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St. Peter zu Syburg Church and Cemetery

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St. Peter zu Syburg Church and Cemetery

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Location: Ruhr Region, Münster District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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December 12, 2016

Hiking

St. Peter at Syburg is a Romanesque church, now the active Protestant parish church in Syburg, a suburb of Dortmund, Germany. The church is surrounded by a graveyard, which contains …

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May 6, 2017

Cycling

The church is the oldest sacred building in Dortmund's city area. A predecessor building of the current church was already mentioned in documents in 776. The current church building dates from the mid-12th century.
The church is surrounded by an associated cemetery. On this, probably the oldest burial ground in the Ruhr area, there are gravestones from the 9th century.

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June 2, 2019

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As an Aachen resident, I am always amazed at Charlemagne. This place was mentioned in a document as early as 776. At that time, the Saxons tried to recapture Hohensyburg, which had been taken by Charlemagne a year earlier. The place has great power. A look inside the beautiful. And there is the stamp for St. James pilgrims.

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