Bethen

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Bethen
City of Cloppenburg
Coordinates: 52 ° 51 '55 "  N , 8 ° 3' 44"  E
Height : 44 m
Postal code : 49661
Area code : 04471
Bethen (Lower Saxony)
Bethen

Location of Bethen in Lower Saxony

Bethen is a northern district of Cloppenburg in the Oldenburger Münsterland .

In the village is the Catholic pilgrimage center of St. Mary, Mother of the Seven Sorrows .

War victims memorial

In the crypt of the pilgrimage church in Bethen there is a memorial for the victims of the two world wars from the Catholic communities in the Oldenburg region . On the walls of the crypt, on marble plaques, there are 3,672 names of fallen and missing persons from the First World War , sorted according to parishes and peasants.

A printed memorial book for the Second World War has been on display in the crypt since 1972. This is divided into nine deaneries ( Cloppenburg , Damme , Delmenhorst , Friesoythe , Löningen , Oldenburg , Vechta , Wesermarsch and Wilhelmshaven ), to which the parishes of the time are assigned. A total of 10,244 names of fallen and missing persons are listed, usually with the year of birth and death. In addition to the soldiers, civil war victims are also mentioned.

literature

  • Hans Schlömer: 300 years of the Marienkapelle in Bethen. Consecrated by Prince-Bishop Christoph-Bernhard in August 1669 . In: Yearbook for the Oldenburger Münsterland 1970 . Vechta 1969, pp. 161–174 ( online )
  • Maria Anna Zumholz : pilgrimage and mass demonstration. Bethen during the Nazi era . In: Yearbook for the Oldenburger Münsterland 1995 . Vechta 1994, pp. 145-166.
  • Maria Anna Zumholz: "With the weapons of prayer against the destructive forces of godlessness". Demonstration of faith, protest and popular piety - pilgrimages and processions to Bethen under the conditions of National Socialist rule . In: Willi Baumann, Michael Hirschfeld (eds.): Christenkreuz or Hakenkreuz. On the relationship between the Catholic Church and National Socialism in the state of Oldenburg . Plaggenborg, Vechta 1999, ISBN 3-929358-54-9 , pp. 203-239.
  • Maria Anna Zumholz: popular piety - identity creation - mass demonstration. Religious, social and political references to the pilgrimage to Bethen . In: Oldenburg Yearbook . Vol. 109 (2009), pp. 39-60 ( online )

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