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Aegidienkirche, Hanover
Aegidien Church (german: Aegidienkirche, italics=unset, after Saint Giles to whom the church was dedicated) is a war memorial in Hanover, the capital of Lower Saxony, Germany. A church dating to 1347 when it replaced an older Romanesque church dating to 1163 which in turn replaced an even earlier chapel, Aegidien Church was destroyed during the night beginning 8October 1943 by aerial bombings of Hanover during World War II. In , Aegidien Church became a war memorial dedicated to victims of war and of violence. History In , the present Gothic building was inaugurated as a war memorial, in part reconstructed with sandstone from the Deister, a chain of hills situated about southwest of Aegidien Church. Originally completed in 1347 as a church dedicated to Saint Giles, one of the Fourteen Holy Helpers, it replaced a Romanesque church built in 1156–63 at the same site situated in the old town of Hanover, which replaced an early-Romanesque chapel thought to have been construc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated between the Baltic and North seas to the north, and the Alps to the south; it covers an area of , with a population of almost 84 million within its 16 constituent states. Germany borders Denmark to the north, Poland and the Czech Republic to the east, Austria and Switzerland to the south, and France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands to the west. The nation's capital and most populous city is Berlin and its financial centre is Frankfurt; the largest urban area is the Ruhr. Various Germanic tribes have inhabited the northern parts of modern Germany since classical antiquity. A region named Germania was documented before AD 100. In 962, the Kingdom of Germany formed the bulk of the Holy Roman Empire. During the 16th ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
