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Location: Ruhr Region, Münster District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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May 10, 2017

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"The origin church of the Protestant parish was the Romanesque St. Dionysius church in the middle of the village of Herne, which was not dilapidated in 1872, but too small for the steadily increasing number of parishioners On January 25, 1869, the presbytery of the parish, of 1870 to accumulate an annual church tax levy of 1,000 thalers for a new building, but only in July 1871, the plans got started and the church building fund was raised to 1,500 thalers.

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PeterH65 (a.k.a. "Waldorf")

April 13, 2023

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"The Evangelical Kreuzkirche (formerly: Hauptkirche) is the successor building to the Dionysiuskirche.

The establishment of the first Christian parish in Herne probably goes back to the 9th/10th century. century back. Saint Dionysius was the patron saint of the old Romanesque church, which was built around 1100 on the former Haranniplatz and demolished between 1873 (tower) and 1876 (nave). During excavations in 1933/34, traces of at least one previous building of this church were uncovered. After the Reformation, the church was the Lutheran parish church of the parish of Herne.

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Stephan

July 14, 2020

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After the previous church of St. Dionysius became too small, today's Kreuzkirche was built in 1873-75 using material from the previous church.

More info: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kreuzkirche_(Herne)#Baugeschichte

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