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The church of St. Mary in Wittstock, Germany. It is a Gothic brick hall church (in German, this style is known as Backsteingotik and the church design as a Hallenkirche) built between the middle of the 13th century and the end of the 15th.
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This is the town hall (Rathaus) in Stralsund, Germany. But I bet, that if you look it up on the Internet, this is not the side of the building you will be shown a picture of. The main facade is quite famous (and rightly so), but that does not mean that the other sides can't be beautiful too. (I have uploaded a shot of the front ages ago - literally ages ago.)
The building of the town hall was begun in around 1230 and it is a built in the brick Gothic style (Backsteingotik in German), a quite spectacular medieval style built from bricks, found in northern and central Europe - it was very popular in the Hanseatic area.
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One of the Gothic brick churches (in German, this style is known as Backsteingotik) in Wismar. This one, built 1380-1508, took its inspiration from French cathedrals, despite using another building material. The result is a very tall building with a nave that reaches 37 metres.
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The cathedral of Güstrow, Germany (Güstrower Dom in German). The construction of this Gothic cathedral was begun soon after 1226, on the foundations of an older church. It was consecrated in 1335. It is built in the style known as brick Gothic (Backsteingotik in German), a quite spectacular building style using bricks, found in northern and central Europe - it was very popular in northern Germany.
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The Gothic brick church (in German, this style is known as Backsteingotik) in Seehausen dates its beginnings to the 12th century, but it was expanded and modernized in the 13th, and then again, to its current looks, in 15th century, turning the church into a hall church. A hall church is a church where the side aisle have just about, or the same ceiling height as the nave. At the same time as this work was done, these two towers were raised to their current height.
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One of the Gothic brick churches (in German, this style is known as Backsteingotik) in Wismar. This one, built 1380-1508, took its inspiration from French cathedrals, despite using another building material. The result is a very tall building with a nave that reaches 37 metres.
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The Gothic brick church (in German, this style is known as Backsteingotik) was begun in around 1270 - though not much of that is preserved - with the choir built in the early 14th century, and tower, nave and some other parts in the 15th century (the church was actually not complete when work stopped on the church completely in 1594).
The church was badly damaged by bombraids at the end of World War II, but the church saw 20 years of restoration work 1990-2010 (when I visited in 2009, the work was not completed).
Or Marienkirche as it is called in German.
This is a so-called hall church, built in the red brick Gothic style, known in German as Backsteingotik, which was very popular in the later Middle Ages in northern Germany and Poland, Denmark and modern day southern Sweden (which was Danish then). The church was begun soon after the founding of the town Neubrandenburg (1248) and the main altar was consecrated in 1298 (which means the church could function as a proper church).
The church was severely damaged in the 1945 bombings, as was the whole town, but the church was rebuilt to its old looks in the 1980s and 90s. After this the church was turned into a concert hall, which it still is.
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The Gothic brick church (in German, this style is known as Backsteingotik) was begun in around 1270 - though not much of that is preserved - with the choir built in the early 14th century, and tower, nave and some other parts in the 15th century (the church was actually not complete when work stopped on the church completely in 1594).
The church was badly damaged by bombraids at the end of World War II, but the church saw 20 years of restoration work 1990-2010 (when I visited in 2009, the work was not completed).
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One of the medieval city gates to the Hanseatic town of Lübeck (Holstentor is German for Holsten gate). This is the side of the gate which is made up of two towers and a gate in between. It was built 1464-1478 in the Brick Gothic style typical of this area (the Brick Gothic style can be found all over Europe, but it is very common in the area of Northern Germany, the Netherlands, Denmark and northern Poland).
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The church of St. Mary in Stendal, Germany. It was built as a Gothic brick church (in German, this style is known as Backsteingotik) - a late Gothic hall church, replacing an older church. The work begun in 1420, the main altar was in place by 1471, but the towers were not finished until the 16th century.
An einem Seitenportal der St.-Marien-Kirche zu Schwerin
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At a side portal of St.-Mary's Church in Schwerin
...habe ich hier im Durchgang des Stralsunder Rathauses.
Die Anfänge dieses Gebäudes reichen in das 13. Jahrhundert zurück; etwa 1250 wurde mit dem Bau begonnen, nachdem Stralsund im Jahre 1234 das Stadtrecht verliehen bekommen hatte.
