St. Catherine's Church
Lübeck's Old City, Germany
Open to visitors
The interior is normally open, possibly ticketed.
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- Opening hours
- Th-Su 12:00-16:00
- Admission
- Ticketed
- Wheelchair access
- Accessible
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St. Catherine's Church in Lübeck's Old City is a Brick Gothic structure built beginning in 1301 and designed by Paul Laspeyres. Originally part of a Franciscan monastery dedicated to Saint Catherine of Alexandria, the church was seized by the city in 1531 following a Lutheran church ordinance drawn up by Johannes Bugenhagen, the pastor and ally of Martin Luther who had arrived in Lübeck to advance the Reformation. Now a museum church and exhibition hall managed by Lübeck's museums since 1980, it displays works including a copy of Bernt Notke's *Saint George and the Dragon*, epitaphs by Godfrey Kneller and Tintoretto's *Resurrection of Lazarus*, and 20th-century clinker brick sculptures by Ernst Barlach and Gerhard Marcks adorning its facade. Designated a Kulturdenkmal, the church forms part of the Lübeck World Heritage Site.
Architect
Movement
- Built
- Type
- church building, museum
- Materials
- brick
- Heritage
- Kulturdenkmal
- Place
- Lübeck's Old City, Germany
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