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St. Martin's Church, Jesteburg

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St. Martin's Church, Jesteburg

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  • Location: Jesteburg, Harburg, Lüneburg Heath, Lower Saxony, Germany

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    October 14, 2020

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    The first documentary mention of a church in Jesteburg comes from the year 1202. The small bell from this time is said to be the oldest in the Lüneburg region.
    This bell has been hanging in the wooden bell tower in front of the church building built in 1841/42 according to plans by Friedrich Hellner since 1768.
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    October 20, 2021

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    Saint Martin, to whom the church of Jesteburg is consecrated, is - next to Saint Nicholas - probably one of the most popular saints of all. The memorial day of …
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    September 6, 2020

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    In 2002 Jesteburg and the parish of St. Martin celebrated the 800th anniversary of the first documented mention of Jesteburg.
    The church is named after Bishop Martin von Tours, who around 334 as an eighteen-year-old guard in Amiens shared his coat with a beggar in the middle of winter and thus became the patron saint of the poor.
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    Location: Jesteburg, Harburg, Lüneburg Heath, Lower Saxony, Germany

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