Collegiate Church of St. Sixtus and St. Sinnitius Ramelsloh

Ramelsloh owes its creation to a spiritual foundation. When 845 the Vikings raided and destroyed Hamburg, Bishop Ansgar fled. A woman Ikia gave him land in the forest of "Hramesloa". On this land the first church and a man's pen were built. Founded by Ansgar Kanonikerstift Ramelsloh belonged to the diocese of Verden. It is considered one of the oldest facilities of this kind in Lower Saxony.
However, the former collegiate church of St. Sixtus and St. Sinnitius on the "Cathedral Square" in Ramelsloh has never been a bishop's church. The members of the Kollegialstiftes were called "canons" and spoke of the "cathedral" to emphasize the importance of the church as a center church.
The "canons" lived in a convent-like community without vows.
Duke Ernst the confessor of Braunschweig-Lüneburg introduced the Reformation in the monastery Ramelsloh in 1540 after years of disputes.
In 1684 the collegiate preacher and collegiate senator Balthasar Volckmann founded the parish of Ramelsloh. Since then, the collegiate church has been a parish church.
In 1863, the Ramelsloh Abbey was abolished.
The church was given its present form by a large reconstruction in the years 1887 to 1889 as a neo-Gothic hall church. The late Gothic medieval choir remained unchanged during the renovation.
In the choir stained glass windows show Ansgar with the relic of St. Sixtus, on the left and on the right side of Ansgar stand St. Sixtus and Sinnitius.
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Cultural highlight along the route.

Very beautiful church, it's worth seeing.