The Schelf Church of St. Nicholas (German: 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.
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Plan by Schlie -
Schelfe and the medieval Schelf Church before 1651 -
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| Schelf Church | |
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 The Schelf Church of St. Nicholas | |
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Lutheranism |
| Status | Active |
| Location | |
  Shown within Mecklenburg-Vorpommern  Schelf Church (Germany) | |
| Geographic coordinates | 53°37′57″N 11°25′4″E / 53.63250°N 11.41778°E |
| Architecture | |
| Completed | 1238 |
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 (Digitalisat)
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