Allerheiligenkirche (Erfurt)

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All Saints' Church (German: Allerheiligenkirche) in the city of Erfurt in Thuringia, Germany, is a small Roman Catholic church building dating from the 12th to 14th century. The Gothic hall church is located at the fork of Allerheiligenstraße and Marktstraße in the historical centre of Erfurt. It has an irregular floor plan and, at 53 metres (173 ft 11 in), the highest church tower in the old part of the city. Since 2007, it has been the first Roman Catholic church in central Germany to house a columbarium.

History: In 1117, All Saints' Church was founded by the Presbyter Erkenbert and the archbishop's viceroy Adalbert as an Augustinian canonical convent with a monastery and hospital. In 1125, the Archbishop Adalbert of Mainz confirmed the foundation in writing for the first time in a document. The church was probably consecrated in the same year. In 1222, a fire raged in the old part of the city, to which the church and the monastery largely fell victim. The associated hospital was mentioned for the last time in 1234 and was probably moved to the Reglerkirche or abolished soon afterwards. Later, the Haus zur Engelsburg stood on the site of the hospital, which became the property...