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Fieldstone church, the Glossary

A fieldstone church (Feldsteinkirche) is a type of church, built using fieldstone of glacial erratics and glacial rubble.^[1]

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Allinge-Gudhjem Municipality

Allinge-Gudhjem is a former municipality in Denmark, on the island of Bornholm in the Baltic Sea.

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Baltic states

The Baltic states or the Baltic countries is a geopolitical term encompassing Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania.

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Berlin

Berlin is the capital and largest city of Germany, both by area and by population.

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Bornholm

Bornholm is a Danish island in the Baltic Sea, to the east of the rest of Denmark, south of Sweden, northeast of Germany and north of Poland.

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Brandenburg

Brandenburg, officially the State of Brandenburg (see Names), is a state in northeastern Germany.

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Brick

A brick is a type of construction material used to build walls, pavements and other elements in masonry construction.

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Brick Gothic (Backsteingotik, Gotyk ceglany, Baksteengotiek) is a specific style of Gothic architecture common in Northeast and Central Europe especially in the regions in and around the Baltic Sea, which do not have resources of standing rock (though glacial boulders are sometimes available).

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Cathedral

A cathedral is a church that contains the of a bishop, thus serving as the central church of a diocese, conference, or episcopate.

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Christianization

Christianization (or Christianisation) is a term for the specific type of change that occurs when someone or something has been or is being converted to Christianity.

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Church architecture

Church architecture refers to the architecture of Christian buildings, such as churches, chapels, convents, seminaries, etc.

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Dźwierzno, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship

Dźwierzno is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Chełmża, within Toruń County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland.

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Denmark

Denmark (Danmark) is a Nordic country in the south-central portion of Northern Europe.

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Europe

Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere.

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Fieldstone

Fieldstone is a naturally occurring type of stone, which lies at or near the surface of the Earth.

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Finland

Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe.

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Glacial erratic

A glacial erratic is a glacially deposited rock differing from the type of rock native to the area in which it rests.

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Gneiss

Gneiss is a common and widely distributed type of metamorphic rock.

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Gothic architecture

Gothic architecture is an architectural style that was prevalent in Europe from the late 12th to the 16th century, during the High and Late Middle Ages, surviving into the 17th and 18th centuries in some areas.

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Granite

Granite is a coarse-grained (phaneritic) intrusive igneous rock composed mostly of quartz, alkali feldspar, and plagioclase.

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Herzberg, Ostprignitz-Ruppin

Herzberg is a municipality in the Ostprignitz-Ruppin district, in Brandenburg, Germany.

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High Fläming Nature Park

High Fläming Nature Park (Naturpark Hoher Fläming) is an 827 km2 nature park in Potsdam-Mittelmark district in the German state Brandenburg.

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Holstein

Holstein (Holsteen; Holsten; Holsatia) is the region between the rivers Elbe and Eider.

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Ice age

An ice age is a long period of reduction in the temperature of Earth's surface and atmosphere, resulting in the presence or expansion of continental and polar ice sheets and alpine glaciers.

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Kashubia

Kashubia or Cassubia (Kaszëbë or Kaszëbskô; Kaszuby; Kaschubei or Kaschubien) is an ethnocultural region in the historic Eastern Pomerania (Pomerelia) region of northern Poland.

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List of Brick Romanesque buildings

Brick Romanesque is an architectural style and chronological phase of architectural history.

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Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (MV;; Mäkelborg-Vörpommern), also known by its anglicized name Mecklenburg–Western Pomerania, is a state in the north-east of Germany.

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Medieval stone churches in Finland

Medieval stone churches in Finland were built between the 13th and 16th century.

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Ostsiedlung

Ostsiedlung is the term for the Early Medieval and High Medieval migration of ethnic Germans and Germanization of the areas populated by Slavic, Baltic and Finnic peoples, the most settled area was known as Germania Slavica.

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Poland

Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe.

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Przodkowo

Przodkowo is a village in Kartuzy County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.

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Quarry

A quarry is a type of open-pit mine in which dimension stone, rock, construction aggregate, riprap, sand, gravel, or slate is excavated from the ground.

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Quartzite

Quartzite is a hard, non-foliated metamorphic rock which was originally pure quartz sandstone.

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Ratekau

Ratekau is a municipality in the district of Ostholstein, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

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Romanesque architecture

Romanesque architecture is an architectural style of medieval Europe that was predominant in the 11th and 12th centuries.

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Romanesque Revival architecture

Romanesque Revival (or Neo-Romanesque) is a style of building employed beginning in the mid-19th century inspired by the 11th- and 12th-century Romanesque architecture.

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Round church

A round church is a church with a completely circular plan, thus a rotunda in architectural terms.

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Rozłazino, Pomeranian Voivodeship

Rozłazino is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Łęczyce, within Wejherowo County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.

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Rubble

Rubble is broken stone, of irregular size, shape and texture; undressed especially as a filling-in.

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Sastamala

Sastamala is a town in Finland, located in the Pirkanmaa region.

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Saxony-Anhalt

Saxony-Anhalt (Sachsen-Anhalt; Sassen-Anholt) is a state of Germany, bordering the states of Brandenburg, Saxony, Thuringia and Lower Saxony.

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Scandinavia

Scandinavia is a subregion of Northern Europe, with strong historical, cultural, and linguistic ties between its constituent peoples.

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Schleswig-Holstein

Schleswig-Holstein (Slesvig-Holsten; Sleswig-Holsteen; Slaswik-Holstiinj; Sleswick-Holsatia) is the northernmost of the 16 states of Germany, comprising most of the historical Duchy of Holstein and the southern part of the former Duchy of Schleswig.

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St. Olaf's Church, Tyrvää

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Timber framing

Timber framing and "post-and-beam" construction are traditional methods of building with heavy timbers, creating structures using squared-off and carefully fitted and joined timbers with joints secured by large wooden pegs.

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Vicelinus

Vicelinus (also Vicelin, Vizelin; 1086 – 12 December 1154) was a German bishop of Oldenburg in Holstein who was considered the apostle of Holstein.

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Wikimedia Commons, or simply Commons, is a wiki-based media repository of free-to-use images, sounds, videos and other media.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fieldstone_church

Also known as Feldsteinkirche.

Fieldstone church, the Glossary

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See also

Gothic church buildings

Romanesque church buildings

Stone buildings

References