Im Inneren der in sich geschlossen konzipierten, in vier Flügeln angelegten Anlage befinden sich zwei Laubenhallen sowie eine Galerie, die sich über zwei Geschosse erstreckt.
Tagsüber hat man kaum die Möglichkeit, diesen Ort einmal so menschenleer vorzufinden, denn in Richtung Osten befindet sich eine wunderschön verzierte Tür, von der nahezu jeder, der die Hansestadt besucht, ein Foto mit nach Hause bringen möchte ;-)
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Central nave, Chorin Monastery
"Chorin Monastery is a former Gothic Cistercian abbey in the Chorin district near the town of Chorin, about six kilometres north of Eberswalde in the Barnim district of Brandenburg. It was founded by Ascanian margraves in 1258 and had far-reaching significance on the northern edge of the sphere of influence of the Ascanians (border with the Slavs).
Between the secularization of 1542 and the beginning of the 19th century, the monastery was left to decay.
Then the ruins were secured and the buildings were partially reconstructed under the direction of Karl Friedrich Schinkel.
Today, the Chorin Cistercian Monastery is a monument that typically represents brick Gothic. [...] "(translated from German Wikipedia entry)
Mittelschiff, Kloster Chorin
"Das Kloster Chorin ist eine ehemalige gotische Zisterzienserabtei in Amt Chorin in der Nähe des Ortes Chorin etwa sechs Kilometer nördlich von Eberswalde im brandenburgischen Landkreis Barnim. Es wurde 1258 von askanischen Markgrafen gegründet und hatte weitreichende Bedeutung am nördlichen Rand des Einflussbereichs der Askanier (Grenze mit den Slawen).
Zwischen der 1542 erfolgten Säkularisation und dem beginnenden 19. Jahrhundert war das Kloster dem Verfall preisgegeben.
Dann erfolgten Sicherung der Ruinen und teilweise Rekonstruktion der Gebäude unter der Leitung von Karl Friedrich Schinkel.
Heute ist das Zisterzienserkloster Chorin ein die Backsteingotik typisch repräsentierendes Baudenkmal. [...]" (Wikipedia)
An der Stelle der heutigen Kirche entstand bereits vor 1188 als Vorgängerbau eine romanische Backsteinbasilika. Teile dieses Baues sind in den Neubau von St. Stephan einbezogen worden.
Bei einem großen Stadtbrand im Jahr 1617 wurde auch die Kirche beschädigt. Die Spitze des Nordturmes stürzte herunter und erhielt erst im Jahr 1714 ihre heutige im Stil des Barock gestaltete Haube. Mit einer Höhe von 87,5 m ist der Nordturm der höchste Kirchturm der gesamten Altmark.
Von besonderer Bedeutung ist die 1623/1624, am Übergang von der Renaissance zum Frühbarock, vom bedeutendsten Orgelbauer jener Zeit, von Hans Scherer dem Jüngeren (Hamburg), geschaffene Orgel, die einen Höhepunkt der Orgelbaukunst der Renaissance darstellt und die Tangermünde sich damals als Mitglied der Hanse leisten konnte.
Von 1991 bis 1994 wurde die Orgel umfassend restauriert. Dabei konnte das vermutete ursprüngliche Klangbild rekonstruiert werden, weil noch 50 % der Originalpfeifen vorhanden waren.
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St. Stephen's Church, Tangermünde
Before 1188, parts of a Romanesque brick basilica were built on the site of the current church, which were incorporated into the new building of St. Stephan.
The church was also damaged in a major fire in the town in 1617. The top of the north tower collapsed and only received its current baroque dome in 1714. At 87.5 m high, the north tower is the highest church tower in the entire Altmark.
Of particular importance is the organ built in 1623/1624, at the turn of the Renaissance to the early Baroque period, by the most important organ builder of the time, Hans Scherer the Younger (Hamburg). It represents a high point of Renaissance organ building, which Tangermünde, as a member of the Hanseatic League, could afford at the time.
The organ was extensively restored from 1991 to 1994. The presumed original sound could be reconstructed because 50% of the original pipes were still there.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Stephen%27s_Church,_Tangerm%C3%...
