Martin M. Miles' photos with the keyword: Votivschiff

Slavic Obodrites lived in the area, where Wismar is now, until the end of the 12th century. The exact date of the city's foundation is not clear, it had civic rights already in 1229 when migrants from Holstein and Westphalia settled here. The "Lübsches Stadtrecht" (town law) was confirmed in 1266. In 1259 Wismar joined a defensive agreement with Lübeck and Rostock, in order to counter the numerous Baltic pirates. Subsequently, more cities would agree to cooperate as commerce and trade were increasingly coordinated and regulated. These policies would provide the basis for the development of the "Hanseatic League". By the 13th and 14th centuries, Wismar had grown into a flourishing Hanseatic trading hub. In 1632, during the Thirty Years' War, Sweden conquered the city, and the Swedish Crown received in the Peace of Westphalia in 1648 after the end of the Thirty Years' War. Swedish rule over Wismar ended de facto in 1803 when Sweden pledged the city to the Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin for 99 years. Formally, Wismar reverted to Germany in 1903 and Sweden waived its right to redeem the pledge. Wismar is a typical representative of the Hanseatic League with its city-wide Brick Gothic structures and gabled patrician houses and has alongside the historical old town of Stralsund been declared the UNESCO World Heritage Site "Historic Centres of Stralsund and Wismar". The Nicolaikirche (Church St. Nicholas) was built from 1381 until 1487 as a church for sailors and fishermen. St. Nicholas is a fine testaments to mediaeval brick architecture in northern Germany. In 1381, the city council commissioned the master mason Heinrich von Bremen to complete the choir. The consecration of the high altar is documented for 1403. Heinrich von Bremen continued to work until 1415. In 1434 work was carried out on the north aisle and later the south aisle. Under the direction of Peter Stolp and Hermann von Münster in 1459, the work was completed to such an extent that the church could be consecrated. From 1485 to 1487, Hans Mertens built the two upper storeys of the tower, and the spire was added in 1508. In December 1703, a storm destroyed the spire. Its parts smashed through the roof and the vaults of the nave. Many pieces of the interior furnishings were destroyed. Afterwards, the tower received a transverse gable roof and the nave a flat ceiling. The renovation of the furnishings lasted until the second half of the 18th century. It was not until 1867 that a vault was erected again. The air raids during the Second World War caused only minor damage to the church. It is no surprise, that a church for sailors and fishermen is located near the old harbour and has votive ships.

Slavic Obodrites lived in the area, where Wismar is now, until the end of the 12th century. The exact date of the city's foundation is not clear, it had civic rights already in 1229 when migrants from Holstein and Westphalia settled here. The "Lübsches Stadtrecht" (town law) was confirmed in 1266. In 1259 Wismar joined a defensive agreement with Lübeck and Rostock, in order to counter the numerous Baltic pirates. Subsequently, more cities would agree to cooperate as commerce and trade were increasingly coordinated and regulated. These policies would provide the basis for the development of the "Hanseatic League". By the 13th and 14th centuries, Wismar had grown into a flourishing Hanseatic trading hub. In 1632, during the Thirty Years' War, Sweden conquered the city, and the Swedish Crown received in the Peace of Westphalia in 1648 after the end of the Thirty Years' War. Swedish rule over Wismar ended de facto in 1803 when Sweden pledged the city to the Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin for 99 years. Formally, Wismar reverted to Germany in 1903 and Sweden waived its right to redeem the pledge. Wismar is a typical representative of the Hanseatic League with its city-wide Brick Gothic structures and gabled patrician houses and has alongside the historical old town of Stralsund been declared the UNESCO World Heritage Site "Historic Centres of Stralsund and Wismar". The Nicolaikirche (Church St. Nicholas) was built from 1381 until 1487 as a church for sailors and fishermen. St. Nicholas is a fine testaments to mediaeval brick architecture in northern Germany. In 1381, the city council commissioned the master mason Heinrich von Bremen to complete the choir. The consecration of the high altar is documented for 1403. Heinrich von Bremen continued to work until 1415. In 1434 work was carried out on the north aisle and later the south aisle. Under the direction of Peter Stolp and Hermann von Münster in 1459, the work was completed to such an extent that the church could be consecrated. From 1485 to 1487, Hans Mertens built the two upper storeys of the tower, and the spire was added in 1508. In December 1703, a storm destroyed the spire. Its parts smashed through the roof and the vaults of the nave. Many pieces of the interior furnishings were destroyed. Afterwards, the tower received a transverse gable roof and the nave a flat ceiling. The renovation of the furnishings lasted until the second half of the 18th century. It was not until 1867 that a vault was erected again. The air raids during the Second World War caused only minor damage to the church. It is no surprise, that a church for sailors and fishermen is located near the old harbour and has votive ships.

