Church of the Holy Spirit
by Pamela Newcomb
Title
Church of the Holy Spirit
Artist
Pamela Newcomb
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Photograph - Photograph
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The Church of the Holy Spirit is in the middle of the market place in the old center of Heidelberg. The church steeple soars above the rooftops. It is first mentioned in a manuscript from 1239. In 1398, the foundations of the current late Gothic church were laid on the site of a late Romanesque basilica which, in turn, had been erected in the place of an even older church. The current building is the third church on the site. The construction lasted for one hundred and fifty years. The Choir was consecrated in 1411 and the nave was finished in 1441, approximately the same year that construction of the steeple began. The work was interrupted until 1508 and the tower was finished in 1544. In 1709, after the church had been set on fire, it was rebuilt and received a baroque spire.
Germany, September 2015
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December 13th, 2015
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