List of churches in the Lahn-Dill district

The list of churches in the Lahn-Dill district includes the preserved church buildings in the Lahn-Dill district ( Central Hesse ).

Place (location)	Church name	Municipality or city	Denomination	Establishment	Remarks
Albshausen	Protestant church	Solms	Ev.	1923-1930	Hall building in the style of baroque historicism , nave with hipped roof and turret with onion dome in the east, eastern entrance porch and polygonal west choir
Allendorf	Protestant church	Haiger	Ev.	1749
Allendorf	Ev. chapel	Greifenstein	Ev.	around 1700	The nave is essentially Romanesque
Allendorf	St. Paul Church	Greifenstein	SELK	1983
Altenberg Monastery	Protestant church	Solms	Ev.	1260-1270	Church of the former Premonstratensian convent Altenberg, formerly St. Maria and St. Michael
Altenkirchen	Protestant church	Braunfels	Ev.	1840
Altenkirchen	Protestant church	Hohenahr	Ev.	1812-1813	Romanesque west tower, classical hall church
Amdorf	Protestant church	Herborn	Ev.	1833-1834	Classical hall building with symmetrical facade and roof turret, with school (until 1968) under one roof
Asslar	Protestant church	Asslar	Ev.	Romanesque	Medieval in the oldest parts, renewed in Baroque
Asslar	Christ king	Asslar	Roman Catholic	1953
Atzbach	Protestant church	Lahnau	Ev.	1767	early classicist transverse church, tower added in 1899
Ballersbach	Protestant church	Mittenaar	Ev.	1914-1916	13th century core, destroyed by lightning in 1912
Bechlingen	Protestant church	Asslar	Ev.	medieval	renovated several times
Beilstein	Protestant church	Greifenstein	Ev.	1614-1616	former castle church
Berghausen	Protestant church	Asslar	Ev.	1965-1966	Gothic choir with canopy ridge
Bermoll	Protestant church	Asslar	Ev.	1847	classical, Doric capitals
Bend	Protestant church	Mittenaar	Ev.	1756/1787	medieval choir tower from 1559, baroque nave with hipped roof
Bend	Holy Spirit	Mittenaar	Roman Catholic	1956-1957	Architect Hans Busch, Frankfurt / Main
Bischoffen	Former Protestant church	Bischoffen	-	13.? / 19. Century	Romanesque choir tower, nave probably 19th century; Not used for church since 1954, today cultural church
Bischoffen	Evangelical Wichernhaus	Bischoffen	Ev.	1954
Biskirchen	Protestant church	Leun	Ev.	1868-1870	Nave with slender west tower and recessed polygonal east apse, neo-Romanesque arched style with individual neo-Gothic elements
Bissenberg	Protestant church	Leun	Ev.	late Romanesque	1723–1726 Baroque extension conversion
Blasbach	Protestant church	Wetzlar	Ev.	1712-1716	Gothic hall church with a crooked roof, baroque renovation
Bon bathing	Protestant church	Braunfels	Ev.	late Gothic	Ship redesigned in the 18th century
Bon bathing	St. George	Braunfels	Roman Catholic	1954-1955
Brandoberndorf	Protestant church	Waldsolms	Ev.	Gothic	Romanesque west tower, Gothic hall church in the core, renovated in the 17th century
Brandoberndorf	Mary help	Waldsolms	Roman Catholic	1961	Tent church
Braunfels	Friedenskirche	Braunfels	Ev.	1980
Braunfels	Catholic Church of St. Anna	Braunfels	Roman Catholic	1958-1959	Architects Hans Skull and Fritz Ebert, Würzburg
Braunfels	Castle Church	Braunfels	Ev.	End of 15th century	Consecrated in 1501, late Gothic hall church
Braunfels	St. Georgen cemetery church	Braunfels	Ev.	late Romanesque	rebuilt several times
Breitscheid	Protestant church	Breitscheid	Ev.	medieval	Choir tower church
Breitscheid	Holy Trinity	Breitscheid	Roman Catholic	1967	Tent church
Castle	Protestant church	Herborn	Ev.	Romanesque	Hall building with apse, 1837–1840 reconstruction of the church and addition of a west tower
Burgsolms	Protestant church	Solms	Ev.	1883-1884
Burgsolms	St. Elisabeth	Solms	Roman Catholic	1955-1956
Dalheim	Evangelical community center	Wetzlar	Ev.	1970
Dalheim	St. Mark	Wetzlar	Roman Catholic	1977
Daubhausen	Protestant church	Ehringshausen	Ev.	1685-1710	Medieval tower (14th century), Huguenot church
Dillbrecht	Protestant church	Haiger	Ev.	1743	Half-timbered church
Dillenburg	Evangelical town church	Dillenburg	Ev.	1490	1594–1597 conversion into a Protestant sermon church
Dillenburg	Heart of jesus	Dillenburg	Roman Catholic	1956-1957
Dillheim	Protestant church	Ehringshausen	Ev.	1864-1866	neo-gothic
Donsbach	Protestant church	Dillenburg	Ev.	1754/1791	Medieval core with a choir tower, renovated in 1756, burned down and renewed in 1791
Dorlar	Protestant church	Lahnau	Ev.	13th century	former monastery church of St. Maria, Romano-Gothic hall church with three-eighths closure and canopy ridge
Dorlar	Our Lady of Sorrows	Lahnau	Roman Catholic	1955	rectangular nave with low aisles and high choir
