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St. Jakobi Church (Herford)

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Location: North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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1. Avenue at the ramparts – St. Jakobi Church (Herford) loop from Stiftberg

4.81km

01:14

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2. St. Jakobi Church (Herford) – Herford Wall Walkway loop from Neustadt

11.1km

02:54

80m

Intermediate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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3. Bäckerstraße Bridge – St. Jakobi Church (Herford) loop from Neustadt

3.13km

00:48

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Cooli 🆒77🦀

January 12, 2023

St. Jacobi
Jakobi ChurchChurch of the community »Herford-Mitte«
in the Herforder Radewig

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The Jakobi Church bears the name of the apostle James the Elder, who died as a martyr in 44 AD. In the pre-Reformation period, the Jakobi Church was one of the many stops made by pilgrims on their way to the tomb of the apostle in Santiago de Compostela, Spain. In this country, the Jakobi Church is better known under the name "Radewiger Church", so called after the
District around the Gänsemarkt, which today is called "the Radewig" and which has been called "Roter Wik" since the 9th century.
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Little is known about the beginnings of St. Jakobi. The current Gothic building, completed in the 2nd quarter of the 14th century, was built over the foundations of a smaller Romanesque basilica of the 11th-12th centuries. As late as 1135, the Jakobi church appears in a document as "Capella", and a bull from Pope Julius II (1503 to 1513) from 1510 shows that St. Jakobi was also a parish church. The hallmark of the pilgrims to St. James was the shell "pecten jacobaeus", a scallop with a fan-like ribbed shell, which the pilgrims used as a drinking vessel. This shell greeted the pilgrims from the south-west buttress of the Jakobi Church.
In the years 1530 to 1536 the Reformation prevailed in Herford. In 1530, the Jakobi church was closed by order of the council because of the growing number of grievances among the pilgrims, although it was still subject to the Catholic Reichsstift. It was not until 60 years later that the Jakobi Church was put back into service as a Protestant parish church. (Source: herford-mitte.de/kirchen/st-jakobi/)

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Cooli 🆒77🦀

January 12, 2023

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there are two church services at the weekend (three in the winter months) in the Jakobi Church. It is also popular as a baptismal, wedding and concert church. The Jakobi Church is an important stopover on the newly developed Way of St. James from Minden via Herford to Soest.
(Source: herford-mitte.de/kirchen/st-jakobi/)

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Basti läuft....

June 28, 2023

Very beautiful church crowned with an onion dome, surrounded by old houses and large trees

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St. Jakobi Church (Herford)

1. Avenue at the ramparts – St. Jakobi Church (Herford) loop from Stiftberg

2. St. Jakobi Church (Herford) – Herford Wall Walkway loop from Neustadt

3. Bäckerstraße Bridge – St. Jakobi Church (Herford) loop from Neustadt

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