Nikolaikirchturm Altenburg
The Nikolaikirche is located in Altenburg in the Altenburger Land district in Thuringia .
The church was a Romanesque fortified church from the 13th century.
history
In the 11th century a Romanesque fortified church was built as a predecessor, which was replaced by a new church in the 13th century. In 1428 and 1562 this was the victim of major fires. In 1528 the ruins of the nave were removed.
The 45 m high church tower , into which a tower keeper moved in 1609 , has been preserved as a lookout tower to this day .
Web links
Commons : Nikolaikirchturm - collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ Altenburger Nikolaikirchhof on altenburg-tourismus.de
- ↑ The Church ( memento of October 6, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) on www.abg-info.de
Coordinates: 50 ° 58 ′ 58.5 ″ N , 12 ° 25 ′ 50.1 ″ E