St. Marienkirche

The work that I choose is the St. Marienkirche (St. Mary’s Church). It is located in Osnabrück, Germany, otherwise known as the City of Peace. The earliest predecessor building as archaeological traces back to the 10th century. The Gothic church hall that we see today began construction in the 13th century and was finally finished between 1430 and 1440. The damage caused during World War II was also a part of the church’s history, the repair work was extensive but finished by 1950. The only architect I was able to find in relation to the church was Max H. Berling, who led the reconstruction work. The work is also connected to the changes in the features of the church as well as the coloration, most was done during a renovation in 1901. The medium for the church is sand stone for the most part. The context for the creation of this beautiful church was the need for a church in the city. The St. Marienkirche is Osnabrück’s oldest town church. I found out about this work when I visited Germany, earlier this summer, as a part of a school sponsored program with the Honors college, here we studied and stayed at the university of Osnabrück. I selected this work because while I was abroad at the University of Osnabrück, we stayed in the city of Osnabrück. This church stands
Peter’s cathedral in York Minster, England (Figure 3.6). This is account to the flying buttress, this reinforcement allowed for a structurally sound support with a light feeling. In the picture I have selected you can see the flying buttresses in the far right of the picture. Another striking commonality between the two is the lancet pointed arch windows. The reason for these correlations, lies in the fact that they are both Gothic in origin and design. The Church’s interior resembles that of the Canterbury Cathedral, England (Figure 3.12). They both display rib vaulting, which is a diagonal juncture of arches in a groin arch, as a structural and aesthetic means of