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St. Mary's Church, Rostock, in German Marienkirche, is the biggest of three town churches found in the Hanseatic city of Rostock, in northern Germany. The other two are St. Peter's (Petrikirche) and St. Nicholas (Nikolaikirche ).
St. Peter's Church, in German Petrikirche, was built in the 13th century and is the oldest of three town churches found in the Hanseatic city of Rostock, in northern Germany. [1] The other two are St. Mary's Church (Marienkirche) and St. Nicholas (Nikolaikirche). A fourth, St. Jakobi, was heavily damaged during the Second World War and ...
1252 - Reference to predecessor church of St. Peter's Church. [1] 1265 St. Mary's Church designated as the main parish church. [1] Rostock acquires Rostock Heath. [2] 1270 - Abbey of the Holy Cross, Rostock founded. [1] 1323 - Warnemünde becomes part of Rostock. [3] 1358 - Hansetag (meeting of Hanseatic League) held in Rostock. [4]
The Abbey of the Holy Cross (German: Kloster zum Heiligen Kreuz) in Rostock, Germany, was founded in the 13th century by Cistercian nuns. It is the only fully preserved abbey in the city. The complex includes the former abbey church which is used today as the University Church (Universitätskirche).
Clockwork from the old church of Warnemünde. Since May 2007 a 300-year-old clockwork clock stands in the north wing of the church. It dates from the previous building, which was demolished in 1872, and had been stored by the Cultural History Museum Rostock. Three years ago it was found there by an expert and identified as that, displayed ...
Rostock (German: [ˈʁɔstɔk] ⓘ; Polabian: Roztoc), officially the Hanseatic and University City of Rostock (German: Hanse- und Universitätsstadt Rostock), is the largest city in the German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and lies in the Mecklenburgian part of the state, close to the border with Pomerania.
The astronomical clock was built in 1472 [1] by Hans Düringer, a clockmaker from Nuremberg.It consists of three partitions: Top: Apostle-go-round giving an hourly performance of the apostles crossing before Jesus for a blessing before entry into eternal bliss, and the last, Judas, is shut out.
Hans Düringer was a clockmaker from Nuremberg in Germany who died 1477 in Rostock. His most famous works are the Gdańsk Astronomical Clock in St. Mary's Church, Gdańsk 1470; the Rostock Astronomical Clock in St. Mary's Church, Rostock [1] 1472 which belongs to the so-called "Baltic clock family ".