St. Nicholas Church Prenzlau

The Old St. Nicholas Church (St. Nicolai) is considered the oldest parish church in Prenzlau east of the Ucker. The name St. Nicholas Church indicates that it was the church of a merchant settlement. Although the Old St. Nicholas Church had already been abandoned for ecclesiastical purposes before the Thirty Years' War, Süring reported a burial "between the towers" for the year 1626. After the collapse and subsequent demolition of the nave of the church building, which the people of Prenzlau colloquially referred to as the "desolate church," only the tower, a western structure, now exists. The St. Nicholas patronage was transferred to the church of the former Dominican monastery in 1577.