Holy Cross Church (Neuenwalde Convent)

The Holy Cross Church is the church of the Neuenwalde Convent. Convent and Holy Cross Church are owned by the, based in Stade. However, church and parsonage, are used per usufruct by the Lutheran Neuenwalde Congregation in, a locality of Geestland, Lower Saxony, Germany. Besides the Holy Cross Church, only used, the congregation uses and owns the chapel in.HistoryAfter the Convent had moved from, new church and convent buildings were erected on a land spit in the midst of fens at the brink of the Wesermünde Geest, presently known as Neuenwalde. The church adopted its naming from the Holy Cross, a relic of which remained in the incorporated Chapel of the Holy Cross and St. Willehadus on the Mount (i.e. hill; est. 13th century, abandoned between 1590 and 1629) in Altenwalde. Since 1181, and on until 1648, the area formed part of the Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen. Neuenwalde was made a parish of its own and its precinct was redistricted from that of the in. The convent Church of the Holy Cross thus simultaneously served as parish church for the Neuenwalders.On 30 November 1390 the convent received a papal indulgence, presumably for repairs to the Holy Cross Church. In 1400 Prince-Archbishop granted an indulgence of forty days to all who aided with new constructions with the Holy Cross Church. In 1428 renewed the convent's privilege of granting indulgences both for visiting the Holy Cross Church on certain feast days as well as for material aid in building and decorating it.