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in 1938 (October 31) the church building served its congregation for the last time. Then the building, the oldest structure in Berlin proper, was given up to the government, to be used as a concert hall and ecclesiastical museum. The number of parishioners had shrunk due to the ever intensifying
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authorities permitted the rebuilding of the church with old designs and plans. Thus, the Church of St. Nicholas as seen today is largely a reconstruction. Today the church serves again as a museum and as a regular concert venue, administered by the
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of the inner city, as residential premises became superseded by offices and shops. The congregation later merged with that of the
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was the minister from 1691 to 1705. From 1913 to 1923, the minister at the Church of St. Nicholas was Wilhelm Wessel, whose son
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buildings (in some cases recent imitations). The church was built between 1220 and 1230, and is thus, along with the
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ca. 1243, after burning in the city fire of 11 August 1380 reconstructed until 1470, renovation 1877–1879
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last: March of Brandenburg ecclesiastical province, Kirchenkreis Stadt Berlin I (
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Stiftung Stadtmuseum Berlin (Landesmuseum für Kultur und Geschichte Berlins)
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This article is about the church in Berlin. For the church in Leipzig, see
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Buildings and structures in Berlin destroyed during World War II
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was musical director. The prominent Lutheran theologian Provost
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westwork
Our Lady
Affiliation
Roman Catholic
Lutheran
deanery
Evangelical Church of the old-Prussian Union
Nikolaiviertel
neighborhood
Berlin
Geographic coordinates
52°31′00″N 13°24′27″E / 52.516804°N 13.407547°E / 52.516804; 13.407547
Architect(s)
Hermann Blankenstein
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