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The memorial "Ansgar column" was installed in 1965 on the "Ansgarikirchhof" city square in honor of the 1100th anniversary of the death of St. Ansgar and in memory of the destruction of St. Ansgarii church in 1944. The bronze column forms a Bible, ship and cross: the symbols of Ansgar's mission.
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A group of citizens formed the committee "Anschari e.V. - Association for the historical cityscape of Bremen" which promotes the reconstruction of the Ansgarii Church and the demolition of the "Bremer Carreé" city block that was built in its place.
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in Bremen. The building was severely damaged during World War II and the ruin was demolished in the 1950s. A new church building under the same name was constructed outside of the old city.
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of Bremen, known as the "Apostle of the North", established a foundation for twelve clergy here. Ansgar was later buried in Bremen in 865. In the late 12th century, Archbishop
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at the end of the 14th century. The main tower on the west side was not completed until the 14th century. After a fire in 1590, a
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in Bremen in 1522 emphasizing the theological and historical importance of the St. Ansgarii community for the history of Bremen.
525: 205: 35:. The 97-meter-high tower was the tallest landmark of the city for centuries. The church was the starting point of the 145: 288: 224: 310: 169: 315: 283: 518:
Extensive image collection documenting the medieval building and its destruction on Bildarchiv Foto Marburg
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surveys in 1824. These events are commemorated on a metal plaque on the "Ansgarikirchhof" city square.
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The tower steeple, the tallest in the city, was used as the center point for the first Bremen
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2., aktualisierte, überarbeitete und erweiterte Auflage. Edition Temmen, Bremen 2003,
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was added to the top and the tower reached its final height of about 97 meters.
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The name and tradition of St. Ansgarii go back to around 850, when Archbishop
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Zur Baugeschichte der Pfarrkirchen St. Martini und St. Ansgarii in Bremen
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Kittel, C., Knight, W.D., Ruderman, M.A., Helmholz, A.C., Moyer, B.J.:
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Bremer Carreé: Ansgarihaus that replaced the original Ansgarii church
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Buildings and structures in Germany destroyed during World War II
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Landesamt für Geoinformation und Landesvermessung Niedersachsen.
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survived and were placed inside the new church building.
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Bremen in 1729, St. Ansgarii Church in the center-left
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Brick Gothic
Bremen
Reformation
Ansgar
Hartwig II
canons
Brick Gothic
parish church
hall church
canopy
Heinrich von Zütphen
Martin Luther
Reformation

land survey
Carl Friedrich Gauß
triangulation
air raids on Bremen
World War II
pulpit
epitaphs
Bell tower in the 1930s
Floor plan of the medieval construction
Surviving wooden pulpit
Plaque for land surveys 1797 & 1824
"Ansgar column" from 1965
Modern church built in the 1950s
Das Große Bremen-Lexikon
ISBN

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