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view of church exterior

Scene Description: Source caption: "Federzeichnung der Kirche in Lehe (heute Bremerhaven) von George Ernest Papendiek (1788–1835) aus dem Jahr 1817."

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Image Source: 1817 ink drawing by George Ernest Papendiek, in Herbert und Inge Schwarzwälder: Bremerhaven und seiner Vorgängergemeinden. Veröffentlichungen des Stadtarchivs Bremerhaven Bd. 2, Verlag Hauschild, Bremen 1977 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kirche_in_Lehe_-_George_Ernest_Papendiek_-_1817.jpg] [accessed 18 March 2019]

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view of church exterior in context - southwest view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Die Dionysiuskirche im Stadtteil Lehe von Bremerhaven. Blick von der Langen Straße."

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 6 March 2010 by Garitzko [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dionysiuskirche_Bremerhaven-Lehe.jpg] [accessed 18 March 2019]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 22040LEH
Church/Chapel: Evangelisch-lutherische Dionysiuskirche in Lehe [aka Alte Kirche]
Church Patron Saints: St. Denys [aka Denis, Dennis, Dionis, Dyonisius]
Church Location: Klushof, 27580 Bremerhaven, Germany
Country Name: Germany
Location: Bremen, Bremen
Directions to Site: Lehe is located N of Bremerhaven and road 212, W of highway 27 -- the church is located at the Lange Straße-Poststraße crossroads
Historical Region: Region Lehe-Mitte
Date: ca. 1100-1300?
Century and Period: 12th - 14th century, Medieval
Church Notes: first church 1100-1300?; first documented 1310; originally dedicated to St James the Greater; an altar dedicated to St Dionysius [St Denys?] and the popularity of the latter saint transferred the dedication by the end of the 15thC; re-built 1802-1803; tower added 1868; renovated 1909, 1975 and 2005
[NB: we have no information on the font of the medieval church here]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 53.566658, 8.592742
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 53° 33′ 59.97″ N, 8° 35′ 33.87″ E
UTM: 32U 473028 5935387