Marienkirche (Marienhafe)

The Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. Mary in Marienhafe was the largest and most important sacred building in East Friesland until it was partially demolished in 1829.[1] It was built in the early Gothic style in the 13th century in the town of Marienhafe, which had around 500 inhabitants at the time. For a long time the church was an important sea mark. The Leybucht, which owes its name to the old name of today's Norder Tief,[2] reached right up to the building. The church was later connected to the North Sea via the Störtebeker Deep. At the end of the 14th century, the pirate Klaus Störtebeker is said to have lived in the church, but this cannot be proven to date. After the Reformation, a last attempt was made in Marienhafe in 1593, for the religious in a Lutheran East and a reformie

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June 7, 2022

The Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. Mary in Marienhafe was the largest and most important sacred building in East Friesland until it was partially demolished in 1829.[1] It was built in the early Gothic style in the 13th century in the town of Marienhafe, which had around 500 inhabitants at the time. For a long time the church was an important sea mark. The Leybucht, which owes its name to the old name of today's Norder Tief,[2] reached right up to the building. The church was later connected to the North Sea via the Störtebeker Deep. At the end of the 14th century, the pirate Klaus Störtebeker is said to have lived in the church, but this cannot be proven to date. After the Reformation, a last attempt was made in Marienhafe in 1593 for the county of Ostfriesland 👇, which was religiously divided into a Lutheran east and a reformed west

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Elevation 10 m

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Location: Marienhafe, Aurich, East Frisia, Lower Saxony, Germany

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