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Michaeliskirche

Michaeliskirche

Bautzen, DE

St Michael's Church is a 15th-century church. In 1495 the tower was built on the south side and the nave on the west side. The vault and roof were completed around 1520. During the remodelling of 1892, the galleries were built, the south windows were blocked up and stairs were built outside. At the end of the Second World War, during the Battle of Bautzen, the tower dome was burnt down, but a bell from 1929 was preserved and was the only one in the whole city to ring on New Year's Day 1946. During the renovation work from 1964 to 1976, most of the 1892 alterations were reversed, the extensions were removed and the windows were exposed again.

Michaelstein Abbey

Michaelstein Abbey

Blankenburg (Harz), DE

Kloster Michaelstein is a former Cistercian abbey founded in 1139. After a turbulent 16th and 17th century, marked by numerous changes of ownership, a seminary was established there in 1717 and ceased in 1808. At the end of the 19th century, the monastery became a hatchery because of its proximity to ponds. After its restoration after the Second World War, the monastery was used as a music academy, a venue for concerts and events, a conference centre and a museum.

Moisall Church

Moisall Church

Moisall, DE

This early gothic church with fieldstone and brick masonry was first documented in 1264. The church was rebuilt in the first half of the 18th century, when the nave was covered with a mansard roof. The wooden barrel vaulting installed at that time was renewed during a restoration in 1895 together with the northern sacristy. The altarpiece is a work from 1726 and shows a painting with Christ on the Mount of Olives.

Monastery and Church St. Alfons / Office building

Monastery and Church St. Alfons / Office building

Aachen, DE

Built in 1865, the St. Alfons monastery in Aachen, Germany, transformed into an office building in 2008, while preserving its historical features. The conversion process involved reversible modifications and a glass extension.

Monastery Church

Monastery Church

Cottbus, DE

The monastery church of the former Franciscan monastery of Cottbus is the oldest preserved sacred building in the city. It was built in its present form in the 15th century in the Gothic style. The last remnant of the monastery buildings was not demolished until 1852. The monastery church is also called the "Wendish church", as it was the parish church for the Wendish (Sorbian) population.

Monastery of St. Paul, Brandenburg/Havel

Monastery of St. Paul, Brandenburg/Havel

Brandenburg an der Havel, DE

The Monastery of St. Paul was founded in the 13th century but was built in several phases, the last of which was completed in 1497 with the construction of the chapel and library. After the Reformation, the monastery came into the possession of the city, which operated a hospital and a benefactor's house there. The church served as a Protestant parish church from 1560, and the monastery and church burned down during the Second World War. Since 2008, St. Paul's Monastery has been open to the public again. It houses the State Archaeological Museum. The monastery church serves as a venue for events.

Monastery of the Poor Clares, Ribnitz

Monastery of the Poor Clares, Ribnitz

Ribnitz-Damgarten, DE

The monastery of the Poor Clares of Ribnitz was first consecrated in 1330, but the present monastery church was begun in 1361 and consecrated in 1393. It consists of a large brick vaulted hall, consisting of six narrow rectangular bays with inwardly drawn buttresses, without a structurally separate choir. The houses of the convent are today popular apartments. The museum, the municipal library, the gallery, and the city archives make the convent grounds a cultural centre of the city. The monastery still has a number of remarkable medieval wooden sculptures, the "Ribnitz Madonnas".

Motorway Chapel of Gramschatzer Wald

Motorway Chapel of Gramschatzer Wald

Hausen bei Würzburg, DE

The motorway chapel Gramschatzer Wald is an ecumenical ‘road church’ located east of the Gramschatzer Wald junction of the Federal Motorway 7. The chapel was planned and built by the Regensburg architect Haymo Ruscheinsky. The prayer room was consecrated in 2015. The furniture is completely made of wood. The Regensburg painter Ralf Peinl designed the interior walls of exposed concrete with signs of death and resurrection.

Motorway Church in Windach

Motorway Church in Windach

Windach, DE

The motorway church in Windach on the A 96 is a tent-shaped church. The construction by the Munich architect Josef Wiedemann serves primarily as a parish church. The simultaneous use as a motorway church was an obvious choice due to its proximity to the A 96 motorway. Inside, the light wood panelling of the roof creates a warm atmosphere. At the centre of the dodecagonal floor plan is the altar, around which chairs are arranged in a circle.

Motorway Church of Medenbach

Motorway Church of Medenbach

Wiesbaden, DE

The Motorway Church of Medenbach is a church located on the service area of Medenbach-West on the A 3 Cologne-Frankfurt motorway. The church was designed by the Hessian architect Hans Waechter and was consecrated on 30 March 2001. The motorway church is designed as a low building made of lightweight exposed concrete, surrounded by arcades and courtyard walls. The chapel has exposed brick masonry inside and out.

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