St. Niels is aLutheran church inWesterland, a seaside resort on theGerman island ofSylt. Built in 1634 and consecrated in 1637 it is the city’s oldest building and home to a congregation within theEvangelical Lutheran Church in Northern Germany. The church is dedicated to Saint Nicholas, on Sylt called Niels.[1]
St. Niels has acrucifix from the 13th or 14th century. Its corpus is dated the second half of the 15th century. St. Niels’gothic carvedtriptych shows thecoronation ofVirgin Mary in its middleshrine accompanied by the bishops Nicholas or Severin on its right and Dionysius on its left side. The altar wings contain figures of theapostles. Achandelier with 14 arms is dated 1682 while abrass candlestick with 8 arms is probably older.
Theorgan made by the organ workshopMarcussen & Søn was installed in 1875. A new one, using the old pipes, was built by Kemper & Sohn in 1965/1966. During a renovation of St. Niehls in 1987 the organ was refurbished by the company Neuthor (Kiel) substituting theorgan stops Quinte 1 1/3 by Krummhorn 8.
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