Aegidienkirche, Hanover
Aegidien Church (German: Aegidienkirche), after Saint Giles to whom the church was dedicated, is a war memorial in Hanover, the capital of Lower Saxony, Germany. The church dates from 1347, when it replaced an older Romanesque church dating to 1163. This in turn replaced an even earlier chapel.: 2–4, 10 Aegidien Church was destroyed during the night beginning 8 October 1943 by aerial bombings of Hanover during World War II. In 1952, Aegidien Church became a war memorial dedicated to victims of war and of violence.
| Aegidien Church | |
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Aegidienkirche | |
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As seen from south-east, across the traffic lights at the intersection of Breite Strasse and Osterstrasse | |
| For the victims of war and of violence | |
| Established | 27 October 1952 |
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| Website | www |
An early-Romanesque chapel and a Romanesque church stood here before 1350. Construction of this church started in 1347. The tower was built in 1717 to plans by Sudfeld Vick. Destroyed in 1943, since 1952 the ruined church serves as memorial for the victims of war and of violence. | |
Aegidienkirche | |
Aegidien Church is situated in the old town (●) shown within the approximate location of the former 13th-century defensive wall encircling it.
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| 52°22′10″N 9°44′21″E | |
| Location | Hanover |
| Country | Germany |
| Denomination | Lutheran |
| Previous denomination | Catholic |
| History | |
| Status | War memorial |
| Architecture | |
| Style | Gothic |
| Groundbreaking | 1347 (Julian) |
| Administration | |
| Synod | Church of Hanover |
| Deanery | Hanover City |
| Parish | Marktkirche |
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