The Schelf Church of St. Nicholas (german: Schelfkirche St. Nikolai) is an

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church dedicated to

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in the

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quarter of

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. The church is owned and used by a congregation within the

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. It was originally built in 1238, but was rebuilt in 1713 in the

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after destruction by a storm. It is the family burial place of the House of

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, including

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. 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

* 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
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