The remains of the Church can be visited
ChurchHaldensleben - Hundisburg-Nordhusen
Nordhusen Church
The Romanesque church ruin of Nordhusen is located on the deserted site of Nordhusen near the village of Hundisburg in the Börde district of Saxony-Anhalt.
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The ruin is the former western transept tower of the former village church. With a footprint of 11.80 m by 5.20 m, it reaches a height of 17 m. The preserved masonry consists of regularly hewn greywacke rubble stone. Two round arches to the former nave and five sound openings are located in the completely preserved east wall of the tower. On the north and south sides there are two further sound openings each.
The church in Nordhusen was built around 1200 or shortly before on the high northern bank of the Beber river.
As early as 1214, the inhabitants of Nordhusen began to abandon the place, probably for security reasons; the village of Hundisburg was founded. In 1218, a chapel in Hundisburg was consecrated. This chapel was then a branch of the church of Nordhusen. In 1262, Bishop Volrad of Halberstadt (1255–1296/97) transferred the patronage of the church in Nordhusen to the local cathedral chapter.
At this time, Nordhusen must have already been insignificant. Revenues from Nordhusen were still mentioned in 1307 and 1325.
Today, the ruin is a station on the Romanesque Road and part of the Ecomusée Haldensleben-Hundisburg.
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Source: Wikipedia · Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0 · Image: Jörg Dorowski
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