Catholic Church of Saint Mary (Hanover) | catholicism

Germany / Niedersachsen / Hanover / Marschnerstrasse, 34
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burial place of the Centre Party politician LUDWIG WINDHORST who as an adversary of the Iron Chancellor BISMARCK was an important advocate of the rule of law and democracy in late 19th century Germany
The construction of the church was funded by Catholics from all over Germany
1890 Church of St.Mary consecrated
1943 destroyed in a bombing raid
1954 rebuilt

Extensive literature on the role of Catholics in the city and the former kingdom of Hanover can be found at the Wikipedia entry for Hans-Georg Aschoff

The major English biography of Windhorst was written by M. L. Anderson
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Coordinates:   52°23'8"N   9°43'40"E
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