Nikolai Church Korbach - Nikolaikirche Korbach

The large, three-nave, late Gothic hall church was built in place of the previous St. Nicholas Chapel in the middle of the 15th century. The stately, pre-built west tower was erected in 1359, and the nave and chancel were completed around 1460. The side aisles are half as wide as the central nave, and the wooden galleries in both side aisles were not installed until after 1602.

While the Korbach Kilianskirche is clearly a Gothic hall building of the Westphalian type, only the tower of the Nikolaikirche corresponds to this type. The choir and nave, on the other hand, must be assigned to the Hessian-Franconian Gothic style. A special feature is the leaning tower, the inclination of which was probably made for structural reasons (inclination against the prevailing west winds and away from the nave).

Inside the church, the baroque winged altar by the Korbach Franciscan painter and the tomb of the Waldeck prince Georg-Friedrich (1620 -1692) are impressive.

A keystone of the vault shows the coat of arms of the Cologne councillor and Hanseatic merchant Johannes Rinck, who made significant donations to his home town of Korbach, which helped to complete the construction of St Nicholas' Church, among other things.