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Regierungsbezirk Kassel

St. Mary’s Church (Town Church of St. Mary), Homberg (Efze)

Regierungsbezirk Kassel

St. Mary’s Church (Town Church of St. Mary), Homberg (Efze)

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St. Mary’s Church (Town Church of St. Mary), Homberg (Efze)

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Location: Regierungsbezirk Kassel, Hesse, Germany

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Peter 😎

August 6, 2020

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The Protestant town church of St. Marien is elevated on the market square in the middle of the old town and is the landmark of the district town of Homberg that can be seen from afar. With a wonderful old town

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Michel ✔

July 4, 2021

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The church from the 13th century is one of the most important Gothic monuments in northern Hesse along with the Elisabeth Church in Marburg. It is of particular importance within Hessian Protestantism: In 1526, Landgrave Philipp the Magnanimous convened the "Homberg Synod", which met in this church and marked the point in time when the Landgraviate of Hesse became Protestant. That is why it is called the Reformation Church of Hesse.
Further information:
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stadtkirche_St._Marien_(Homberg)

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Michel ✔

June 3, 2023

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The church square in Homberg (Efze) was completely redesigned. The church received a circumferential eaves paving made of large-format sandstone slabs, which widen to form small forecourts in front of …

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Location: Regierungsbezirk Kassel, Hesse, Germany

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