St. Martin Church Euskirchen

The Catholic parish church of St. Martin is a listed church building in Euskirchen, a district town in the southern Rhineland in North Rhine-Westphalia (Germany).
The first church was probably built around the year 700 in a Franconian cemetery. The hall made of wood and stone had a rectangular end of the choir. This was replaced at the end of the 12th century by a three-bay pillar basilica with a choir in the east and a bell tower in the west. The nave was structured with round arch friezes and pilaster strips. The entire central nave and the basement of the tower have been preserved from this church and are now part of the building. At the end of the 13th century a yoke was added to the choir and gothic windows were added to the nave. In the 14th century the central nave was equipped with net vaults. In 1490 the church tower was raised. In 1939 the baptistery was added, which today serves as a treasury. The church was affected by an earthquake in 1951, the spire is still slightly crooked. Source: Wikipedia

Saint Martin, to whom this Euskirchen church is dedicated, is – next to Saint Nicholas – probably one of the most popular saints of all. The memorial day of the former officer in the Roman army is on November 11th. On the night after the famous "dividing of the cloak", when he leaves half his army cloak to a freezing beggar, Jesus Christ appears to him in a dream. He then converted to Christianity and was later elected bishop of Tours (France), initially against his will.
Many are likely to have fond childhood memories of making lanterns in kindergarten and elementary school, the evening lantern procession through the dark village / district - and of course the delicious "Weckmann".

A very beautiful church in Euskirchen on the Way of St. James in Germany on the "Via Coloniensis"