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The gable of the southern transept is covered with decorations of glazed terracotta. There is a large and sophisticated blind rose window with a golden sun in the center. There are galleries with an abundant number of relief sculptures of saints and kings.
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church in the world after St Mary's of Lübeck. St Nicholas along with St Mary's and St George's is one of the three great churches that dominate the skyline of the city of Wismar. As part of Wismar's historic centre, it was inscribed on the
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was built from 1381 until 1487 as a church for sailors and fishermen. St Nicholas is one of the finest testaments to
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1703 – Spire collapses in a severe Storm, severely damaging the roof, vaulting, decor and furnishing of the nave.
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1370 – Start of alterations to the basilica with a choir ambulatory, based on the design of the
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The high altar and the triumphal cross from St. George ( both c. 1430 ) in the southside
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1975 – The Mende organ from Freiberg in Saxony arrives at St Nicholas Church.
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1945 – St Nicholas remains the only large church in Wismar undamaged by war.
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enhancements, and was constructed by Johann Gottlob Mende ( 1787- 1850 ).
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1989 – St Nicholas becomes a platform for political protest in Wismar.
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1890 – Complete renovation in the contemporary neo-gothic style.
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The high altar is a product of the late Baroque period. (1774)
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1434 – Construction of the flanking aisles, annexes and naves.
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Both eastern edges of the tower are decorated with squared
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1270 – A dispatch mentions new construction at St Nicholas.
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1523 – Heinrich Never brings the Reformation to Wismar.
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1632 – Wismar captured and held by Sweden until 1803.
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Pulpit (1708). A Baroque work by Johannes von Rehn.
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