St. Maria (Landau)
church building in Landau in der Pfalz, Germany
St. Maria is the common name of the Catholic parish church of Landau, Palatinate, Germany. The official name is Stadtpfarrkirche St. Mariä Himmelfahrt (English: Parish Church of St. Mary of the Assumption). It is dedicated to the Assumption of Mary. Built in Romanesque Revival style, it is also called Marienkirche, and Dom zu Landau, for its dominant size reminiscent of a cathedral. It is a listed building of Landau.
History
In Landau, Catholic and Protestant Christians shared a Medieval Gothic church building, the Stiftskirche. In 1893, the Catholics received the Augustinerkirche and a property at the Südring, to build a new church.
“St. Maria (Landau)” enters the record as church building in Landau in der Pfalz, Germany. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Maria, Landau and church can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 17, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q2327875. VIAF identifies the subject as 137335935. Authority coordinates are 49.193, 8.115. 2 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1893.
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