
Oldest building in Leipzig's old town, built in the late 12th century. Gothic remodelling in the early 16th century.
The events of 1989 that eventually resulted in Germany's reunification started exactly in this building. The peace prayers on each Monday turned into large protest marches and let to the legendary Montagsdemo (Monday protest) at 9 Oct. 1989 when the fate of the German Democratic Republic was sealed. The defiant cry "We are the people!" moved the masses and shook the government.
The column you can see in the churchyard is a replica of the columns in the church, reminding of the Monday prayers. These prayers still happen today; they show a different face of Protestantism than that I've described in earlier postings, and St. Nikolai still is 'open for everybody'.
My (old) coffee-table book of selected postings.
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@Ana Lúcia: Thanks a lot!
@MARIANA: I'm not sure, this square is rather small and this opposite building belongs to the church. In a few days you will see more of it.
@Japanalia: You're welcome. Of course I could just give my pictures titles like 'church', 'street', 'building', but a) you wouldn't really know what you're looking at, and b) I think that little text I put under the picture is part of the image processing. I just want to have a bit of completeness here. :-)
@akarui: Thanks very much, Olivier!
@Twelvebit: I didn't see anybody. Not in Leipzig, neither in Berlin, nor in Amsterdam or Cologne, nowhere. If you ask anybody, you'll note the feeling is usually the same, but you won't see crowds with torches and pitchforks running to the banks. I doubt this is possible here. Maybe in France.
@Ronnie 2¢: We'll have to go inside this church to solve that puzzle. :)