Aegidienkirche, Braunschweig

The Aegidienkirche or Liebfrauenmünster St. Aegidien is the main Roman Catholic church in the German city of Braunschweig, located in the city centre. It is a hall church in the Gothic style, built to replace a Romanesque building of 1115 which burned down in 1278. It acted as the abbey church to the Benedictine abbey of saints Maria and Aegidius, endowed by Gertrude of Brunswick, and after the monastery's abolition in the Reformation it was used as a Protestant church and for secular use as the Ägidienhalle. Since 1902 part of its former monastic buildings has been used by the Braunschweigisches Landesmuseum. In 1945 it was made a Roman Catholic parish church.

Aegidienkirche
Liebfrauenmünster St. Aegidien
The Aegidienkirche and Ägidienmarkt from the north.
Aegidienkirche is located in Lower Saxony
Aegidienkirche
Aegidienkirche
Location in Lower Saxony.
52.2596°N 10.5253°E / 52.2596; 10.5253
LocationBraunschweig, Germany
DenominationRoman Catholic
Previous denominationProtestant
History
StatusParish church
Founder(s)Gertrude of Brunswick
Architecture
StyleGothic
  • Nave and choir
    Nave and choir
  • West end and remains of the tower
    West end and remains of the tower

Sources
  • "St. Aegidien" (in German). Archived from the original on 2016-08-10. Retrieved 2017-10-01.
  • Kuessner, Dietrich. "Die Braunschweiger Stadtkirchen 1933 – 1950" [The Brunswick Town Churches 1933 – 1950 (Views of a Sunken City)]. Ansichten einer versunkenen Stadt (in German). Retrieved 2017-10-01. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
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