Department 56 - Alpine Village - St. Nicholas Church /Nikolaus Kirche
Year Released: 1991 -- Year Retired: 1999
Collection: Alpine Village Series
Size: 5 x 9 x 9"
Where Silent night was first sung!
About the real church: The Church of Saints Nicholas is an early Baroque parish church located in Burgenland, Austria. It was built in 1655 to 1669.
"t was here in St. Nikolaus-Kirche, on Christmas Eve 1818, that the beloved carol "Stille Nacht/Silent Night" was first sung."
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