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Kreuzkirche Neustadt (Dosse)

Kreuzkirche Neustadt (Dosse)

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Kreuzkirche Neustadt (Dosse)

Name: Kreuzkirche Neustadt (Dosse)
Rating: 2

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Location: Ruppiner Lakeland, Brandenburg, Germany

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1. Lakeside Trail – Klempowsee loop from Neustadt (Dosse)

52.2km

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2. Klempowsee – Cycle Path on the Dosse Dike loop from Neustadt (Dosse)

33.1km

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3. Klempowsee – Cycle Path on the Dosse Dike loop from Spiegelberg

25.6km

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Andreas 🚴🏻‍♂️ 🚵‍♂️

September 30, 2021

Church building history
The Neustädter Kreuzkirche, built from 1673 to 1686, is the first baroque central building
the Mark Brandenburg. Built by the noble patron of the city, Prince Friedrich von
Hessen-Homburg, later Landgrave Friedrich II of Hessen-Homburg. As a prince
Friedrich took over Neustadt from Count Christoph v. Königsmarck acquires, exists
he only consists of 7 farms, a mill and a forge. He sat down firmly
Plant to enlarge and beautify the place. With the proven administrator
Liborius Eck, whom he had taken over from Königsmarck and for whom he was benevolent
donated, it succeeds in a short time to settle skilled craftsmen. Already two years
later the place already had 47 town houses and had a suburb in which there were another 25
Families settled. But all that was not enough for the Prince of Homburg. Did he want to
To properly promote trade and commerce, a town had to be made out of the small town
will. For this project he found the sovereign, the Great Elector,
Understanding and support. Not least because of Homburg's influence at his court
His request was granted and Elector Friedrich Wilhelm granted it on August 24th
In 1664 the privilege, through the Neustadt a.d. Dosse is raised to the city. That
The prince's building work had progressed rapidly, but his great start had been made
Striving is badly interrupted when a large fire breaks out on the castle in 1666.
The castle and the small church that belonged to it burn to the ground.
This did not discourage the prince. The city should be bigger and more beautiful than
must be rebuilt beforehand. In 1673 he begins building the Kreuzkirche, whose
Foundation stone Prince v. Homburg himself put. It is the only building that is out of the
at that time is preserved. Pastor Johann Michael Schleyer (1667-1684 Rev. in Neustadt)
consecrated the foundation stone and "borrowed" a person to be baptized and a bride and groom from Köritz.

Source: daten2.verwaltungsportal.de/daten/seitengenerator/1_kirchenbaugeschichte.pdf

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Location: Ruppiner Lakeland, Brandenburg, Germany

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1. Lakeside Trail – Klempowsee loop from Neustadt (Dosse)

2. Klempowsee – Cycle Path on the Dosse Dike loop from Neustadt (Dosse)

3. Klempowsee – Cycle Path on the Dosse Dike loop from Spiegelberg

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