St. Nicholas Cathedral, Elbląg

The original brick Gothic building was completed in 1247.

St. Nicholas was damaged by fire in the late 18th century, then destroyed in World War II and reconstructed. In 1992, the building was elevated to the status of cathedral.

St. Nicholas Cathedral is a 13th-century Gothic Roman Catholic church in Elbląg, Poland. Established in c. 1247. Since 1539 the city council tacitly tolerated and gradually openly promoted Lutheranism, so that St. Nicholas Church had become a Lutheran church by 1573.In 1611 the free practice of the Catholic religion in prevailingly Lutheran Prussia was allowed by law. Based on that St. Nicholas was restored as a Roman Catholic parish church in 1612, then the only one in Elbląg, and remaining a Catholic church since.

It was damaged by fire in the late 18th century and suffered damage during World War II. It was elevated to the status of cathedral in 1992.