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The collegiate church of St. Alexandri, also known as the Minster Church, was built between 1275 and 1508 as a three-aisled hall church on a much smaller, Romanesque predecessor building. The collegiate monastery in honor of St. Alexander was founded in the 11th century by Count Dietrich II von Katlenburg. The monastery and the associated buildings had their own administration and jurisdiction in an area known as "Stiftsfreiheit".
Special sights inside the church are as follows:
The collegiate church of St. Alexandri, also known as the Minster Church, was built between 1275 and 1508 as a three-aisled hall church on a much smaller, Romanesque predecessor building. The collegiate monastery in honor of St. Alexander was founded in the 11th century by Count Dietrich II von Katlenburg. The monastery and the associated buildings had their own administration and jurisdiction in an area known as "Stiftsfreiheit".
Special sights inside the church are as follows:
- the Chapel of the Holy Blood or Baptistery with reliquary and Gothic baptismal font (1427)
- the choir stalls (1288)
- the wheel chandelier (1420)
- the various tombstones and epitaphs of Einbeck's patrician families
- the St. Thomas Chapel with the altar of the Virgin Mary
- the wooden statue of St. Alexander
- the crypt with modern stained glass
- the special, almost fully sculpted keystones and console stones
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Openings
Price info
Free of charge
Eligibility
Bad Weather Offer
Suitable for any weather
for Groups
for Class
for individual guests
Suitable for the Elderly
for Children of all Ages
Suitable for Pushchair
Foreign Language
German
Other Furnishing/Equipment
Toilet
Directions & Parking facilities
St. Alexandri Minster is located at 4 minutes on foot (300 metres) from Market Square.
If you are travelling by car, you can park your vehicle free of charge directly in front of the church.
Travelling by public transport, you will arrive at Einbeck central train station by regional railway. It takes only 10 minutes (800 metres) to walk from the train station to the church.
If you are travelling by car, you can park your vehicle free of charge directly in front of the church.
Travelling by public transport, you will arrive at Einbeck central train station by regional railway. It takes only 10 minutes (800 metres) to walk from the train station to the church.
Contact person
Ev. - luth. Kirchengemeinde Einbeck
Ms. Pfarrsekretärinnen Inga Brandes, Tanja Poppinga
37574 Einbeck
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Tourist-Information Einbeck
Marktstraße 13
37574 Einbeck
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