St. Laurentii Church Itzehoe
The town church of St. Laurentii was built between 1716 and 1718 as a three-aisled baroque hall with a wide wooden barrel vault. It is a brick building with a striking tower crowned by an onion dome.
The original tower protruded slightly above the church roof and had a pointed roof. Between 1894 and 1896, it was raised by almost 40 meters and now has a baroque onion dome, four pointed spires at the corners and a viewing platform. The building stages can be easily distinguished by the brick colors.
Philosophize while walking, physically comprehend the "GedankenGang" in the KreuzGang, the center of a monastery. Unfortunately, only part of the Gothic cloister of the old Cistercian convent (12th century) on the north side of the Laurentii church remains today. A fire during the Swedish War in 1657 destroyed almost the entire convent and the original two-nave Gothic hall church.
Today's baroque brick hall building (1617/18) still retains the character of its time of origin, apart from the changes made in the 19th and 20th centuries. The wide-span, hall-like interior is divided into three naves and has a wooden barrel vault in the middle.
