St. Martin, Landshut

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St Martin's church, Landshut

Construction of the Church of St. Martin in Landshut started around 1380, under the architect Hans von Burghausen. The exact date of commencement is not well-known, but it was first noted in the city chronicle in 1392.The building was completed in 1500. The building was needed because the old Roman church stood by the reconstruction of the 1342 burned down city by three meters below than the other houses. The church was built from brick and mortar. Five thousand wooden stakes were used for the foundation. The stakes are located completely in the groundwater, in order to delay rot caused by bacteria. With a height of 130.6 m (363 feet), the church tower is considered to be the highest brick building in the world.

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The choir elbow cross of 1495 has an overall length of 8 m (22 feet). The crucifix is one of the largest of the late Gothic period with the body carved from a lime tree trunk has a length of 5.80 m (16 feet) and an arm width of 5.40 m (15 feet). Important works of art in the church include the high altar, the hexagonal pulpit carved from a single stone, and the "rose wreath/ring Madonna" created by Hans Leinberger (about 1520)--one of his most important works of art. In 1598 they were shifted by William V, Duke of Bavaria to St Castulus. St Martin's became the pin church.

In 1604 the Reliquien of the Holy Castulus was transferred there. Pin was waived in 1803 in the context of the secularization, but again established 1937 (without the old pin ability). In the year 2001 "the pin church" (as Landshuter media wrote) was raised now to the Basilica minor (one writes of the "Stiftsbasilika"). The pin chapter consists at present of four Kanonikern (pin gentlemen) and the chairman, Stiftspropst (and ministers) Monsignore Bernhard Schoemann.