Katharinenkirche, Osnabrück

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The Evangelical-Lutheran pc. Katharinen church is a lategothical resounding church in the Osnabruecker old part of town. Their far away visible tower, which coins/shapes the townscape for centuries, is considered as the highest medieval building of Lower Saxony (103 m; see list of the highest church towers of the world). In the first half of the thirteenth century developed before the walls of the Osnabruecker Binnenburg within the range of the city yards of the aristocracy a small church, which belonged at the beginning of still to the Kirchspiel of the cathedral and 1248 are mentioned for the first time in particular as "pc. Katharinen". 1543 were introduced to pc. Katharinen the reformation. During the peace negotiations 1643-48 it offered to the Swedish legation area for services and meetings. The proximity of the lock, which served from 1673 on as residence of the Evangelist prince bishops of Osnabrueck, established since 1669, was cause, to use pc. Katharinen also as yard church. Toward end of the Second World War pc. Katharinen became with the last air raid on Osnabrueck at the Palmsonntag, 25 March 1945 in consequence of bombardment a victim of the flames. The church could be inaugurated 1950 again. 1990 had to be closed the church for necessary a basic repair of the interior become. After complex renovation work the church could be again-opened in November 1992. She draws today out by a simple, clear architecture. Together with the lock, the Poggenburg, the LED yard, the monastery walls of the Barfuesserklosters and the old parsonage buildings forms the church a remarkable ensemble from old times. The interior is coined/shaped by the form will of the gothic. A restrained modern arrangement sets special accents and loads to a-turns and for Meditation in. Apart from services of most diverse form Katharinen take place again and again art exhibitions and concerts in pc.. For church-educational investigations material is available. The church carries the names of the holy Katharina. After the legend the scholarly prince daughter from Alexandrien turned at the beginning fourth century the Christianity too. Katharina bekehrte fifty of the most famous scholars of the Roman emperor to the Christian faith and accused to the emperor Maximus: "your Gods are empty illusion". Whereupon it let it kill by the sword. Among the church municipality rank approx.. 7,000 members. It is divided in two Pfarrbezirke with one Pfarrstelle each. In the municipality three are minister inside, qualified woman employees and numerous honorary ones active. This work is supported by an engaged church executive committee.

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