Zoom in to see some incredible medieval faces painted on the vaulting.
Interior from the Brick Gothic church St Mary (Marienkirche) in Stralsund, northern Germany. It is the largest parish church in the town, and was first mentioned in 1298. But the church tower collapsed in 1382 damaging great parts of the church which had to be rebuilt.
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Interior from the church St Mary (Marienkirche) in Stralsund, northern Germany. The organ is a Baroque creation by Friedrich Stellwagen and dates to 1659. This shot sees the organ as newly restored - it was taken in 2009, and the work had been going on from 1999 until 2007.
At the time of my visit much needed restoration work was still carried out in the church - you can see a slight hint of scaffolding on the right (though I did my best to exclude it from the view).
This Brick Gothic church is the largest parish church in the town, and was first mentioned in 1298. But the church tower collapsed in 1382 damaging great parts of the church which had to be rebuilt.
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Painted pillars in the Gothic church St Mary (Marienkirche) in Anklam, Germany. This church was mentioned for the first time in 1296, but the beginning of the work on the church dates to the middle of the 13th century. When the building started they were going for the Romanesque style, but when tastes changed (in the Middle Ages), so did the plans for the church. Today it is a quite beautiful Gothic church with the ubiquitous high, slim pillars and vaulting - and a lot of well preserved painted decorations. The building was hit by bombs in the Second World War, but of the interior only the south aisle was more severely damaged.
The church is a so called hall church, in the Gothic style known as brick Gothic.
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A restored example of how the painted vaults would have originally looked in the church of St Mary (Marienkirche) in Anklam, Germany.
This church was mentioned for the first time in 1296, but the beginning of the work on the church dates to the middle of the 13th century. When the building started they were going for the Romanesque style, but when tastes changed (in the Middle Ages), so did the plans for the church. Today it is a quite beautiful Gothic church with the ubiquitous high, slim pillars and vaulting - and a lot of well preserved painted decorations. The building was hit by bombs in the Second World War, but of the interior only the south aisle was more severely damaged.
The church is a so called hall church, in the Gothic style known as brick Gothic.
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The south aisle of the Gothic church St Mary (Marienkirche) in Anklam, Germany. This church was mentioned for the first time in 1296, but the beginning of the work dates to the middle of the 13th century. When the building started they were going for the Romanesque style, but when tastes changed (in the Middle Ages) so did the plans for the church. Today it is a quite beautiful Gothic church with the ubiquitous high, slim pillars and vaulting - and a lot of well preserved painted decorations. This shot is not the best example of the latter - the building was hit by bombs in the Second World War, but of the interior only the south aisle was more severely damaged.
For a better view of the painted decorations of the church, see: www.flickr.com/photos/dameboudicca/4913207350
The church is a so called hall church, in the Gothic style known as brick Gothic.
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Interior from the Brick Gothic church St Mary (Marienkirche) in Stralsund, northern Germany. It is the largest parish church in the town, and was first mentioned in 1298. But the church tower collapsed in 1382 damaging great parts of the church which had to be rebuilt.
The organ is a Baroque creation by Friedrich Stellwagen and dates to 1659. This shot sees the organ as newly restored - it was taken in 2009, and the work had been going on from 1999 until 2007. (And as can be seen on the right side of the picture, restoration work on the rest of the church was still going on at the time of my visit).
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Interior from the Brick Gothic church St Mary (Marienkirche) in Stralsund, northern Germany. It is the largest parish church in the town, and was first mentioned in 1298. But the church tower collapsed in 1382 damaging great parts of the church which had to be rebuilt.
(The photo is taken at this angle, and not straight forward because there was building work carried out on the left and I did not want to include the scaffolding. It is good that such work is done - of course - but it does not make for a great photo.)
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In the church St. Marien (St Mary's) in the small town of Strasburg, northern Germany.
The church was built in the 13th century, but saw extensive reworks in the 15th and around 1450 the whole layout of the church was changed, and this vaulting made with bricks was made.
