# St Nicholas Church, Where the Peaceful Revolution Began

What to do en Leipzig · Leipzig

Fuente: https://www.geocalia.com/en/germany/saxony/leipzig/things-to-do/st-nicholas-church · Revisado: 2026-11-12

- Duración: 30 min
- Temporada: All year
- Para quién: All ages

Church · 30 min · Free · The church of the Monday prayers that led to the demonstrations of 1989 and the fall of the Wall

What it is
The oldest and largest church in the centre of Leipzig, with a white and green neoclassical interior whose columns open out like palm trees. In autumn 1989, the Monday prayers for peace in this church were the starting point of the demonstrations that filled Leipzig's ring and ended the GDR and the Wall. That is why it is called the cradle of the Peaceful Revolution.
How to see it
It is on Nikolaikirchhof, two minutes from the Market Square. Outside, a column identical to those inside commemorates 1989. On Saturdays at 14:00, the Runde Ecke museum runs a guided tour of the sites of the revolution that starts from here.

## Cómo llegar y contacto

- Coordenadas: 51.3403, 12.3785

## Cerca de aquí

- [Steigenberger Icon Grandhotel Handelshof](https://www.geocalia.com/en/germany/saxony/leipzig/where-to-stay/steigenberger-icon-grandhotel-handelshof), a 175 m
- [Auerbachs Keller](https://www.geocalia.com/en/germany/saxony/leipzig/where-to-eat/auerbachs-keller), a 222 m
- [Thüringer Hof](https://www.geocalia.com/en/germany/saxony/leipzig/where-to-eat/thueringer-hof), a 407 m
- [Five Elements Hostel Leipzig](https://www.geocalia.com/en/germany/saxony/leipzig/where-to-stay/five-elements-hostel), a 421 m
- [St Thomas Church, Bach's Tomb and the Motet](https://www.geocalia.com/en/germany/saxony/leipzig/things-to-do/st-thomas-church), a 425 m
- [Leipzig Bach Museum](https://www.geocalia.com/en/germany/saxony/leipzig/things-to-do/bach-museum), a 455 m
- [Stasi Museum in the Runde Ecke](https://www.geocalia.com/en/germany/saxony/leipzig/things-to-do/runde-ecke-stasi-museum), a 614 m
- [Gasthaus & Gosebrauerei Bayerischer Bahnhof](https://www.geocalia.com/en/germany/saxony/leipzig/where-to-eat/bayerischer-bahnhof), a 1.3 km

## Consejos

### Combine it with the Runde Ecke
The Stasi museum is ten minutes' walk along the ring.

## Preguntas frecuentes

### Why is St Nicholas Church famous?
For the Monday prayers of 1989, from which came the demonstrations that ended the GDR.

### Do you pay an entrance fee?
No.

Destino: [Leipzig](https://www.geocalia.com/en/germany/saxony/leipzig.md)