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Kreuzkirche Nieheim

North Rhine-Westphalia

Detmold District

Höxter

Nieheim

Kreuzkirche Nieheim

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Kreuzkirche Nieheim

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Location: Nieheim, Höxter, Detmold District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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Timber 👣 & Shakespeare 🐾

May 13, 2020

The St. Nikolaus parish church in Nieheim is picturesquely situated in the historic center of the city of Nieheim.

On the buttress of the choir room you can discover the year 1497 in Roman numerals at double height. During this time the church got its present shape; older sections, such as the tower and the side choirs, some of which date from the 13th century, have been harmoniously integrated into the overall late Gothic style.
The interior of the church is largely determined by the remarkable flower-like STAR Vault in the central nave, which is very rare in architecture, and which rest on two round and square pillars. The sacrament house dates from around 1450 and is a valuable stonework that is in no way inferior to others in much more famous churches.
The baptismal font, which is believed to date from the same period, is also considered to be an extraordinarily beautiful work and shows 8 reliefs with scenes from the Old and New Testaments, such as Noah's Ark and the baptism of Jesus.

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JakobusPilger

April 19, 2022

This church, which is dedicated to the Holy Cross (Latin "Santa Croce"), relates its patron saint to the cross on which Jesus Christ died. The veneration of the Holy Cross goes back in large part to Saint Helena, who was the mother of Emperor Constantine the Great (who, after his victory at the "Milvian Bridge" outside Rome, recognized Christianity as a religion and in 312 the long time of persecution ended with the Milan “Tolerance Edict”). In the early fourth century she undertook a pilgrimage to the Holy Land (Israel / Palestine) and brought numerous relics from there to Europe, including the "True Cross" on which Jesus Christ was crucified. Helena is therefore often depicted with a cross as an attribute. The church celebrates the feast of the discovery of the Holy Cross – called “Exaltation of the Cross” – on September 14th.

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Mandelkern

May 13, 2020

On the buttress of the choir room you can discover the year 1497 in Roman numerals at double height. During this time the church got its present shape; older sections, such as the tower and the side choirs, some of which date from the 13th century, have been harmoniously integrated into the overall late Gothic style.
The interior of the church is largely determined by the remarkable flower-like STAR Vault in the central nave, which is very rare in architecture, and which rest on two round and square pillars. The sacrament house dates from around 1450 and is a valuable stonework that is in no way inferior to others in much more famous churches.
The baptismal font, which is believed to date from the same period, is also considered to be an extraordinarily beautiful work and shows 8 reliefs with scenes from the Old and New Testaments, such as Noah's Ark and the baptism of Jesus.
Source and information: kirche-in-nieheim.de/menue001.htm

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Location: Nieheim, Höxter, Detmold District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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Kreuzkirche Nieheim

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