Burg - Unterkirche St. Nicolai

The Ottonian kings began conquering the Slavic region in the 10th century. In 928, Henry I conquered Brandenburg. His son Otto founded the diocese of Brandenburg in 948. The city of Burg is mentioned for the first time in the founding charter. To secure their influence, especially Albrecht the Bear attracted Flemish settlers to the land of Burg. They founded the lower town of Burg and introduced cloth making. The Flemish immigrants brought with them important trade connections from their homeland. Their cattle breeding, beer brewing and the production of woolen cloth became a basis for the flourishing development of the town of Burg. At that time, Burg consisted of two largely independent settlements, the Upper Town and the Lower Town.
The Unterkirche St. Nicolai was first mentioned as a parish church in the new (low) town in 1186 as a branch church of the Oberkirche Unser Lieben Frauen.. It was built in the late 12th century as a Romanesque basilica. It has essentially remained unchanged. The church has a wide transept with two semi-circular side apses, to which the main choir, which is square in plan, also has a semi-circular apse. The building is almost free of structuring and decorative elements and therefore presents itself as a monumental example of a late Romanesque town church. Unfortunately, the church was under conservation work in 2022.