St Jakobi Church by Kathrin_E
The now catholic parish church of St Jakobi (St James) has an interesting history. In the early 16th century, being the church of the guilds, it became the centre of the reformation movement in town. After the secularization of the monasteries Riechenberg and Grauhof in the surroundings of Goslar in 1803, there was no catholic church available in town. The small catholic community was given the church of St Jacobi as their parish church in 1804, so the church changed confession once again. A catholic main altar was brought here from Riechenberg. The other pieces of furniture, made in times when the church was protestant, stayed where they were and are still used. The paintings on the pulpit and the organ gallery depict pure Lutheran theology. The baptismal font, dated 1592, also derives from protestant times. Location: Rosentorstraße / Jacobikirchhof
Opening hours: daily 10.00-16.00 (Sunday mass at 10.30)
