Church or chapel · 1755
Viru-Nigula Church
German: Maholm
Viru-Nigula, dedicated to St Nicholas, patron of seafarers, was the site of Virumaa's oldest stone church, built in the second half of the 13th century and destroyed in the Russo-Swedish war of 1658. The present church, finished in 1755, stands on the same spot. Its congregation bought land for a new parsonage with money from a public collection, so the church had no patron, a case unique in northern Estonia. Its spire, damaged in the Second World War, was restored in 1988–1989. In the churchyard are wheel crosses and a memorial stone to Baron Staël von Holstein.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
Laevnike kaitsepühakule Nikolausele pühitsetud Viru-Nigula kirik asub Virumaa vanima kivikiriku kohal: see ehitati 13. sajandi teisel poolel ja hävis Vene-Rootsi sõjas 1658. aastal. Praegune kirik valmis samas kohas 1755. aastal. Kogudus ostis uue kirikumõisa maa korjanduse rahaga ja seetõttu polnud kirikul patrooni – Põhja-Eestis ainulaadne juhtum. Teises maailmasõjas kahjustatud tornikiiver taastati 1988–1989. Kirikaias on ratasristid ja parun Staël von Holsteini mälestuskivi.