German Church | |
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Deutsche Kirche | |
Tyska kyrkan | |
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Location | Stockholm |
Country | Sweden |
Denomination | Church of Sweden |
History | |
Status | Parish church |
Architecture | |
Style | Baroque and Gothic Revival |
Administration | |
Diocese | Stockholm |
Parish | German Saint Gertrude |
The German Church (German: Deutsche Kirche [ˈdɔʏtʃə kɪʁçə]; Swedish: Tyska kyrkan [ˈtʏ̌sːka ˈɕʏ̂rːkan]), sometimes called St. Gertrude's Church (Swedish: Sankta Gertruds kyrka), is a church in Gamla stan, the old town in central Stockholm, Sweden, belonging to the German Saint Gertrude Parish of the Church of Sweden.[1]
Located between the streets Tyska Brinken, Kindstugatan, Svartmangatan, and Prästgatan, it is named for standing in the centre of a neighbourhood that in the Middle Ages was dominated by Germans. Officially named Sankta Gertrud, the church is dedicated to Saint Gertrude (626–659), abbess of the Benedictine monastery of Nivelles, in present-day Belgium, and patron saint of travellers.
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