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St. Elizabeth's Church, Marburg

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210: 93: 36: 323: 139: 147: 194:. In earlier times, the front part of the church had been reserved for the knights of the Order. The church has two towers with an approximate height of 80 m (263 ft). The northern one is crowned by a star, the southern one by a knight. It served as an inspiration for 225:
in 1283. However, the towers were not finished until 1340. The church was the property of the Order of the Teutonic Knights; some buildings of the Order still exist near the church, among them the
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during the 16th century, and the church was used for Protestant services from that point on. For a short time at the beginning of the 19th century, both
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was established in 2004 and supports the City of Marburg and the Protestant Church of Hesse-Kassel and Waldeck in the financing of the repair measures.
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and his wife were buried in the Elizabeth Church, after the removal of their remains from a salt mine where they were hidden under orders of their son
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The Gothic shrine of St. Elizabeth is the most important treasure of the church, but other pieces of religious art are also exhibited.
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to protect them from Soviet Forces, later to be found by the US Army, and finally put to rest in this 13th-century church.
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In order to start a long-needed renovation of the church and the remodelling of its immediate neighbourhood, the
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had Elizabeth's remains removed, in order to deter pilgrims from the Protestant city of Marburg. Today,
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Die Ausstattung der Marburger Elisabethkirche. Zur Ästhetisierung des Kultraums im Mittelalter
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Most of the knights and clerics of the Order who were attached to the church converted to
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consists of the Elisabeth choir, the High choir and the Landgrave choir. The
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In 2023 it was reported that renovation work was underway on the
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Construction started in 1235, the year Saint Elizabeth was
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of Elizabeth can be found in St. Elizabeth Convent in
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ceiling more than 20 m (66 ft) high. The triple
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Elisabeth Church (Marburg)
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Marburg
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Order of the Teutonic Knights
Saint Elizabeth of Hungary
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Cologne Cathedral
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St. Paul's Church in Strasbourg

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