Katharinenkirche

Museum in Lübecker Altstadt, Germany

St. Catherine Church (German: Katharinenkirche) in Lübeck is a Brick Gothic church which belonged to a Franciscan monastery in the name of Saint Catherine of Alexandria, seized along other property from the Catholic Church by a city ordinance (Der keyserliken Lübeck christlike Order Inge. 1531) drawn up by the Lutheran pastor and friend of Martin Luther, Johannes Bugenhagen (who had arrived with his family from Wittenberg on October 28, 1530, at the request of those townsmen in favor of the Reformation to support their cause), passed and implemented on May 27, 1531, as Bugenhagen had previousl

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Where:

Lübecker Altstadt, Germany

Coordinates:

53.87°N, 10.69°E

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