St Johanniskirche

Another church, because they're irresistible to me on an aesthetic level alone, without taking the spiritual significance into account. Sankt Johannis was begun in 1300, consecrated in 1370, with several repairs and renovations since. It's a stop on another tourist route: the European Route of Brick Gothic. So that's another one we inadvertently traveled to go with the Romanesque Route, the Half-timbered Route, the Romantic Route and et cetera.

This was the first Lutheran church in Lüneburg. It also has the second tallest church tower in Lower Saxony. There's some newish stained glass, from the 1960s. It's said by a few Bach scholars, that while he was at the school attached to Saint Michael's, he took lessons on the organ here at Saint John's.

There's also a nice little display/museum/treasury. No bling, though.Read more