Church of the Holy Spirit, Heidelberg

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Gothic church church building landmark

The Church of the Holy Spirit in Heidelberg is a prominent late Gothic church in Heidelberg’s Old Town, historically significant as a burial site of Palatine electors and a former repository of the Palatinate’s famed library.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Church of the Holy Spirit, Heidelberg canonical 4
Heidelberg Church of the Holy Spirit 3
Heidelberg, Church of the Holy Spirit 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Gothic church ⓘ
church building ⓘ
landmark ⓘ
architecturalStyle Late Gothic ⓘ
associatedWith Electoral Palatinate ⓘ
surface form: Electorate of the Palatinate
city Heidelberg ⓘ
completionDate 16th century ⓘ
constructionStart 15th century ⓘ
contained Vatican Library ⓘ
surface form: Bibliotheca Palatina
country Germany ⓘ
damagedIn Nine Years' War ⓘ
surface form: Nine Years’ War
dedicatedTo God the Holy Spirit ⓘ
surface form: Holy Spirit
denomination Protestant ⓘ
hasFeature arcades around the tower base ⓘ
market stalls around the church ⓘ
hasFunction parish church ⓘ
hasPart choir ⓘ
church tower ⓘ
galleries ⓘ
nave ⓘ
side aisles ⓘ
stained glass windows ⓘ
heritageStatus protected monument ⓘ
historicalRole burial site of Palatine electors ⓘ
repository of the Bibliotheca Palatina ⓘ
is main Protestant church of Heidelberg ⓘ
most famous church in Heidelberg ⓘ
prominent landmark of Heidelberg’s skyline ⓘ
liturgicalTradition Protestant worship ⓘ
locatedIn Baden-Württemberg ⓘ
Heidelberg ⓘ
Marktplatz Heidelberg ⓘ
surface form: Heidelberg Market Square

Old Town of Heidelberg ⓘ
material stone ⓘ
notableFor housing the Bibliotheca Palatina until the 17th century ⓘ
role in Reformation history in the Palatinate ⓘ
tombs of Palatine electors ⓘ
originalDenomination Roman Catholic ⓘ
region Rhine-Neckar metropolitan region ⓘ
roofType steep gabled roof ⓘ
sharedUse simultaneum ⓘ
tourism major tourist attraction in Heidelberg ⓘ
towerHeight approximately 72 metres ⓘ
usedBy Catholics ⓘ
Protestants ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

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

Frederick III, Elector Palatine → burialPlace → Church of the Holy Spirit, Heidelberg ⓘ
Old Bridge Heidelberg → hasNearbyLandmark → Church of the Holy Spirit, Heidelberg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Heiliggeistkirche Heidelberg
Charles II, Elector Palatine → burialPlace → Church of the Holy Spirit, Heidelberg ⓘ
Louis VI, Elector Palatine → burialPlace → Church of the Holy Spirit, Heidelberg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Heidelberg Church of the Holy Spirit
Louis VI, Elector Palatine → buriedIn → Church of the Holy Spirit, Heidelberg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Heidelberg, Church of the Holy Spirit
Frederick III the Pious → burialPlace → Church of the Holy Spirit, Heidelberg ⓘ
Otto Henry, Elector Palatine → burialPlace → Church of the Holy Spirit, Heidelberg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Heidelberg Church of the Holy Spirit
Blanche of England → burialPlace → Church of the Holy Spirit, Heidelberg ⓘ
Rupert, King of Germany → burialPlace → Church of the Holy Spirit, Heidelberg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Heidelberg Church of the Holy Spirit
Old Town of Heidelberg → hasReligiousBuilding → Church of the Holy Spirit, Heidelberg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Heiliggeistkirche (Church of the Holy Spirit, Heidelberg)