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enables visitors to explore churches digitally. Naymspace has been developing the app since 2019.
Nordkirchentour app

Nordkirchentour

Discovering churches virtually

Project management Concept Development

Facts

Live since
2020
Collaboration since
2019
Scope of services
  • Technical implementation
  • Project management

Partner

Nordkirche logo

Development Team

  • 2 Software Developers
  • 1 Project Manager

Technologies

Elixir (Phoenix) Elm

Discovering churches virtually

A church is far more than just its tower – it holds stories, preserves cultural treasures, and offers a tangible experience of faith. This is exactly where the "NordKirchenTour" app comes in: it enables visitors to explore churches in a modern and intuitive way using their smartphones.

The Nordkirche app helps tourists discover the most beautiful Protestant churches in Schleswig-Holstein, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, and Hamburg. Drawing on the Nordkirche's extensive database, it provides a wide range of information, including images, videos, floor plans, and audio recordings. This transforms every visit into an informative, customizable, and enriching discovery tour.

In-house development
CMS
Hosting
OpenStreetMap
Church tours
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Insight into development

The Nordkirche App accesses the central database of the Nordkirche and provides extensive information through a specially developed interface. This includes up-to-date opening hours of church facilities, detailed event calendars, and worship service times across the various congregations.

For the development of the content management system, a modern technology stack was chosen: Elm for the frontend and Elixir/Phoenix for the backend. This architecture ensures high performance, stability, and maintainability while supporting an efficient editorial workflow.

The app itself is a Progressive Web App (PWA), which means it can be used directly in the browser or installed on mobile devices. In addition, it is available for download in the Apple and Google app stores, allowing users to interact with it like a conventional native application — including offline functionality and quick access to key content.

Nordkirchentour app showing church details for St. Nikolaikirche Wismar

Church details

Interesting facts and figures about opening hours, church services, and events.
  • Information from Nordkirche API
  • Data maintenance via proprietary CMS
Nordkirchentour app showing interactive church interior with knowledge, faith, and experience categories

Churches from the inside

Users can navigate through the church interior and discover highlights of the church interior via digital floor plans.
  • The highlights of the church can be explored via the categories "Faith," "Knowledge," and "Experience"
  • Many interactive mini-games
The collaboration on our "Nordkirche" app is professional as well as personal and friendly. For me, Naymspace combines professional work at a high level with a healthy reality check. As a client, I always have the feeling that my concerns and wishes are heard (and understood).
Oliver Quellmalz Head of Social Media Management at Nordkirche

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