Schelf Church
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|caption = The Schelf Church of St. Nicholas
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The Schelf Church of St. Nicholas ({{langx|de|Schelfkirche St. Nikolai}}) is an Evangelical Lutheran church dedicated to Saint Nicholas in the Schelfstadt quarter of Schwerin in Germany. The church is owned and used by a congregation within the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Northern Germany. It was originally built in 1238, but was rebuilt in 1713 in the Baroque style after destruction by a storm. It is the family burial place of the House of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, including Sophia Louise of Mecklenburg-Schwerin.
Image:Schelfkirche Grundriss.png|Plan by Schlie
Image:Schelfkirche Schwerin 1653.jpg|Schelfe and the medieval Schelf Church before 1651
File:Schwerin_Schelfkirche_Inschrift.jpg|Inscription
Bibliography
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- Leonhard Christoph Sturm: Architectonisches Bedencken Von Protestantischer Kleinen Kirchen Figur und Einrichtung/ An Eine Durchläuchtige Person über einem gewissen Casu gestellet/ Und Als eine offtmahls vorkommende Sache zum gemeinen Nutzen im Druck gegeben/ Mit dazu gehörigen Rissen. Hamburg: Schiller 1712
- Edgar Jakobs: Etwas von der Schelfkirche. In: Monatshefte für Mecklenburg. Schwerin, Bd. 14 (1938), 165, S. 397-398 ([https://web.archive.org/web/20070926221224/http://portal.hsb.hs-wismar.de/pub/lbmv/mmh/jg014/519600576.pdf Digitalisat])
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Category:Buildings and structures in Schwerin
Category:1713 establishments in the Holy Roman Empire
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