Evangelical Lutheran Church in Northern Germany

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Landeskirche United Protestant regional church member church of the Evangelical Church in Germany

The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Northern Germany is a major Protestant regional church (Landeskirche) in Germany that unites several former Lutheran churches across northern federal states under one ecclesiastical body.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Northern Germany canonical	6
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Mecklenburg	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Landeskirche ⓘ United Protestant regional church ⓘ member church of the Evangelical Church in Germany ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Nordkirche ⓘ
churchPolity	Episcopal polity ⓘ
country	Germany ⓘ
dateFounded	2012 ⓘ
denomination	Lutheranism ⓘ
engagesIn	diaconal and social work ⓘ ecumenical cooperation with other Christian churches ⓘ
formedByMergerOf	Evangelical Lutheran Church in Northern Germany self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Evangelical Lutheran Church of Mecklenburg North Elbian Evangelical Lutheran Church ⓘ Pomeranian Evangelical Church ⓘ
foundationEvent	Merger of three former regional Lutheran churches in northern Germany ⓘ
governance	Synodal governance ⓘ
hasBishop	Presiding bishop of the Nordkirche ⓘ
hasCathedral	Greifswald Cathedral ⓘ Lübeck Cathedral ⓘ Ratzeburg Cathedral ⓘ Schleswig Cathedral ⓘ Schwerin Cathedral ⓘ
hasDiocese	Hamburg and Lübeck ⓘ Mecklenburg-Vorpommern ⓘ surface form: Mecklenburg and Pomerania Schleswig-Holstein ⓘ surface form: Schleswig and Holstein
hasParishes	numerous local Lutheran congregations in northern German states ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Kiel ⓘ
liturgicalTradition	Lutheran liturgy ⓘ
memberOf	Community of Protestant Churches in Europe ⓘ Evangelical Church in Germany ⓘ Lutheran World Federation ⓘ World Council of Churches ⓘ
officialLanguage	German ⓘ
primaryMission	Proclamation of the Gospel in the Lutheran tradition ⓘ
regionServed	Hamburg ⓘ Mecklenburg-Vorpommern ⓘ Northern Germany ⓘ Schleswig-Holstein ⓘ parts of Brandenburg ⓘ parts of Lower Saxony ⓘ
territorialPredecessor	Duchy of Mecklenburg ⓘ surface form: Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz ⓘ surface form: Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz Duchy of Pomerania ⓘ Prince-Bishopric of Lübeck ⓘ
theology	Protestantism ⓘ
website	https://www.nordkirche.de ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Joachim Gauck → memberOf → Evangelical Lutheran Church in Northern Germany ⓘ

Evangelical Lutheran Church in Northern Germany → formedByMergerOf → Evangelical Lutheran Church in Northern Germany self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Evangelical Lutheran Church of Mecklenburg

Marienkirche, Lübeck → belongsTo → Evangelical Lutheran Church in Northern Germany ⓘ

St. Mary’s Church, Rostock → affiliation → Evangelical Lutheran Church in Northern Germany ⓘ

St. Jacob’s Church, Lübeck → denomination → Evangelical Lutheran Church in Northern Germany ⓘ

St. Nikolai Church, Hamburg → religiousAffiliation → Evangelical Lutheran Church in Northern Germany ⓘ

St. Michael’s Church (Michaeliskirche) → affiliation → Evangelical Lutheran Church in Northern Germany ⓘ