Construction begins on Marburg’s Saint Elizabeth's Church, …
Years: 1235 - 1235
Construction begins on Marburg’s Saint Elizabeth's Church, built by the Order of the Teutonic Knights in her honor, in 1235, the year Elizabeth of Hungary is canonized.
One of the earliest purely Gothic churches in German-speaking areas, the church is held to be a model for the architecture of Cologne Cathedral.
It is built from sandstone in a cruciform layout.
Locations
Groups
- Holy Roman Empire
- Christians, Roman Catholic
- Teutonic Knights of Acre (House of the Hospitalers of Saint Mary of the Teutons in Jerusalem)
