Catholic Church of Saint Mary (Hanover)
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Germany /
Niedersachsen /
Hanover /
Marschnerstrasse, 34
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World / Germany / Niedersachsen / Hannover
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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
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
Wikipedia article: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans-Georg_Aschoff
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 52°23'8"N 9°43'40"E
- Christuskirche 0.5 km
- Kreuzkirche (Church of the Cross) 1.4 km
- Aegidien church 1.9 km
- St. Benno Church 1.9 km
- EKD central office building 2.6 km
- Pavilion of Hope 10 km
- Evangelische Akademie Loccum 40 km
- former Cistercian monastery Loccum 40 km
- Fischbeck Abbey 40 km
- Church St.Bonifatius 41 km
- Main freight depot Hannover 0.2 km
- Nordstädter Markt 0.3 km
- Christuskirche - U-Bahnhof 0.4 km
- Herman Albert Bumke GmbH & Co. KG 0.4 km
- marshalling yard 1.2 km