Nikolaikirche
Nikolaikirche Leipzig
One of the oldest churches in Leipzig, the Nikolaikirche (St. Nicholas’s Church) has always been closely connected with the city’s history and the lives of its inhabitants. It may be this special connection which the citizens feel they have with their city and parish church that has engendered the persistent changes the church’s exterior and interior went through. Whatever shape St. Nicholas’s Church took as is was developing from the original Romanesque basilica with its massive twin tower assembly to a Gothic hall church which became extended by another tower before it underwent a classicistic re-design of the interior: the church has always reflected the self-understanding of the citizens.
When it comes to musical activities, St. Nicholas’s Church has been affiliated to its neighbouring church St. Thomas’s Church (Thomaskirche) from time immemorial. While St. Nicholas’s Church is regarded as Leipzig’s main parish church, it never employed an own choirmaster and organist. Instead, it was the choirmaster of the Thomasschule – and, during his Leipzig period between 1723 and 1750, Johann Sebastian Bach, too – who was responsible for the church music performed in the two main churches St. Nicholas und St. Thomas, as well as in the New St. Matthew’s Church (Neue Kirche St. Matthäi) and St. Peter’s Church (Peterskirche).
Address
Nikolaikirchhof
04109 Leipzig
accessible to wheelchair users
Public transport
5 to 10 min. walk from the main station
Traffic information via the Leipziger Verkehrsbetriebe: https://www.l.de/en/mobility/trip-planner/
