Mary's Church, Bergen auf Rügen

Name: Mary's Church
Address: Wasser Straße, Bergen auf Rügen, Germany

#2 among attractions in Bergen auf Rügen

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St. Mary's Church in Bergen Auf Rügen-Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession, located in the center of Bergen Auf Rügen on Ruga.

It is the oldest preserved brick church of Mecklenburg-front and at the same time the oldest sacred building on Ruga next to the parish church in Altenkirchen. Noteworthy are its wall paintings - the only example of a comprehensive painting of the entire interior of the church in northern Germany and the only wall paintings from the 13th century in this area.

The St. Mary's Church is currently the parish church of the Evangelical community in Bergen Auf Rügen with about 2,000 members and belonging to the Stralsund District of the Pomeranian Evangelical Church.

Alternative names: Architectural style: Brick gothicCoordinates: 54°25'2"N, 13°25'57"E

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Wasser StraßeBergen auf Rügen Germany

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Nearby attractions include: Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Turm, St. Boniface's Church, Nonnensee, Rugard.

0.6 miNE
View point, Historical place, Lighthouse
Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Turm, Bergen auf Rügen
16 min walk • The Ernst Moritz Arndt Tower stands on the top of the Rugard, the highest point of the central region of the German Baltic Sea island of Rügen. It is listed as a historic structure by the county of Rügen.
~1230 ftE
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
St. Boniface's Church, Bergen auf Rügen
6 min walk • The Church of St. Boniface in Bergen auf Rügen is the seat of the only Roman Catholic parish on the German island of Rügen. Other churches in the parish are the Chapel of Stella Maris in Binz, the Church of the Sacred Heart, in Garz/Rügen and Stella Maris in Sellin.
1.4 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Nonnensee
35 min walk • The Nonnensee is a lake in the borough of Bergen auf Rügen, Vorpommern-Rügen district, in the German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. It is located northwest of the town of Bergen auf Rügen and is a very shallow lake. As a result, attempts were made as early as 1859/60 to drain the lake for agricultural land.
0.6 miE
Forts and castles
Rugard, Bergen auf Rügen
15 min walk • The Rugard, at 91 m above sea level, is the highest elevation in the central region of the German Baltic Sea island of Rügen. This push end moraine was formed in the last ice age and lies on the northeastern perimeter of the town of Bergen auf Rügen.

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Which popular attractions are close to Mary's Church?

Nearby attractions include St. Boniface's Church, Bergen auf Rügen (6 min walk), Rugard, Bergen auf Rügen (15 min walk), Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Turm, Bergen auf Rügen (16 min walk).