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Atheists from a small town in Germany embark on a mission to save a picturesque church by moving it from the forest to the centre of town.
The church is believed to have been built as a private sanctuary for patients recovering from lung diseases, until it was closed.
The Nordic stylistic 1905 building is said to have survived a fire incident that occured in 2013, which damaged its structure but the church on its own was not damaged.
Ask Hans Powalla if he is a believer and the immediate response is a firm no .
Yet he and other villagers in and around the German town of Stiege have embarked on the Herculean task of saving a picturesque church by moving it from the middle of a forest into the centre of town.
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Ask Hans Powalla if he is a believer and the immediate response is a firm “no”.
Yet he and other villagers in and around the German town of Stiege have embarked on the Herculean task of saving a picturesque church by moving it from the middle of a forest into the centre of town.
Former electrician Powalla, 74, said they were driven by the “unique architecture of the building” and the “meaning that it gives to the region” in the Harz mountains.
The object in question is a stave church, or wooden church, complete with dragon ornaments on the roof, built in the Nordic style in 1905.
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AFP/Stiege, Germany Filed on December 20, 2020
View of the Stabkirche, a stave church built in 1905 as part of the Albert House sanatorium for patients with lung diseases, in a wooded area outside the town of Stiege, Saxony-Anhalt, eastern Germany.
The wooden church, complete with dragon ornaments on the roof, built in the Nordic style in 1905
Ask Hans Powalla if he is a believer and the immediate response is a firm “no”.
Yet he and other villagers in and around the German town of Stiege have embarked on the Herculean task of saving a picturesque church by moving it from the middle of a forest into the centre of town.