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St. Martin's Church, Worms

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St. Martin's Church, Worms

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    November 22, 2021

    The Church of St. Martin is a place where St. Martin has actually been, that alone makes the place so special. The building itself impresses with its Romanesque forms and its ancient history.

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      July 22, 2019

      The church is dedicated to St. Martin of Tours, who refused to serve as a Roman soldier in Worms in the 4th century before a battle against the Germanic tribes. According to legend, the church stands on the site of the dungeon where Martin was thrown for his conscientious objection. [1] The oldest mention of the church is in a deed of donation of Emperor Otto III. obtained from the end of the 10th century. The church served as a collegiate church of the collegiate of the same name. It was also an early burial place of the treasurer of Worms and their best-known family branch, that of Dalberg, whose two townhouses were located in the immediate vicinity in the Kämmerergasse. [2]

      The church was heavily damaged in the Palatinate War of Succession by troops of King Louis XIV, almost all the equipment was lost. The reconstruction took place in the Baroque style.

      1802, the Martinsstift was dissolved with the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss, the church building then continues to be used today as a Roman Catholic parish church.

      Under the parish priest and honorary citizen of Worms Nikolaus Reuss (1809-1890) took place between 1872 and 1887, an interior and exterior renovation. Inside, medieval murals were discovered and restored in the course of the measure. The baroque high altar was replaced by a new, neo-Romanesque style. The interior design of the late 19th century was completed by a painting by Otto Linnemann, which is no longer available today.

      During the air raids on Worms on October 4, 1943 and February 21, 1945, the St. Martin's Church was heavily damaged again. The reconstruction took place in 1946/47. In 1950, the late-Gothic porch, which joined the Martinskirche and the originally adjacent Lampertikirche, broken off. [5]

      (Https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Martin_%28Worms%29)

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        May 24, 2021

        A Romanesque basilica in Worms

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          December 12, 2021

          Three-aisled Romanesque pillar passilica from the eleventh to thirteenth centuries. Graduated from the so-called Worms School with a straight choir. Former collegiate church.

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            February 25, 2023

            The Martinskirche in Worms was the collegiate church of the Martinsstift, whose buildings have almost completely disappeared. It is a three-aisled, transeptless pillar basilica with a straight chancel. Where the Martinskirche stands today, the real St. Martin is said to have been imprisoned in the dungeon of a basilica.

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              October 14, 2021

              Saint Martin, to whom this church in Worms is consecrated, is - next to Saint Nicholas - probably one of the most popular saints of all. The memorial day of the former officer in the Roman army is November 11th. On the night after the famous “coat sharing”, when he surrendered half his army cloak to a freezing beggar, Jesus Christ appears to him in a dream. He then converted to Christianity and was later - initially against his will - elected Bishop of Tours (France).
              Many should have fond childhood memories of lantern handicrafts in kindergarten and elementary school, the evening lantern parade through the dark village / district - and of course of the delicious “Weckmann”.

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                June 8, 2019

                Saint Martin was imprisoned here in 356 because he refused to do military service. Today the Martinskirche is a pilgrimage station on the European cultural route "Via Sancti Martini". Source: worms-erleben.de

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                  February 17, 2018

                  Important historical sacred building on Ludwigsplatz.

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                    June 2, 2024

                    The Martinskirche in Worms was the collegiate church of the Martinsstift, whose buildings have almost completely disappeared. It is a three-aisled, transeptless pillar basilica with a straight choir. It contains architectural styles from the 12th to 15th centuries. It is the burial place of the Kämmerer family of Worms, known as von Dalberg, whose properties were located in today's Kämmererstraße in the vicinity of the church.
                    The basilica in Worms is said to have contained a dungeon in which Saint Martin was imprisoned in 357 because he had refused military service to Emperor Julian.
                    The founding of St. Martin as a second foundation probably also dates back to the time of Bishop Burchard (1000-1025). The church may have been founded earlier, around 900.
                    Source and further information: worms.de/de/kultur/stadtgeschichte/wussten-sie-es/liste_persoenlichkeiten/2007-02_heiliger-martin-in-worms.php

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                      June 18, 2023

                      The Romanesque church is named after St. Martin

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                        November 11, 2024

                        St. Martin is a Romanesque basilica in Worms.

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