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Martini Churchyard

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Martini Churchyard

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1. Martini Tower – Grote Markt (Market Square), Groningen loop from Groningen Noord

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2. Der Aa-Kerk Groningen – Martinitoren loop from Groningen Europapark

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3. Martini Tower – The Aa Church, Groningen loop from Groningen

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Theo

January 7, 2021

The Martinikerkhof is the ‘green heart’ of the city of Groningen. Over the centuries, various buildings with an ecclesiastical and administrative function have been built on and around the churchyard. For example, in the Middle Ages, the prefect, the highest administrator of Groningen, lived here, and from 1594, the stadtholder of Stad en Lande. The Latin or St. Martin’s School also stood on the churchyard, which still partly houses the Provincial States today.

The Martinikerk forms the boundary between the churchyard and the busy city. The church was given its current form in the first quarter of the 16th century. From the year 800, a wooden parish church, the St. Martin’s Church, stood on this site. This church had already been replaced once by a tuff stone building when construction of the current Martinikerk began in the first half of the 13th century. In the late Middle Ages, the current Martinikerkhof was put into use as an extension of the churchyard that was on the other side of the church. Long before that, the first dead were buried there, in the 5th century AD.
(source and more information at: staatingroningen.nl/groen/11/martinikerkhof)

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Bumble-Bee

February 9, 2021

The Martinikerkhof is one of the three large squares in the city centre of Groningen, which has been surrounded by buildings with a religious or administrative function for centuries. The other two are the Grote Markt and the Vismarkt. The square is an oasis of peace in the city centre, even though it was used as a car park until the 1970s. The former cemetery is now almost completely car-free and exudes the atmosphere of a small park.

The Martinikerk with the Martini Tower is prominently located on the Martinikerkhof. The houses on the south side of this church (between the Sint Jansstraat and the Grote Markt) are also located on the Martinikerkhof.

(nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martinikerkhof)

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Cooli 🆒77🦀

April 19, 2025

Martinikerkhof
The Martinikerkhof is a crown jewel. Crown jewels are green spaces in the city where nature and history combine to create a special quality. They are cared for and protected like precious jewels.
The Martinikerkhof is one of the oldest parts of the city of Groningen. Over the centuries, various buildings with ecclesiastical and administrative functions were built here. It was used as a churchyard until 1828. After that, burials within the city walls were no longer permitted by law. The oldest known graves in the (former) churchyard date back to the fifth century AD. Until 1627, the Church of St. Walburg stood in the churchyard directly behind St. Martin's Church and likely served as a bishop's chapel. Since 1990, the city monument "The Tenth Sign" by Daniel Libeskind has stood on the site of the fountain of St. Walburg Church. It was erected to mark the 950th anniversary of the city of Groningen. The Martinikerkhof was even used as a parking lot for a while, but now functions again as a green, quiet space in the heart of the city center.

(Source: visitgroningen.nl/de/standorte/1378117652/martini-friedhof).

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1. Martini Tower – Grote Markt (Market Square), Groningen loop from Groningen Noord

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