The parish church of St. Martin is the Catholic parish church of Nörten-Hardenberg and structurally stands out from the otherwise rather simple Catholic diaspora churches in southern Lower Saxony.
The reason lies in the special history of this municipality. Between 741 and 768 this original parish in the Leinegau was founded by St. Boniface founded and once had 12 main churches and 300 associated side churches. The Petersstift Nörten was founded here in 1055, which later incorporated the Martin parish. The church building was shared.
Politically, Nörten belonged to Kurmainz until the end of the Old Kingdom in 1806 and remained Catholic; the monastery was abolished in 1809. The old, now Gothic church could no longer be structurally saved at the end of the 19th century. 1894-95 the current building was built in the Rhenish Romanesque style by R. Herzig (Hildesheim) and is a reminder of the great importance of the place. The historic interior has also been preserved. The previous building was just south of the church, where the crypt of the old church was excavated in 2014.
The Stiftsplatz is surrounded by historic half-timbered buildings from the time of the Petersstift.
I found the church open.