St. Laurentius is the fifth post-Reformation Catholic church in Mecklenburg and the first with a tower (37 m high). It was built as a brick hall church in the neo-Romanesque style with arched friezes and pilaster strips.

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St. Laurentius is the Catholic parish church of Wismar. It stands on the southeast edge of the historic old town and was consecrated on October 12, 1902 by Bishop Hubertus Voß. It was given the name of Saint Laurentius because the Roman martyr was considered the patron saint of Wismar until the Reformation.

St. Laurentius was the fifth post-Reformation Catholic church in Mecklenburg and the first with a tower (37 m). It was built as a brick hall church in the neo-Romanesque style with arched friezes and pilaster strips.

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The St. Laurentius Church in Wismar is the first Catholic church that was allowed to be built with a tower in Mecklenburg after the Reformation. The church was consecrated on …

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Location: Wismar, Northwest Mecklenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany

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