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Meiningen town church

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Meiningen town church

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Meiningen town church

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Location: Meiningen, Landkreis Schmalkalden-Meiningen, Thuringia, Germany

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1. English Garden (Meiningen) – Werra at Schlosspark loop from Meiningen

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2. Grenzbuche Junction – Kalte Staude loop from Meiningen

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3. Meiningen Arch Bridge – View from the Diezhäuschen loop from Meiningen

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Sopho, Micha, Frieda & Bella 🐶🐾

January 6, 2021

The Evangelical Lutheran town church of our dear women, also called St. Marien, is a three-aisled hall church and a landmark of the town of Meiningen.
The town church is the most important sacred building in Meiningen and fulfills the function of a parish church for the Protestant communities in the region.
Construction of the double-towered St. Mary's Church, which characterizes the cityscape, began in the Ottonian period.
As the oldest building still in existence in the city, it combines several architectural styles as a result of an eventful building history spanning over a thousand years.
The town church forms the center of the historic Meiningen old town and is on the south side of the market.
With its towers and the nave, it towers over the surrounding buildings, which consist of half-timbered houses from the 17th and 18th centuries and classicist town houses from the 19th century.
Close to the north side of the nave is the "Heinrichsbrunnen" with the statue of Emperor Heinrich II.
According to tradition, Heinrich II is said to have initiated the construction of the church after his coronation as king during the homage journey during his stay in Meiningen in early January 1003.

(Source: Wikipedia)

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Tevion1505 (Andreas)

June 9, 2021

The market square is dominated by the town or Marienkirche "Our dear women" with its two 50 m towers.
In the foundations it hides the oldest building-historical witnesses in the urban area of Meiningen. Components from around the year 1000 were found here. The lower part of the north tower and the door knocker on the left inner door of the main entrance testify to this Romanesque predecessor building. Historiography connects the first building of the church with Emperor Heinrich II. (973-1024), but without being able to conclusively prove his influence. In the 15th century, the growing township required the construction of a larger church, which was started but not completed in the style of French cathedrals. The choir received its vault from 1443 to 1455 with the pictures and coats of arms on the keystones.
In 1544, under the rule of Georg Ernst von Henneberg, the church was reformed into a Protestant town church.
The church was rebuilt over centuries without any design unity being achieved. A major redesign took place in 1884-89. The nave was completely renewed, the south tower moved and architecturally adapted to the north tower (1594), and the colored brick covering was applied.
In autumn 1989 the city church served as a place for the emerging opposition to the political regime of the GDR.

Source: meiningen.de/Tourismus-Kultur/Kultur-entsehen/Historische-Orte-und-Pers%C3%B6nitäten/Historische-Orte/.1

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Loki 🚴

September 5, 2021

Impressive, very venerable building and therefore of course also a popular photo motif in the center of Meiningen.

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Franzl wandert 🥾

October 5, 2023

The town church of Our Lady of Meiningen is the spiritual center of the town.

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October 3, 2020

Historic town church St. Marien. Construction began in the Ottonian times.
Oldest building in the city

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RS7

May 24, 2024

The Evangelical Lutheran City Church of Our Lady, also called St. Mary's, is a three-aisled hall church and a landmark of the city of Meiningen. The city church is the most important religious building in Meiningen and serves as a parish church for the Protestant communities in the region.

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Oldboy

July 1, 2019

Open Church - unfortunately not on Mondays

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H.Benkert

July 20, 2019

very beautiful church in Meiningen

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🎸 Steffen 🌻

May 31, 2024

The Evangelical City Library in Meiningen

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🎸 Steffen 🌻

May 31, 2024

The church of Meiningen is an eye-catcher

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🎸 Steffen 🌻

September 29, 2024

Very nice city church

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Wandertourist

July 3, 2024

The town church looks back on a history that goes back more than 1000 years. However, it is not the historical centre of Meiningen, which was actually once located in the area of the English Garden. The town church was built as a new building for the local church, which continued to exist in parallel for many centuries. It is worth a visit, but the opening times are quite limited.

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bbhexe💙💛

July 17, 2024

Every Wednesday afternoon there is the opportunity to climb the tower. Coffee and cake are also served in the church at this time.

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Karel Sachsen

September 28, 2024

Beautiful city church with a lot of history

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uta_is_hiking

August 16, 2025

The Evangelical Lutheran City Church of Our Lady is a three-aisled hall church and a landmark of the city of Meiningen. It serves as the parish church for the Protestant congregations.
The church was built around 1000 as a solid structure of a pre-Romanesque basilica. It received a choir and a transept in 1034, and two new church towers and a bell in 1278.
The Catholic Church of St. Mary is located at Mauergasse 22.

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