St. Martin (Schneeren)
The Church of St. Martin was the Catholic church in Schneeren , a district of Neustadt am Rübenberge in the Hanover region in Lower Saxony . Most recently, the church belonged to the parish of St. Peter and Paul with its seat in Neustadt am Rübenberge, in the Hannover deanery of the Hildesheim diocese . The church, named after St. Martin of Tours , was located opposite the village pond, on the Alter Sandberg 13 property . The nearest Catholic church is now in Neustadt am Rübenberge, about ten kilometers away.
history
In 1968/69 the church was built as a branch church of St. Marien in Rehburg , on June 7th 1969 it was benedicted . Before that, Catholic services were held in the Protestant Church of the Good Shepherd or a church bus drove to Rehburg.
On June 12th, 2009 the profanation by Vicar General Werner Schreer took place , and later the demolition. The way of the cross came to the Protestant church, but the majority of the interior fittings went to the Church of St. Philip and Jacob in Mrkonjić Grad in Bosnia-Herzegovina , which was damaged in the Bosnian War .
Architecture and equipment
The church was built as a prefabricated church with a free-standing pointed tower and was about 65 meters above sea level .
See also
literature
- Willi Stoffers: Diocese of Hildesheim today. Hildesheim 1987, ISBN 3-87065-418-X , p. 46/47
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Episcopal General Vicariate (ed.): Catholic worship in the Diocese of Hildesheim. Hildesheim 1966, p. 76
Coordinates: 52 ° 31 '52.99 " N , 9 ° 19' 45.08" E