The monastery church of St. Mary and Crucis in Diesdorf was founded in 1161 as part of an Augustinian monastery. Construction of the three-aisled brick basilica began in 1182 and was completed around 1230. It is an important example of brick Romanesque architecture in the Altmark and is characterized by its complete groin vaults and the tied system. Of the old four-part chimes, only the smallest bronze bell from 1652 has survived. The remaining bells fell victim to the armaments industry in the two world wars. In the 1950s, four cast iron bells were purchased thanks to donations from the community. After reunification, Otto Bose, a native of Diesburg, donated four new bronze bells to the church.

The church is part of the Romanesque Road and can be visited from April to September.

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Maik Richter

April 29, 2021

In 1161, Count Hermann von Warpke-Lüchow donated the building of an Augustinian canon monastery in Diesdorf. The construction of the Romanesque brick monastery church in Diesdorf probably began in 1182 and was completed in the years 1220-30. During the following centuries there were some extensions, modifications and repairs. The last repair and refurbishment took place in the years 1966-72, among other things the church got a new floor in 1970.

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