Church of St. Michael, Espelkamp

Name: Church of St. Michael
Address: Espelkamp, Germany

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The Michaelskirche Espelkamp is a church building on Tannenbergplatz in the East Westphalian town of Espelkamp in the district of Minden-Lübbecke in North Rhine-Westphalia and belongs to the Protestant Martins-Kirchengemeinde Espelkamp in the Lübbecke church district of the Evangelical Church of Westphalia. It was built in 1982 as the successor to a church that had already been opened in 1956 for the Martins parish, which consisted mainly of displaced persons and refugees. In the 1950s and 1960s, it was a center of church-political disputes and the scene of important meetings of the Protestant Church in Germany.

Architectural style: ModernCoordinates: 52°22'49"N, 8°36'13"E

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Church of St. Michael – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: St. Andrew's Church, Ellerburger Mühle, Großer Auesee, Thomaskirche.

5.5 miS
Church, Romanesque architecture, Gothic architecture
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1.3 miE
Church
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Cemetery
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52°20'39"N • 8°34'34"E
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Church
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National park
Großes Torfmoor
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