Saint Elizabeth

church, Marburg, Germany

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In Marburg
…craft, in the church of St. Elizabeth (1235–83), which also contained the remains of Field Marshal Paul von Hindenburg during World War II.
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In Western architecture: Early Gothic
1235) and the church of St. Elizabeth at Marburg (begun 1235) both have features, such as window tracery, dependent on northern French example; but the church at Trier is highly unusual in its centralized plan, and St. Elizabeth is a “hall church” (that is, the nave is virtually…
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In hall church
St. Elizabeth, Marburg (c. 1257–83), is an archetypal hall church. The form has been revived from time to time. A significant modern example is Auguste Perret’s church of Notre-Dame (1922–23), at Le Raincy, Fr., one of the first buildings and the first church to display…
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