Church or chapel
St. Nicholas' Church
Paldiski's Lutherans first worshipped from 1770 in a two-storey wooden house rented from the crown, which they bought in 1775. In 1840 the cornerstone was laid for Johann Schelbach's classicist church, named both for St Nicholas of Myra and for Emperor Nicholas I, and it was consecrated on 18 October 1842. When Paldiski became a closed Soviet naval base under the 1939 bases pact, the congregation moved to Nõmme in 1940. The church served as an officers' club and then a warehouse, with an annex built from its own churchyard wall. The congregation returned in 1993, and the church was reconsecrated on 3 January 1999.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
Paldiski luterlased pidasid jumalateenistusi alates 1770. aastast kroonult renditud kahekorruselises puumajas, mille kogudus 1775. aastal ostis. 1840. aastal pandi nurgakivi Johann Schelbachi kavandatud klassitsistlikule kirikule, mis sai nime nii Myra piiskopi Nikolause kui ka keiser Nikolai I auks, ja see pühitseti 18. oktoobril 1842. Kui Paldiskist sai 1939. aasta baaside lepinguga kinnine mereväebaas, kolis kogudus 1940. aastal Nõmmele. Kirik oli ohvitseride klubi ja hiljem ladu ning selle ette ehitati kirikaia paekivist juurdeehitus. Kogudus pääses kirikusse tagasi 1993. aastal ja kirik taaspühitseti 3. jaanuaril 1999.
Source: https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paldiski_Nikolai_kirik ↗