699-year-old choir left standing as a monument.[4]: 287–289
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 (●). [de ]
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| 52°22′41″N 9°43′55″E / 52.377935°N 9.732055°E | |
| Location | Hanover |
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| Completion date | 1952 |
Nikolaikapelle | |
 The chapel in 1898 | |
| Location | Hanover |
| Country | Germany |
| Denomination | Lutheran |
| Previous denomination | Catholic |
| Architecture | |
| Completed | 1325 |
Epitaphs at the chapel edit
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Group of epitaphs next to the chapel -
Epitaph for Ludolf von Anderten and his family (1601) -
![Epitaph for ILSA MARGARE[TA?] († 1654), daughter of Justus Müller and his wife](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Hannover_Nikolaikapelle_Epitaph_for_Ilsa_Margareta_%281654%29.jpg/86px-Hannover_Nikolaikapelle_Epitaph_for_Ilsa_Margareta_%281654%29.jpg)
Epitaph for ILSA MARGARE[TA?] († 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 ILSA MARGARE[TA?] († 1654), daughter of Justus Müller and his wife](/wiki/File:Hannover_Nikolaikapelle_Epitaph_for_Ilsa_Margareta_(1654).jpg)
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See also edit
General references edit
- von Meding, Conrad (18 November 2012). "Bagger reißt Gräber am Nikolaifriedhof auf". Hannoversche Allgemeine (in German). Archived from the original on 28 November 2012. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
- von Meding, Conrad (11 May 2016). "Knochenfund an der Nikolaikapelle wird untersucht". Hannoversche Allgemeine (in German). Archived from the original on 11 May 2016. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
- Bornemann, Andreas-Andrew. "Die Nikolai-Kapelle". Postkarten-Archiv (in German). Archived from the original on 9 January 2020.
- Anthes, Ralph. "Hannover - Zentrum - Rund um das Steintor – Nikolaikapelle (nördlich vom Steintor)". stadthistorie.info (in German). Archived from the original on 10 January 2017. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
References edit
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- ^ a b 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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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