When we visited the town, the church was actually closed, but you could ask in the Tourist Office next door to be let in - which they happily did. Well worth it too, because it was a lovely place. (Unfortunately my camera back then had some trouble with the darkness, so most shots did not turn out that well, but I liked the result here. Another shot of the church can be found here:
www.flickr.com/photos/dameboudicca/4911004638/in/album-72... )
Painted pillars with warm bright light from the windows behind them. In the Gothic church St Mary (Marienkirche) in Anklam, Germany.
This church was mentioned for the first time in 1296, but the beginning of the work on the church dates to the middle of the 13th century. When the building started they were going for the Romanesque style, but when tastes changed (in the Middle Ages), so did the plans for the church. Today it is a quite beautiful Gothic church with the ubiquitous high, slim pillars and vaulting - and a lot of well preserved painted decorations. The building was hit by bombs in the Second World War, but of the interior only the south aisle was more severely damaged.
The church is a so called hall church, in the Gothic style known as brick Gothic.
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The Gothic church St Mary (Marienkirche) in Anklam, Germany. This church was mentioned for the first time in 1296, but the beginning of the work dates to the middle of the 13th century. When the building started they were going for the Romanesque style, but when tastes changed (in the Middle Ages) so did the plans for the church. Today it is a quite beautiful Gothic church.
The church is a so called hall church, in the Gothic style known as brick Gothic.
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Ceiling view in one of the aisles in the Gothic church St Mary (Marienkirche) in Anklam, Germany. This church was mentioned for the first time in 1296, but the beginning of the work dates to the middle of the 13th century. When the building started they were going for the Romanesque style, but when tastes changed (in the Middle Ages) so did the plans for the church. Today it is a quite beautiful Gothic church with the ubiquitous high, slim pillars and vaulting - and a lot of well preserved painted decorations. The building was hit by bombs in the Second World War, but of the interior only the south aisle was more severely damaged.
The church is a so called hall church, in the Gothic style known as brick Gothic.
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One of the town gates in Neubrandenburg, Germany. The gate is made up of two tower buildings, this is the for-gate and the main gate can be seen through the opening. That building is dated by dendrochronology to 1311 (that is, the building includes wood from trees which were taken down in that year). The style is the, for the Middle Ages in this part of Europe; typical Brick Gothic (Backsteingotik).
And the name? Tor is just German for gate, and Stargarder is to indicate that it was the gate towards the town Stargard (today known as Burg Stargard).
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ENG: The Wassertor (Water Gate) in Wismar, built in 1450 on Wasserstraße in the north-west of the city's historic centre, is a harbour gate of the Hanseatic city in the brick Gothic style and the last surviving of the former five city gates of the Wismar city fortifications. The street leading to it is called Spiegelberg. It was also the only beach or harbour gate through which one could enter the town directly from the harbour.
The Hanseatic city of Wismar, with a population of about 42,800, is located on the Baltic coast of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern at the southern end of Wismar Bay, which is protected by the island of Poel. It is the sixth largest city and the largest of the 18 medium-sized centers of the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania with a wonderful large historic old town with associated harbor. Here was also our hotel Radisson for our short trip.
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GER: Das 1450 errichtete Wassertor in Wismar an der Wasserstraße im Nordwesten des historischen Stadtkerns der Stadt ist ein Hafentor der Hansestadt im Stil der Backsteingotik und das letzte erhaltene von ehemals fünf Stadttoren der Wismarer Stadtbefestigung. Die zuführende Straße heißt Spiegelberg. Es war auch das einzige Strand- bzw. Hafentor, durch das man direkt vom Hafen in die Stadt gelangte.
Die Hansestadt Wismar mit etwa 42.800 Einwohnern liegt an der Ostseeküste Mecklenburg-Vorpommerns am südlichen Ende der durch die Insel Poel geschützten Wismarer Bucht. Sie ist die sechstgrößte Stadt und das größte der 18 Mittelzentren des Landes Mecklenburg-Vorpommern mit einer wunderbaren großen historischen Altstadt mit dazugehörigen Hafen. Hier lag auch unser Hotel Radisson für unseren Kurztrip.
