LARGEST self-supporting hall church in Northern Germany - Hermannsburg, Niedersachsen, Germany
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member kaschper69
N 52° 50.095 E 010° 05.325
32U E 573343 N 5854462
The Große Kreuzkirche is the largest self-supporting hall church in Northern Germany.
Waymark Code: WMYEGY
Location: Niedersachsen, Germany
Date Posted: 06/06/2018
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member jhuoni
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[DE] "50 Meter ragt der hohe Turm der größten freitragenden Hallenkirche Norddeutschlands in den Himmel. Die große Kreuzkirche in Hermannsburg wurde als Kirche für die Missionsfeste gebaut.
Heute trifft sich hier die größte selbstständig ev.-luth. Gemeinde Deutschlands zum Gottesdienst. Als Theodor Harms, Bruder und Nachfolger von Ludwig Harms seines Amtes entmachtet wurde, weil er sich nicht mit der vorgeschriebenen neuen Trauformel anfreunden konnte, spalteten sich zwei Dritter der Einwohner von der Landeskirche ab. So entstand 1878 die selbstständige ev.-luth. Gemeinde hier in Hermannsburg."

Aufgeführt ist die Kirche in der Liste der Baaudenkmale in Hermannsburg: "Die Kirche wurde von 1878 bis 1879 erbaut."

[EN] "The high tower of Northern Germany's largest self-supporting hall church rises 50 metres into the sky. The large Kreuzkirche in Hermannsburg was built as a church for the missionary festivals.
Today the largest independent Lutheran congregation in Germany meets here for church service. When Theodor Harms, brother and successor of Ludwig Harms, was deprived of his office because he could not make friends with the prescribed new eaves formula, two third of the inhabitants split off from the regional church. Thus in 1878 the independent Lutheran parish was founded here in Hermannsburg."

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Type of documentation of superlative status: tourism site from Lüneburger Heide

Location of coordinates: Große Kruezkirche, Junkernstraße 10, 29320 Hermannsburg

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