Adelby, once an old parish just east of Flensburg, is meanwhile a part of the city of Flensburg. This makes the Johanniskirche in Adelsby to Flensburg´s oldest church. The first church here was built around 1080. About a century later a Romanesque fieldstone church got erected. In the 15th or 16th century, the porch was added in front of the main entrance. In the 18th century, an extensive reconstruction took place. In 1726, the wooden tower was replaced by the present Baroque tower. Then the nave was raised with bricks and extended to the east as well as to the west up to the church tower. By 1780, the present hall church with a wide box choir was thus created. The votiv ship "Christian Quantus" from 1688

Arnis, the smallest town in Germany both by population (300) and by area (0.45 km²) was founded in 1667 by shipping families from nearby Kappeln who wanted to avoid serfdom. In 1666 Detlef von Rumohr tried to press the families of Kappeln into serfdom. The families asked Duke Christian Albrecht for help. Christian Albrecht responded positively and offered the island of Arnis as the place for a new settlement. To support this project he even granted privileges to the families of Kappeln. Detlef von Rumohr put pressure on the emigrants. In the end only 30 houses were built in Arnis and the new settlement faced a crisis during the Scanian War. Christian Albrecht's son, Frederick IV., offered a 10 years tax exemption for new settlers and Arnis began to grow and became in the late 18th and during the 19th century a prosperous skippers place with up to 1000 inhabitants and almost 90 sailing ships. The "Schifferkirche" ("Skipper's Church") from 1673 is the oldest building in Arnis. Shipping was a dangerous trade without the technology that is available today. When the skippers had survived dangerous times at sea, some donated a votive ship.

Arnis, the smallest town in Germany both by population (300) and by area (0.45 km²) was founded in 1667 by shipping families from nearby Kappeln who wanted to avoid serfdom. In 1666 Detlef von Rumohr tried to press the families of Kappeln into serfdom. The families asked Duke Christian Albrecht for help. Christian Albrecht responded positively and offered the island of Arnis as the place for a new settlement. To support this project he even granted privileges to the families of Kappeln. Detlef von Rumohr put pressure on the emigrants. In the end only 30 houses were built in Arnis and the new settlement faced a crisis during the Scanian War. Christian Albrecht's son, Frederick IV., offered a 10 years tax exemption for new settlers and Arnis began to grow and became in the late 18th and during the 19th century a prosperous skippers place with up to 1000 inhabitants and almost 90 sailing ships. The "Schifferkirche" ("Skipper's Church") from 1673 is the oldest building in Arnis. Shipping was a dangerous trade without the technology that is available today. When the skippers had survived dangerous times at sea, some donated a votive ship.

Arnis, the smallest town in Germany both by population (300) and by area (0.45 km²) was founded in 1667 by shipping families from nearby Kappeln who wanted to avoid serfdom. In 1666 Detlef von Rumohr tried to press the families of Kappeln into serfdom. The families asked Duke Christian Albrecht for help. Christian Albrecht responded positively and offered the island of Arnis as the place for a new settlement. To support this project he even granted privileges to the families of Kappeln. Detlef von Rumohr put pressure on the emigrants. In the end only 30 houses were built in Arnis and the new settlement faced a crisis during the Scanian War. Christian Albrecht's son, Frederick IV., offered a 10 years tax exemption for new settlers and Arnis began to grow and became in the late 18th and during the 19th century a prosperous skippers place with up to 1000 inhabitants and almost 90 sailing ships. The "Schifferkirche" ("Skipper's Church") from 1673 is the oldest building in Arnis. Shipping was a dangerous trade without the technology that is available today. When the skippers had survived dangerous times at sea, some donated a votive ship.

Arnis, the smallest town in Germany both by population (300) and by area (0.45 km²) was founded in 1667 by shipping families from nearby Kappeln who wanted to avoid serfdom. In 1666 Detlef von Rumohr tried to press the families of Kappeln into serfdom. The families asked Duke Christian Albrecht for help. Christian Albrecht responded positively and offered the island of Arnis as the place for a new settlement. To support this project he even granted privileges to the families of Kappeln. Detlef von Rumohr put pressure on the emigrants. In the end only 30 houses were built in Arnis and the new settlement faced a crisis during the Scanian War. Christian Albrecht's son, Frederick IV., offered a 10 years tax exemption for new settlers and Arnis began to grow and became in the late 18th and during the 19th century a prosperous skippers place with up to 1000 inhabitants and almost 90 sailing ships. The "Schifferkirche" ("Skipper's Church") from 1673 is the oldest building in Arnis. Shipping was a dangerous trade without the technology that is available today. When the skippers had survived dangerous times at sea, some donated a votive ship.

Arnis, the smallest town in Germany both by population (300) and by area (0.45 km²) was founded in 1667 by shipping families from nearby Kappeln who wanted to avoid serfdom. In 1666 Detlef von Rumohr tried to press the families of Kappeln into serfdom. The families asked Duke Christian Albrecht for help. Christian Albrecht responded positively and offered the island of Arnis as the place for a new settlement. To support this project he even granted privileges to the families of Kappeln. Detlef von Rumohr put pressure on the emigrants. In the end only 30 houses were built in Arnis and the new settlement faced a crisis during the Scanian War. Christian Albrecht's son, Frederick IV., offered a 10 years tax exemption for new settlers and Arnis began to grow and became in the late 18th and during the 19th century a prosperous skippers place with up to 1000 inhabitants and almost 90 sailing ships. The "Schifferkirche" ("Skipper's Church") from 1673 is the oldest building in Arnis. Shipping was a dangerous trade without the technology that is available today. When the skippers had survived dangerous times at sea, some donated a votive ship.