Bardowick
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Bardowick is a municipality
in the district of Lüneburg
in Lower Saxony
, Germany
. It is three miles north of Lüneburg
on the navigable river Ilmenau
. Bardowick is also the seat of the Samtgemeinde ("collective municipality") Bardowick
.
. Its name is derived from the Longobardi
, the tribe for whom it was the home and centre, and from it the colonization of Lombardy
started.
In 1146 the collegiate church
of Saints Peter and Paul is recorded first. In 1186 the then competent Prince-Bishop of Verden, Tammo (d. 1188), further privileged the collegiate church.
The city was razed to the ground, with the exception of the churches, in AD 1189 by Henry the Lion
. Until that time, it was the most prosperous commercial city of north Germany.
Today's building of the former collegiate, meanwhile Lutheran church ' onMouseout='HidePop("31024")' href="/topics/Duomo">Dom
being used in German language - pars pro toto
- as a synecdoche
for collegiate churches and cathedrals alike) was erected between 1389 and 1485.
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
in the district of Lüneburg
Lüneburg (district)
Lüneburg is a district in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is bounded by the districts of Lüchow-Dannenberg, Uelzen, Heidekreis and Harburg, and the states of Schleswig-Holstein and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania .-History:The Amt of Lüneburg appeared in 1862...
in Lower Saxony
Lower Saxony
Lower Saxony is a German state situated in north-western Germany and is second in area and fourth in population among the sixteen states of Germany...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
. It is three miles north of Lüneburg
Lüneburg
Lüneburg is a town in the German state of Lower Saxony. It is located about southeast of fellow Hanseatic city Hamburg. It is part of the Hamburg Metropolitan Region, and one of Hamburg's inner suburbs...
on the navigable river Ilmenau
Ilmenau River
The Ilmenau is a river in Lower Saxony, Germany, which is one of the left tributaries of the Elbe. It originates in the Lüneburg Heath, south of Uelzen. It empties into the Elbe near Winsen . The Ilmenau is 107 km long. The largest towns along the Ilmenau are Uelzen and Lüneburg...
. Bardowick is also the seat of the Samtgemeinde ("collective municipality") Bardowick
Bardowick (Samtgemeinde)
Bardowick is a Samtgemeinde in the district of Lüneburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany.Its seat is in the village Bardowick.The Samtgemeinde Bardowick consists of the following municipalities:* Bardowick* Barum* Handorf...
.
History
The town was first mentioned in AD 795 and was raised to city status in AD 972 by Otto IOtto I, Holy Roman Emperor
Otto I the Great , son of Henry I the Fowler and Matilda of Ringelheim, was Duke of Saxony, King of Germany, King of Italy, and "the first of the Germans to be called the emperor of Italy" according to Arnulf of Milan...
. Its name is derived from the Longobardi
Lombards
The Lombards , also referred to as Longobards, were a Germanic tribe of Scandinavian origin, who from 568 to 774 ruled a Kingdom in Italy...
, the tribe for whom it was the home and centre, and from it the colonization of Lombardy
Lombardy
Lombardy is one of the 20 regions of Italy. The capital is Milan. One-sixth of Italy's population lives in Lombardy and about one fifth of Italy's GDP is produced in this region, making it the most populous and richest region in the country and one of the richest in the whole of Europe...
started.
In 1146 the collegiate church
Collegiate church
In Christianity, a collegiate church is a church where the daily office of worship is maintained by a college of canons; a non-monastic, or "secular" community of clergy, organised as a self-governing corporate body, which may be presided over by a dean or provost...
of Saints Peter and Paul is recorded first. In 1186 the then competent Prince-Bishop of Verden, Tammo (d. 1188), further privileged the collegiate church.
The city was razed to the ground, with the exception of the churches, in AD 1189 by Henry the Lion
Henry the Lion
Henry the Lion was a member of the Welf dynasty and Duke of Saxony, as Henry III, from 1142, and Duke of Bavaria, as Henry XII, from 1156, which duchies he held until 1180....
. Until that time, it was the most prosperous commercial city of north Germany.
Today's building of the former collegiate, meanwhile Lutheran church ' onMouseout='HidePop("31024")' href="/topics/Duomo">Dom
Duomo
Duomo is a term for a cathedral church. The formal word for a church that is presently a cathedral is cattedrale; a Duomo may be either a present or a former cathedral . Some, like the Duomo of Monza, have never been cathedrals, although old and important...
being used in German language - pars pro toto
Pars pro toto
Pars pro toto is Latin for "a part for the whole" where the name of a portion of an object or concept represents the entire object or context....
- as a synecdoche
Synecdoche
Synecdoche , meaning "simultaneous understanding") is a figure of speech in which a term is used in one of the following ways:* Part of something is used to refer to the whole thing , or...
for collegiate churches and cathedrals alike) was erected between 1389 and 1485.