This year marks the 700
th anniversary of the birth of
Elisabeth von Thüringen and
Marburg has been running lots of events this year to celebrate the event. One of these events is the Kinderkirchentag which is being held in the
Elisabethkirche (St Elisabeth’s church) next Saturday 15
th September. The local newspaper ran a competition several months ago for children to draw a picture of Elisabeth. The winning picture would then be used for the flyers and posters to publicise the event. The Juniorette won and shown below is the resultant flyer.
St Elisabeth was famous for helping the poor and needy and was canonized in 1235. The Elisabethkirche was consecrated in 1238 and was the property of the Order of Teutonic Knights.
It once housed the remains of St Elisabeth, and is reputed to be the oldest Gothic church in
Germany.
Mrs H and the Juniorette will be attending the Kinderkirchentag on Saturday but unfortunately I have to work.
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5 Comments:
What a beautiful church. One of the things I love to do when in Europe is go to churches for tours. They are so beautiful and the oldest ones quite incredibly built.
Congratulations to your daughter, that's a super poster. But who's that little creature behind Elisabeth pullling her robes... is that Elisabeth's dog???
And what a lovely church.
That's a better picture of people than I could do, I'm still struggling with stick men.
These are the little things through childhood that we as parents can truly enjoy and be proud of with our children.
Pity you have to work, no chance of a krafty krankenheit?!
How cool! Juniorette should be really proud. Sorry you can't make the Kinderkirchentag :(
Wow, Juniorette, what a great picture! Congratulations and I hope you enjoy the Kinderkirchentag.
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