Martinskirche

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Martin Church or St. Martin , St. Martin Church is a church called the the patronage of Martin of Tours to the Pope (316 / 317-397), the realm of the Holy francs, or Martin I have assumed. or were named after them. The following link provides an overview of Martinskirchen worldwide:

Martin churches are mostly very old churches and were mostly mother churches , one of which later other parishes abgepfarrt were Taufkirchen and Send churches . Often they are churches that served the mission to the poor or were stations on trade routes. The respective place was named after some of them, they can be found in the article Sankt Martin . The St. Martin's patronage is particularly widespread in areas that were evangelized and ecclesiastically administered by the diocese of Mainz from the 8th century .

A few Protestant churches that were built after the Reformation also bear the name of this bishop, who, along with Franz von Assisi and Elisabeth of Thuringia, is one of the few interdenominational models, for example the Martinus Church (Deutsch Evern) and St. Martin (Munster) . Other (Protestant) Martinskirchen, such as the Martinskirche in Hamburg-Horn, are also named after the reformer Martin Luther .

Belgium

Germany

In Germany, the Martins patronage is one of the more frequent patronages.

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Estonia

France

Italy

Croatia

For local churches see Sveti Martin

Liechtenstein

Luxembourg

Netherlands

Austria

Burgenland

Carinthia

Lower Austria

Upper Austria

Salzburg

Styria

Tyrol

Vorarlberg

Vienna

Poland

Portugal

Russia

Switzerland

Slovakia

Slovenia

Spain

Czech Republic

United Kingdom

See also

literature

  • Wilhelm Classen: The church organization of Althessen in the Middle Ages including an outline of the modern development, with 21 map parts, reprint of the original edition, Marburg 1929; Ed. Hessian State Office for Historical Regional Studies. NG Elwert'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Marburg 1980, ISBN 3-7708-0694-8 .

Web links

Commons : Martinskirchen  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. St. Martini Churches in the World.Retrieved August 19, 2020
  2. http://www.endingen.de/html/seiten/text;st.-martinskirche;120,de.html
  3. http://www.ev-kirche-fds.de/martinskirche/
  4. http://www.stmartin-fuerth.de/page/1/startseite
  5. http://www.graubuendenkultur.ch/de_DE/address/alte_pfarrkirche_st_martin.24535

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