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All Saints' Church, Erfurt

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is a gravestone in honour of the then university professor Dr Heinrich Eberbach from 1547 and on the right a relief epitaph for Georg Hugolt from 1619. All other of the formerly numerous gravestones inside the church were moved to the adjacent churchyard at the end of the 19th century. A life-size
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with an intermediate building and a hexagonal choir, which is three steps higher than the nave, are attached to the northern nave. Between its Gothic windows, the choir contains a Virgin and Child carved in lime wood from 1410 to 1420 and is flanked by two tombstones at the entrance. On the left side
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from the 18th century, the tower basement. It also serves as an entrance hall and has a pointed arched passage with an iron grille to the east. In the adjoining nave, on the left side, in an extension to the church tower, there is a stone staircase from the 19th century, through which one
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style, which lasted until the 14th century, the ground plan was adapted to the layout of the street. Thus, to this day, the walls of the nave do not run parallel, but begin narrowly at the west tower and widen towards the east. In addition, the nave was divided into two parts and given a roof
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All Saints' Church is a small Roman Catholic hall church in the Gothic style. It has a total of three pointed-arched portals, of which the north portal was bricked up at the end of the 19th century. The south portal has a sandstone relief from 1370 to 1380 in the area of the
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in the historical centre of Erfurt. It has an irregular floor plan and, at 53 metres (173 ft 11 in), the highest church tower in the old part of the city. Since 2007, it has been the first Roman Catholic church in central Germany to house a
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altar was moved to the east wall of the nave's south part. Finally, the north portal was bricked up and the south portal opened. In 1915 and 1919, the interior of the church was repainted under the direction of Prof. Hanftmann.
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in the same year. In 1222, a fire raged in the old part of the city, to which the church and the monastery largely fell victim. The associated hospital was mentioned for the last time in 1234 and was probably moved to the
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from the end of the 15th century hangs on the north wall of the northern nave. After the completion of the columbarium in 2007, services are only held in the southern nave. At its entrance is an octagonal
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with its bronze bell from 1619 and the tower keeper's flat. Finally, a door on the eighth and last floor, the spire base, leads to the 36-metre-high (118 ft) gallery (viewing platform) with
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structure with two wooden pointed barrels. This construction is still preserved today, but is hidden by a flat ceiling inserted in the 19th century. The square west tower with its pointed
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compartments, and is made of slightly reddish veined Thuringian limestone and sandblasted glass. The burial place is separated from the rest of the church by a glass wall running between the
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stood on the site of the hospital, which became the property of university professors from the 15th century onwards. The church building destroyed in the town fire probably only had a
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from 1372 to 1420 showing the feet of the crucified Christ were found during renovation work in 2006. Secular buildings adjoin the east wall of the southern nave and the churchyard.
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to the east of the north part of the nave and removing a sacristy in the south part. Furthermore, the west gallery with the organ was renewed and the former three-part
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reaches the west gallery with the organ and the second tower storey. A wooden staircase in the tower leads to the next-higher floors, along the wooden
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The interior is divided into two naves by two octagonal pillars with three pointed arched arcades. Since 2007, the northern nave has housed a
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for Christians and non-Christians, designed by the Erfurt artist Evelyn Körber. It consists of 15 columns taller than a man, each with 42
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in sculptural design and flanked by two life-size carved figures of the apostles Peter and Paul. Behind the altar, fragments of a
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suffered frequent damage from lightning strikes. The tower and its spire had to be renewed in 1487, 1628 and 1870. During the
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group. The crossbeams of the cross resemble bent branches bearing rich fruit and are probably intended to symbolise the
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Beschreibende Darstellung der älteren Bau- und Kunstdenkmäler der Stadt Erfurt und des Erfurter Landkreises
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Kunstdenkmale der Provinz Sachsen. Die Stadt Erfurt. Allerheiligenkirche, Andreaskirche, Barfüßerkirche
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altar from 1782. The altarpiece consists of Christ with his saints and is surmounted by the Most Holy
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Between 1896 and 1898, extensive reconstruction work was carried out on All Saints' Church, adding a
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confirmed the foundation in writing for the first time in a document. The church was probably
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in the middle of the ridge with a bell from 1415 (weight 75 kilograms (165 lb)).
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from the 17th century and on the east wall is the former three-part
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and can only be entered by relatives with a chip card. To the east, a
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In 1936, the congregation of All Saints' Church was absorbed into the
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in rectangular form and a west tower protruding to the south.
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Turmgekröntes Erfurt. Die zehn katholischen Stadtkirchen
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Through the main portal in the west, one first enters a
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14th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Germany
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During the reconstruction of All Saints' Church in the
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with a monastery and hospital. In 1125, the Archbishop
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All Saints' Church is located in Thuringia
All Saints' Church is located in Germany
50°58′40″N 11°1′36″E / 50.97778°N 11.02667°E / 50.97778; 11.02667
Erfurt
Thuringia
Germany
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Catholic
Subsidiary church
Dedication
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Kulturdenkmal
Hall church
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Diocese
Diocese of Erfurt
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Erfurt
Thuringia

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