The Old St. Nicholas Church (in German : Alte Nikolaikirche ) in Frankfurt , Germany , is a medieval Lutheran church. It is located near the Römer city hall in Frankfurt's old town called Altstadt . It has 51 bells; 4 are used for peals and 47 are used for carillons . The first chapel on its site was built in the mid-12th century, the current in the mid-15th. Its congregation forms part of today's Protestant Church in Hesse and Nassau , comprising Lutheran, Reformed and United Protestant congregations.
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