The Rose of Minden Lodge No.918
The Rose of Minden Lodge No.918 is one of 18 Freemasons lodges subordinate to The Grand Lodge of British Freemasons in Germany (GLBFG) which in turn is one of 5 Grand Lodges of the United Grand Lodges of Germany It currently has members from a variety of nations and in addition to the "resident members" in Germany, there are "non-resident members" situated all over the world.
History
The Rose of Minden Lodge was originally established as a military Masonic organisation for members of the British Allied Forces in West Germany. It was consecrated in the Temple of Lodge “Zur Roten Erde” Unter den Linden 34 on 28th October 1972 in the German city of Herfor<nowiki/>d, North Rhine-Westphalia. After a number of years of holding lodge in the city of Minden it returned to its founding location where it remains to this day.
Freemason lodges typically choose titles in relation to their founding location, to a masonic theme or character. The Rose of Minden title is taken from the battle honour which was awarded to British Army units who fought in the Battle of Minden in 1 August 1759 and therefore reflecting its military connection at the time of its founding.
Ritual
The lodge practices its masonic ritual in the English language following the English constitution provided by the United Grand Lodge of England as do 15 other lodges under GLBFG. The remaining 2 conduct their emulation slightly differently where one works in a Scottish Ritual and the remaining lodge uses the aforementioned English constitution ritual, but translated into the German language and consequently this Lodge works in the German language.
Lodge House
The listed Lodge building was built in two phases by the architect and Freemason . The first phase in 1906 and the second in 1924, where it has remained the home of the 1899 founded German Lodge Zur Roten Erde The layout of the building has changed little since its completion except that the some of temple rooms on the upper floor have now been converted to living accommodation. The lower floor is a used as a restaurant. Five local lodges from (Ostwestfalen-Lippe (OWL)) regularly share the building for masonic meetings.
Sister Lodges
* New Absalom Lodge No. 841 - Gütersloh
* Saxony Lodge No. 842 - Celle
* Britannia Lodge No. 843 - Bielefeld
* Phoenix Lodge No. 847 - Berlin
* Anglo Hanseatic No. 850 - Hamburg
* Star of Saxony No. 853 - Mönchengladbach - Rheindahlen
* Keys of Münster No. 881 - Münster
* Beaver Lodge No. 885 - Soest
* Doric Lodge No. 886 - Osnabrück
* Bond of Friendship Lodge No. 890 - Bonn
* Lodge Niederrhein No. 892 - Düsseldorf
* Bridge of Fellowship No. 929 - Hannover
* Lodge Neuhaus No. 946 - Paderborn
* Southern Star No. 1025 - Munich (München)
* Thistle & Saltire No. 1040 - Berlin & Osnabrück (Scottish Ritual)
* Kurt Tucholsky Lodge No. 1060 - Unna (English constitution ritual conducted in German)
* Corinthian Lodge No. 1111 - Frankfurt
History
The Rose of Minden Lodge was originally established as a military Masonic organisation for members of the British Allied Forces in West Germany. It was consecrated in the Temple of Lodge “Zur Roten Erde” Unter den Linden 34 on 28th October 1972 in the German city of Herfor<nowiki/>d, North Rhine-Westphalia. After a number of years of holding lodge in the city of Minden it returned to its founding location where it remains to this day.
Freemason lodges typically choose titles in relation to their founding location, to a masonic theme or character. The Rose of Minden title is taken from the battle honour which was awarded to British Army units who fought in the Battle of Minden in 1 August 1759 and therefore reflecting its military connection at the time of its founding.
Ritual
The lodge practices its masonic ritual in the English language following the English constitution provided by the United Grand Lodge of England as do 15 other lodges under GLBFG. The remaining 2 conduct their emulation slightly differently where one works in a Scottish Ritual and the remaining lodge uses the aforementioned English constitution ritual, but translated into the German language and consequently this Lodge works in the German language.
Lodge House
The listed Lodge building was built in two phases by the architect and Freemason . The first phase in 1906 and the second in 1924, where it has remained the home of the 1899 founded German Lodge Zur Roten Erde The layout of the building has changed little since its completion except that the some of temple rooms on the upper floor have now been converted to living accommodation. The lower floor is a used as a restaurant. Five local lodges from (Ostwestfalen-Lippe (OWL)) regularly share the building for masonic meetings.
Sister Lodges
* New Absalom Lodge No. 841 - Gütersloh
* Saxony Lodge No. 842 - Celle
* Britannia Lodge No. 843 - Bielefeld
* Phoenix Lodge No. 847 - Berlin
* Anglo Hanseatic No. 850 - Hamburg
* Star of Saxony No. 853 - Mönchengladbach - Rheindahlen
* Keys of Münster No. 881 - Münster
* Beaver Lodge No. 885 - Soest
* Doric Lodge No. 886 - Osnabrück
* Bond of Friendship Lodge No. 890 - Bonn
* Lodge Niederrhein No. 892 - Düsseldorf
* Bridge of Fellowship No. 929 - Hannover
* Lodge Neuhaus No. 946 - Paderborn
* Southern Star No. 1025 - Munich (München)
* Thistle & Saltire No. 1040 - Berlin & Osnabrück (Scottish Ritual)
* Kurt Tucholsky Lodge No. 1060 - Unna (English constitution ritual conducted in German)
* Corinthian Lodge No. 1111 - Frankfurt
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