Basilicas in Northern Germany

I blogged about the following basilica on August 1, 2020.

• Cathedral Basilica of St. Hedwig in Berlin.

 

Basilica Cathedral of St. John the Baptist Patron of Breslavia, Berlin, Berlin

Declared a minor basilica by Pope Pius X in 1906.

The Basilica is the Cathedral for the Military Ordinariate of Germany and was built between 1894 and 1897 in a Romanesque style.

The first picture is from Flickr and the other two are from Wikipedia.

Basilica of Our Lady Queen of the Rosary, Berlin, Berlin

Declared a minor basilica by Pope Pius XII in 1950.

The Neo-Romanesque Basilica was completed in 1900.  The murals were done by Friedrich Stummel and his students.

All pictures are from Wikipedia.

Basilica of St. Godehard, Hildesheim, Lower Saxony

Declared a minor basilica by Pope Paul VI in 1963.

The Basilica was completed in 1172 as a church for a Benedictine abbey.  It is considered to be an important example of Romanesque architecture in Germany.  It is named for an 11^th Century bishop of Hildesheim.

 

The first picture is from Flickr, the second from a local source, and the last two are from Wikipedia.

Basilica of St. Mary, Mother of the Seven Sorrows, Cloppenburg, Lower Saxony

Declared a minor basilica by Pope Paul VI in 1977.

The location has been the site of pilgrimages to venerate a 14^th Century Pieta.  The current neo-Baroque Basilica was built in the 1920s.

Both pictures are from Wikipedia.

St. Clement’s Basilica, Hanover, Lower Saxony

Declared a minor basilica by Pope John Paul II in 1998.

St. Clement’s was constructed between 1712 and 1718 and was the first Catholic church built in Hanover after the Reformation.  The church was almost totally destroyed during the Second World War and was rebuilt in an Italian style between 1946 and 1957.

Pictures are from Pinterest and Wikipedia.

Basilica of St. Cyriacus, Duderstadt, Lower Saxony

Declared a minor basilica by Pope Francis in 2015.

The Basilica was built between 1250 and 1490 using a Half-timber style.

 

Pictures are from Flickr, Pinterest, and TripAdvisor.

Basilica of the Holy Cross, Wechselburg, Saxony

Declared a minor basilica by Pope Francis in 2015.

The Basilica is the church for Wechselburg Abbey.  The Abbey was established in the 12^th Century by the Augustinians and the church was built prior to 1200.  It was secularized (and occasionally Protestant) between 1543 and the early 20^th Century when it became a parish church.  The church was damaged during the Second World War and was restored between 1953 and 1965.  During the Communist rule, the abbey was used as a hospital.  Benedictines reestablished the Abbey in 1993.  The biblically-themed rood screen is considered an outstanding example of 13^th Century German art.  The Basilica has several sculptures and paintings.

All pictures are from Wikipedia.