The junior church
Neighborhood: Old Town
Nearest Train: Fegefeuer: Bus 2, 6, 7, 9
Phone: +49 40 3005 1300 (Information für Touristen)
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St. Aegidien is something else. Compared to its four sisters, the other Old Town churches, it is of modest size. If it were not for the relatively high steeple, one could easily imagine it to be a village church of some importance. Such modesty is the result of the quarter's social background. This part of town was the quarter of small craftsmen and city peasants, who could not afford a big, representative building. We do not even know exactly when the construction began, but in 1227 the church already existed. The core is a Roman basilica with three - unusually narrow - naves. But only a few Roman elements have remained and St. Aegidien as we see it today is largely the result of Gothic reconstructions during the 14th and 15th century. While the exterior is rather plain, the interior seems to be rich since the church remained undamaged in World War II, and thus still gives an impression of what Lübeck churches once were like. Particularly worth seeing are the remarkable renaissance singers' balcony (1587), the Baroque altar (1701) and the big organ from 1626, the only surviving example of the Hamburg type. It is often played in concerts, which are announced in the local press and on St. Aegidien's display board.
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