Michaeliskirche, Leipzig

Michaeliskirche in Leipzig is an evangelical church building devoted to Archangel Michael from the time of the turn of the 19th to the 20th century.The church is located at the intersection of several sight axes on the Nordplatz. The orientation in the north-south direction, which is aligned with the orientation of the northern suburbs, is unusual. The cross-shaped nave is on the choir side of chapels surrounded. The central, wide-seated tower in the south of the building rises 70 meters high, making it one of the highest church steeples in the city. The facade is executed in sandstone and carries rich architectural jewelry. Although still part of historicism , the architecture does not follow a clear stylistic program, but combines Renaissance , neo - Gothic ,

The Michaeliskirche has survived the destruction of the war unscathed and is distinguished by the original design of other church buildings of the epoch.