Luneburg No. 2 / Lueneburg / Lüneburg

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view of church exterior - east view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © DerHexer, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 5 June 2010 by DerHexer [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St._Nicholas_Church,_Lüneburg.jpg] [accessed 16 April 2018]
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view of church exterior in context - south view

Source caption: "Lüneburg, Nicolaikirche, vom Wasserturm aus gesehen".
Scene Description: Source caption: "Lüneburg, Nicolaikirche, vom Wasserturm aus gesehen".
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Andreas Praefcke, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken in June 201 by Andreas Praefcke [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lüneburg_Nicolaikirche_vom_Wasserturm.jpg] [accessed 16 April 2018]
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view of church interior - altar and retable

the mid-15thC winged retable was brought to Nikolaikirche when Lambertikirche was demolished in 1861; the sculpture is by Hans Snitker d. Ä, of Lüneburg, and the paintings on the wings by Hans Bornemann, of Hamburg
Scene Description: the mid-15thC winged retable was brought to Nikolaikirche when Lambertikirche was demolished in 1861; the sculpture is by Hans Snitker d. Ä, of Lüneburg, and the paintings on the wings by Hans Bornemann, of Hamburg
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Frank Vincentz, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 May 2009 by Frank Vincentz [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lüneburg_-_Sankt_Nicolai_in_07_ies.jpg] [accessed 16 April 2018]
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view of church interior - nave - looking east

the wings of the main retable are closed
Scene Description: the wings of the main retable are closed
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Hajotthu, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 April 2014 by Hajotthu [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St._Nicolai_Lüneburg_Langhaus_und_Altar_01.JPG] [accessed 16 April 2018]
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view of church interior - nave - looking east

the wings of the main retable are fully open
Scene Description: the wings of the main retable are fully open
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Hajotthu, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 July 2915 by Hajotthu [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St._Nicolai_Lüneburg@20150722_b.jpg] [accessed 16 April 2018]
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view of church interior - retable

retable now set in the ambulatory of this church, but originally from the monastic church at Kloster Heiligenthal, near Lüneburg; the mid-15thC paintings are attributed to Hans Bornemann, of Hamburg
Scene Description: retable now set in the ambulatory of this church, but originally from the monastic church at Kloster Heiligenthal, near Lüneburg; the mid-15thC paintings are attributed to Hans Bornemann, of Hamburg
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Frank Vincentz, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 May 2009 by Frank Vincentz [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lüneburg_-_Sankt_Nicolai_in_18_ies.jpg] [accessed 16 April 2018]
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view of font in context

the font is partially visible here, in the foreground, left [north] side
Scene Description: the font is partially visible here, in the foreground, left [north] side
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Frank Vincentz, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 May 2009 by Frank Vincentz [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lüneburg_-_Sankt_Nicolai_in_07_ies.jpg] [accessed 16 April 2018]
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INFORMATION

FontID: 21677LUN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Evangelisch-lutherische Sankt Nicolai Kirche [originally from Cyriacuskirche]
Church Patron Saints: St. Nicholas of Myra
Church Location: Lüner Str. 15, 21335 Lüneburg, Germany -- Tel.: +49 4131 2430770
Country Name: Germany
Location: Lüneburg, Niedersachsen
Directions to Site: Located off (W) highway 209, 45 km SE of Hamburg
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, by the main altar
Date: ca. 1325?
Century and Period: 13th century (early?)
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Master Ulricus
Church Notes: built early-15thC and expanded soon thereafter; re-built 19thC; -- St Cyriacuskirche was demolished in 1651
Font Notes:
A bronze font in this church but originally from the disappeared Cyriacuskirche in Lüneburg is noted in 'Mittelalterliche Bronzefünten des niederdeutschen Kulturraums' [https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mittelalterliche_Bronzefünten_des_niederdeutschen_Kulturraums] [accessed 30 March 2010]: "Aus der 1651 abgebrochenen Cyriacuskirche in Lüneburg übernommen."

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 53.251672, 10.41
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 53° 15′ 6.02″ N, 10° 24′ 36″ E
UTM: 32U 594072 5901195