Weihnachtliche Illumination in der Kirche St. Nicolai zu Lüneburg, Blick auf den Altar / Christmas illumination in the church St. Nicolai, Lüneburg, the view at the altar
Der Altar in der St. Nicolai-Kirche in Lüneburg ist ein zentraler Bestandteil dieses historischen Gotteshauses und bekannt für seine bedeutende gotische Kunst. Der Hochaltar, der um 1450 von Hans Bornemann und Hans Snitger geschaffen wurde, ist ein vierflügeliges Meisterwerk. Ursprünglich stammt er aus der St.-Lambert-Kirche, die im 19. Jahrhundert abgerissen wurde. Der Altar spiegelt die enge Verbindung der Kirche mit der Gemeinschaft der Schiffer und Salzfassmacher im Lüneburger Wasserviertel wider
(WIKIPEDIA – DIE FREIE ENZYKLOPÄDIE)
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The altar at St. Nicolai in Lüneburg is a key feature of this historic church, known for its rich Gothic artwork and significance. The high altar, created around 1450 by Hans Bornemann and Hans Snitger, is a four-winged masterpiece originally from St. Lambert's Church, which was demolished in the 19th century. It reflects the church's association with the community of boatmen and salt barrel makers in Lüneburg's Wasserviertel (water district).
(Quelle/source: Internet),#82
"The Bremen Town Hall (German: Bremer Rathaus) is the seat of the President of the Senate and Mayor of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen. It is one of the most important examples of Brick Gothic and Weser Renaissance architecture in Europe. Since 1973, it has been a protected historical building. In July 2004, along with the Bremen Roland statue, the building was added to the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites because of its outstanding architecture and its testimony to the development of civic autonomy in the Holy Roman Empire." (Wikipedia)
The Church of St. Martin in Landshut is a medieval church in that German city. St. Martin's Church, along with Trausnitz Castle and the celebration of the Landshuter Hochzeit (wedding), are the most important landmarks and historical events of Landshut. This Brick Gothic church is the tallest church in Bavaria and the tallest brick building and church, and 2nd tallest brick structure in the world (after Anaconda Smelter Stack), made without steel supports, with a height of 130.6 metres (428 ft).
Die Landshuter Stadtpfarr- und Kollegiatstiftskirche St. Martin und Kastulus (Basilica minor) wurde von Baumeister Hans Krumenauer um 1385 als Hallenkirche begonnen und unter maßgeblicher Beteiligung des Hans von Burghausen bis um das Jahr 1500 fertiggestellt. Mit ihrer außergewöhnlichen, über die Maße vertikalisierten Architektur, in der sich Elemente von Hoch- und Spätgotik verbinden, gehört die Kirche zu den bedeutendsten Monumentalbauten der Gotik in Süddeutschland. Der Turm ist mit 130,1 Metern der höchste Backsteinturm der Welt sowie der höchste Kirchturm Bayerns. (Wikipedia)
Cloister, Chorin Monastery
"Chorin Monastery is a former Gothic Cistercian abbey in the Chorin district near the town of Chorin, about six kilometers north of Eberswalde in the Barnim district of Brandenburg. It was founded by Ascanian margraves in 1258 and had far-reaching significance on the northern edge of the sphere of influence of the Ascanians (border with the Slavs).
Between the secularization of 1542 and the beginning of the 19th century, the monastery was left to decay.
Then the ruins were secured and the buildings were partially reconstructed under the direction of Karl Friedrich Schinkel.
Today, the Chorin Cistercian Monastery is a monument that typically represents brick Gothic. [...] "(translated from German Wikipedia entry)
Kreuzgang, Kloster Chorin
"Das Kloster Chorin ist eine ehemalige gotische Zisterzienserabtei in Amt Chorin in der Nähe des Ortes Chorin etwa sechs Kilometer nördlich von Eberswalde im brandenburgischen Landkreis Barnim. Es wurde 1258 von askanischen Markgrafen gegründet und hatte weitreichende Bedeutung am nördlichen Rand des Einflussbereichs der Askanier (Grenze mit den Slawen).
Zwischen der 1542 erfolgten Säkularisation und dem beginnenden 19. Jahrhundert war das Kloster dem Verfall preisgegeben.
Dann erfolgten Sicherung der Ruinen und teilweise Rekonstruktion der Gebäude unter der Leitung von Karl Friedrich Schinkel.
Heute ist das Zisterzienserkloster Chorin ein die Backsteingotik typisch repräsentierendes Baudenkmal. [...]" (Wikipedia)