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St. Martin's Church, Groß Ellershausen

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67: 97: 50: 351:. It is significant as possibly retaining the oldest existing structure, its tower, in southern Lower Saxony. While the details of the origin of the church building have been lost in the mist of history, architectural analysis indicates that the Romanesque church tower was most likely built in the tenth or eleventh century. The remains of a hearth on the second floor have led to the conclusion that the tower was originally a 104: 74: 358:
Records from 1608 and 1610 indicate there were two bells in the church. The larger of the two was melted down during the First World War as part of the national effort to obtain metals for military purposes. In 1922, two steel bells were dedicated as replacements. Then in 2003 three new bronze bells
355:(a residential tower) of a titled family, probably the Herren von Ellershausen, which lived there at the time. The church's ship is much younger, probably having been built or re-built during the Barocque era. It was repaired in 1838. . 128: 461: 456: 371:, meaning "only to God the honor"). The bells are rung by an electrically run system, with various combinations and sequences signifying various things. 451: 66: 96: 284: 417: 406:
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of unequal sizes were installed. Each of the bells has a Latin word inscribed (
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Ilse Röttgerodt-Riechmann, 1993, Christiane Segers-Glocke.
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St. Martin's Church is located in Lower Saxony
St. Martin's Church is located in Germany
51°31′14″N 09°51′53″E / 51.52056°N 9.86472°E / 51.52056; 9.86472
Groß Ellershausen
Denomination
Lutheran
Catholic
www.kirche.gross-ellershausen.de
parish church
Dedication
Martin of Tours
Synod
Lutheran Church of Hanover
Deanery
Parish
German
Lutheran church
Groß Ellershausen
Göttingen
Lower Saxony
Germany
Eckhard Kupke, Ursula Huck: Denkmale, Brunnen und Natur in Groß Ellershausen. Groß Ellershausen, 2001. S. 11f
Läutordnung und Bilder der Glocken
Kirche Groß Ellershausen
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Göttingen
Lutheran churches in Lower Saxony
Lutheran churches converted from Roman Catholicism

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