Martin M. Miles' photos with the keyword: Martin Schongauer

With more than 500.000 inhabitants Hannover is the capital and largest city of the German state of Lower Saxony. Hannover was founded in medieval times on the east bank of the River Leine. It was a small village of ferrymen and fishermen. It became a comparatively large town in the 13th century, receiving town privileges in 1241, owing to its position at natural crossroads It was connected to the Hanseatic city of Bremen by the Leine and was situated north-west of the Harz mountains so that east-west traffic passed through it. Between 1714 and 1837 three kings of Great Britain were concurrently also Electoral Princes of Hanover. As an important railway and road junction and production centre, Hannover was a major target for strategic bombing during WW II. More than 90% of the city centre was destroyed in a total of 88 bombing raids. So today Hannover lacks it´s medieval heart. The Gothic Marktkirche (Marktkirche St. Georgii et Jacobi) replaced an older Romanesque church, which foundations were found during an excavation in 1952. An appeal to the citizens for donations to build the church dates back to 1344, and work began on the foundations of the tower in 1347. Around 1360 the church was consecrated. In 1368, the construction of the church tower was interrupted due to times of emergency and plague and the resulting lack of money. From 1852 to 1855, the interior of the church was restored. During the air raids on Hannover during WWII, the church was destroyed except for the outer walls and the columns. Reconstruction took place in 1946-1952. The reredos of the high altar was originally a double-winged altarpiece. The altarpiece, created around 1480, was moved to the Aegidienkirche in 1663 during the installation of the Baroque altarpiece. From there, it was transferred to the Welfenmuseum during the renovation of the Aegidienkirche in 1856. It therefore remained undamaged during the WWII (except for the outer wings) and has been back in the Marktkirche since 1952. With the wings open, 21 scenes depict the Passion of Jesus, based on graphic models by Martin Schongauer. At the lower edge are medallions of the heads of the prophets. One of the scenes of the right wing is Harrowing of Hell

With more than 500.000 inhabitants Hannover is the capital and largest city of the German state of Lower Saxony. Hannover was founded in medieval times on the east bank of the River Leine. It was a small village of ferrymen and fishermen. It became a comparatively large town in the 13th century, receiving town privileges in 1241, owing to its position at natural crossroads It was connected to the Hanseatic city of Bremen by the Leine and was situated north-west of the Harz mountains so that east-west traffic passed through it. Between 1714 and 1837 three kings of Great Britain were concurrently also Electoral Princes of Hanover. As an important railway and road junction and production centre, Hannover was a major target for strategic bombing during WW II. More than 90% of the city centre was destroyed in a total of 88 bombing raids. So today Hannover lacks it´s medieval heart. The Gothic Marktkirche (Marktkirche St. Georgii et Jacobi) replaced an older Romanesque church, which foundations were found during an excavation in 1952. An appeal to the citizens for donations to build the church dates back to 1344, and work began on the foundations of the tower in 1347. Around 1360 the church was consecrated. In 1368, the construction of the church tower was interrupted due to times of emergency and plague and the resulting lack of money. From 1852 to 1855, the interior of the church was restored. During the air raids on Hannover during WWII, the church was destroyed except for the outer walls and the columns. Reconstruction took place in 1946-1952. The reredos of the high altar was originally a double-winged altarpiece. The altarpiece, created around 1480, was moved to the Aegidienkirche in 1663 during the installation of the Baroque altarpiece. From there, it was transferred to the Welfenmuseum during the renovation of the Aegidienkirche in 1856. It therefore remained undamaged during the WWII (except for the outer wings) and has been back in the Marktkirche since 1952. With the wings open, 21 scenes depict the Passion of Jesus, based on graphic models by Martin Schongauer. At the lower edge are medallions of the heads of the prophets. The outer sides of the painted inner wings (the outer wings are destroyed except for remnants) depict scenes from the lives and martyrdoms of the church's two patron saints, James and George.

St. Stephanus towers on a hill over the little town of Breisach. The steep hill, once an island in the middle of the Rhine, housed a Celtic settlement, before in 369 the Romans founded "Mons Brisiacus", a castle, maintained still in the 5th century against the hostile Alemanni. A settlement on the hill existed throughout early medieval times and the town of Breisach was founded by the Staufer in 1185. It was taken over soon after by the House of Zaehringen, followed by the Bishop of Basel, followed by the House of Habsburg, followed.... The construction of the Muenster was probably started after 1185, replacing a smaller church that was carolingian or even merovingian. What is seen today is the result of centuries of building and rebuilding. Started in late romanesque style and "completed" already 1230/1240, a gothic choir was added still within the 13th century. After 1330 the construction of the western part started. It took 200 years, to complete it. The last small towers were added in 1785. The architecturally heterogeneous church has a very rich furnishing. There is a fantastic, high gothic choir screen, a triptych, created by an unknown scholar of Hans Baldung (who himself was one of Albrecht Durer’s students), a huge (100m²) "Last Judgment"-fresco by Martin Schongauer ("Madonna im Rosenhag") and there is a shrine containing the relics of Saints Gervasius and Protasius, once brought to Breisach by Archbishop Rainald von Dassel. A legend tells, that Rainald von Dassel was on his way back to Cologne after he and his friend Barbarossa had looted Milano in 1162. The relics he left here were part of the loot. The most important and valuable loot had, were the relics of the Magis, which he brought home to Cologne, where they still are. So a lot of interesting and fantastic works of art to find inside the church - BUT - unfortunately it is not allowed to take photos inside. I accept easily the NO FLASH, what (see Freiburg) sometime leads to bad results, but NO PHOTOS is - bad! In case a member of the parish or the Tourist Office reads this - please ask the persons in charge to rethink the decision. I would come back!