St. Elizabeth’s Church, Marburg

E239056

St. Elizabeth’s Church in Marburg is a prominent 13th-century Gothic pilgrimage church built over the tomb of Saint Elizabeth of Hungary and regarded as one of the earliest purely Gothic churches in Germany.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Gothic church ⓘ
church building ⓘ
cultural heritage monument ⓘ
pilgrimage church ⓘ
architecturalStyle Gothic architecture ⓘ
builder Teutonic Order ⓘ
surface form: Order of the Teutonic Knights
builtOver tomb of Saint Elizabeth of Hungary ⓘ
completionDate 1283 ⓘ
constructionStart 1235 ⓘ
13th century ⓘ
country Germany ⓘ
denomination Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
era High Gothic ⓘ
floorPlan basilica ⓘ
hasBurial Saint Elisabeth of Hungary ⓘ
surface form: Saint Elizabeth of Hungary
hasChapel Elisabeth shrine chapel ⓘ
hasDedication Saint Elisabeth of Hungary ⓘ
surface form: Saint Elizabeth of Hungary
hasFacade west front with twin towers ⓘ
hasFeature buttresses ⓘ
pointed arches ⓘ
ribbed vaults ⓘ
stained glass windows ⓘ
hasPart choir ⓘ
nave ⓘ
transept ⓘ
twin towers ⓘ
height approximately 80 metres ⓘ
heritageDesignation cultural monument of Hesse ⓘ
heritageStatus protected monument ⓘ
inception 13th century ⓘ
locatedIn Roman Catholic Diocese of Fulda ⓘ
surface form: Diocese of Fulda

Hesse ⓘ
Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
Lahn region ⓘ
surface form: Lahn valley

Marburg ⓘ
material stone ⓘ
namedAfter Saint Elisabeth of Hungary ⓘ
surface form: Saint Elizabeth of Hungary
numberOfTowers 2 ⓘ
patron Teutonic Order ⓘ
surface form: Order of the Teutonic Knights
pilgrimageFocus relics of Saint Elizabeth of Hungary ⓘ
significance important medieval pilgrimage site ⓘ
one of the earliest purely Gothic churches in Germany ⓘ
touristAttraction yes ⓘ
usedFor Christian worship ⓘ
burial place of Saint Elizabeth of Hungary ⓘ
pilgrimage ⓘ

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

Marburg, Hesse, Germany → hasLandmark → St. Elizabeth’s Church, Marburg ⓘ
Tannenberg Memorial → HindenburgReburialLocation → St. Elizabeth’s Church, Marburg ⓘ
this entity surface form: St. Elisabeth’s Church, Marburg
Saint Elisabeth of Hungary → burialPlace → St. Elizabeth’s Church, Marburg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Elisabethkirche, Marburg