Gertrudenkapelle (Rheinbrohl)
The Gertrudenkapelle is a Roman Catholic chapel in the local community Rheinbrohl in the Rhineland-Palatinate district of Neuwied .
history
The chapel consecrated to St. Gertrude von Nivelles was built in the first half of the 13th century as a church in the neighboring Gertrudenhof, which today houses the Rheinbrohl town hall. The Gertrudenhof was owned by the Gertrudenstift zu Nivelles . The monastery sold the farm to the Elector of Trier in 1706.
The Romanesque choir tower in the east has been preserved from the time it was built . The nave of the chapel was replaced by a new building in the 17th century, and the windows in the choir were enlarged. The medieval parish church of Rheinbrohl, which was demolished in 1851, also had a choir tower in the east.
literature
- Joseph Hoster: Choir towers in the Rhineland . In: Colonia Sacra 1 (1947), p. 147.
- Heinrich Neu, Hans Weigert: The art monuments of the district of Neuwied ( The art monuments of the Rhine Province, Volume 16, Section II), Düsseldorf, Schwann, 1940, p. 360f.
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Coordinates: 50 ° 29 ′ 33.35 " N , 7 ° 19 ′ 51.71" E