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St. Laurentius und St. Nikolaus
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Sandau
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Sandau - St. Laurentius und St. Nikolaus

Sandau - St. Laurentius und St. Nikolaus
The church was built around 1200 by Dutch colonists and probably Jerichow monks and dedicated to St. Nicholas. It replaced a wooden church that had been built on a Slavic sacrificial site. In 1450 conversions were made in the Gothic style, for example with ribbed vaulting in the choir.

In April 1945, the city was 80% destroyed after a nearby Waffen SS shot and killed a US parlimentaire. The church was badly damaged by artillery fire and more than 50 percent of the tower was destroyed. From 1952 to 1958 the nave was repaired, the damaged tower remained as a memorial for decades.

The tower, a massive westwork, got reconstructed from 2002 - 2013.

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