St. Nikolai Memorial | Hamburg Germany

The ruins of this church, bombed by Allied forces during Operation Gomorrah in 1943, now house a WWII memorial and museum.
The first chapel dedicated to Saint Nicholas, patron saint of sailors, was erected in the 12th century on the banks of the Alster river. Later, the wooden chapel became a sizeable brick and stone church which remained in place until the mid-19th century, when, in the Great Fire of 1842, the St. Nikolai Church was the first large public building to burn.
Soon after the fire, citizens of Hamburg started a fundraising campaign to rebuild the church. After an architectural competition, the new church was designed in the neo-Gothic style by the English architect George Gilbert Scott. Construction started in 1846 and ended in 1874 with the completion of the 147.4-metre spire. At that time, the St. Nikolai Church was the tallest building in the world, though the cathedral of Rouen took its place in 1876.
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