St. Nicolai (Braschwitz)

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St. Nicolai in Braschwitz
War Memorial of the First World War on the east side of the church

St. Nicolai is a listed Protestant church in the Braschwitz district of the city of Landsberg in Saxony-Anhalt . In the local register of monuments it is recorded as a monument under registration number 094 55044 . It belongs to the parish Hohenthurm in the parish of Halle-Saale district of the Evangelical Church in Central Germany .

General and history

The church is located at Brunnenstrasse 22 in Braschwitz and is a typical Romanesque church for the area with a massive west transverse tower. Bricks on the doors and window openings indicate a renovation that also affected the nave , and the tower also seems to have been raised. Saint Nicholas is the patron saint of the church .

Outdoor area

On the site of the church there are numerous baroque tombstones, as well as a bell and the war memorial for those who died in the First World War in the place.

War memorial

The war memorial for the fallen of World War I is on the outside of the east wall of the church. It is a plaque with the names of the fallen, decorated with a soldier's helmet with oak leaves .

Web links

Commons : St. Nikolai (Braschwitz)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Short question and answer Olaf Meister (Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen), Prof. Dr. Claudia Dalbert (Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen), Ministry of Culture March 19, 2015 Printed matter 6/3905 (KA 6/8670) List of monuments Saxony-Anhalt
  2. a b St. Nicolai (Braschwitz) , Saalekreis im Bild, accessed on November 22, 2017
  3. ^ First World War (Braschwitz) , Saalekreis im Bild, accessed on November 22, 2017

Coordinates: 51 ° 31 '18.7 "  N , 12 ° 3' 33.9"  E