St. Michaelis church, built from 1751 – 1762, is not only the most important baroque church building in northern Germany but also features the biggest German church clock. The circumferential measurements of the dial amount to more than 24 meters.

 A large bronze statue, standing above the portal of the church shows the archangel conquering the devil.

The church encountered the brutality of man made catastrophe in World War II where the church suffered major structural damage from bombings.

The interior of the St. Michealis was designed to hold 3000 of the city’s protestant Lutherans, in white with gold leaf decoration in theater like seating for the performance of massive organ. The altar is almost 50 feet high and the pulpit rises up over the pews with almost the feeling of today’s revival mega churches.