Dreisbach	Protestant church	Ehringshausen	Ev.	around 1700
Driedorf	Protestant church	Driedorf	Ev.	1822-1827	Classicist hall with hipped roof, the core of the tower is medieval
Driedorf	Catholic Church	Driedorf	Roman Catholic	1952-1953
Dutenhofen	Protestant church	Wetzlar	Ev.	1653-1654 / 1905-1906	The base of the tower is essentially medieval, the tower is built in the 17th century, a baroque nave using old materials, 1905/1906 western transept with a rectangular choir
Edingen	Protestant church	sense	Ev.	Baroque	Baroque hall building with a younger choir extension
Ehringshausen	Former Protestant chapel	Ehringshausen	-	late Gothic	medieval fortified church, today the commune's wedding room
Ehringshausen	Evangelical community center	Ehringshausen	Ev.	1968
Ehringshausen	Assumption Day	Ehringshausen	Roman Catholic	1959-1960	Architect H. Greiner
Eibach	Protestant church	Dillenburg	Ev.	1783	Renewal of an older previous building
Eibelshausen	Protestant church	Eschenburg	Ev.	1776-1777	Hall building with mansard roof and staggered canopy roof ridge
Eibelshausen	St. Joseph	Eschenburg	Roman Catholic	1956
Eiershausen	Protestant church	Eschenburg	Ev.	1826-1827
Eisemroth	Protestant church	Siegbach	Ev.	1721-1727	Romanesque choir tower, baroque nave
Erda	Protestant church	Hohenahr	Ev.	Gothic	formerly St. Nikolaus, late Romanesque choir tower, medieval nave, renovated in the 17th century and in 1853
Erdbach	Protestant church	Breitscheid	Ev.	Gothic	slightly retracted choir, small roof turret
Ewersbach	Evangelical Johanneskapelle	Dietzhölztal	Ev.	1295-1305	Renovation in the 15th century, since 2001 owned by the Dietzhölztal community
Ewersbach	Protestant church	Dietzhölztal	Ev.	13th century	Expansion in the 15th century to a late Gothic hall church
Ewersbach	Heart of Mary	Dietzhölztal	Roman Catholic	1958
Ewersbach	Free evangelical community	Dietzhölztal	FeG	around 1970
Fellerdilln	Protestant church	Haiger	Ev.	1820-1830
Fellerdilln	To the holy angels	Haiger	Roman Catholic	1953
Fleisbach	Protestant church	sense	Ev.	1887
Frohnhausen	Protestant church	Dillenburg	Ev.	1780-1784	Hall church with hipped roof
Garbenheim	Protestant church	Wetzlar	Ev.	1882-1883	late classical hall church with west tower and choir polygon
Greifenstein	Castle Church	Greifenstein	Ev.	1448-1476 / 1681-1702	Double church, Gothic lower church (Katharinenkapelle), baroque upper church (castle church)
Griedelbach	Protestant church	Waldsolms	Ev.	End of 17th century
Metropolises	Protestant church	Hohenahr	Ev.	1841-1842	Romanesque choir tower
Guntersdorf	Protestant church	Herborn	Ev.	18th century	Half-timbered building with roof turrets
Haiger	Assumption Day	Haiger	Roman Catholic	1950
Haiger	Protestant church	Haiger	Ev.	15./16. Century	in the oldest parts from 1048, choir 2nd half 15th century, hall longhouse 16th century
Herborn	Evangelical town church	Herborn	Ev.	1319/1601	oldest parts in the west tower and the choir towers from around 1200 have been preserved, choir 1319, reconstruction into a sermon church 1598–1601 in the Renaissance style
Herborn	St. Peter	Herborn	Roman Catholic	1960-1964	Architect H. Busch
Hermannstein	Paulskirche	Wetzlar	Ev.	1491-1492	late Gothic, west tower, three-eighth closure
Hirschberg	Protestant church	Herborn	Ev.	medieval	rebuilt several times, western extension from 1926
Hirzenhain	Protestant church	Eschenburg	Ev.	1960s
Hirzenhain	Catholic Church	Eschenburg	Roman Catholic	1960-1961
Hochelheim	Protestant church	Huettenberg	Ev.	1905-1906	Neo-Renaissance, in the core 17th century, bonnet ridge 18th century
Hochelheim	Holy Family	Huettenberg	Roman Catholic	1957
Hohensolms	Protestant church	Hohenahr	Ev.	1448	Former church of St. Christophorus, with hipped roof and baroque hooded roof turret, choir added in 1915
Holzhausen	Protestant church	Greifenstein	Ev.	medieval	Choir tower church, 1900 reconstruction
Hörbach	Protestant church	Herborn	Ev.	1879	medieval choir tower, nave in brickwork
Hörnsheim	Protestant church	Huettenberg	Ev.	late Gothic	medieval choir tower, 1969 new nave
Large right brook	Protestant church	Huettenberg	Ev.	1638	Baroque hall church with an octagonal canopy roof turret
Katzenfurt	Protestant church	Ehringshausen	Ev.	1964-1965	Late Romanesque choir tower (13th century) with fresco paintings, nave from 1964/1965
Katzenfurt	St. Anna	Ehringshausen	Roman Catholic	1964
Small right brook	Protestant church	Huettenberg	Ev.	1664	baroque hall church with three-eighth closure and octagonal canopy roof turret
Koelschhausen	Protestant church	Ehringshausen	Ev.	early Gothic	1697 remodeling
Kraftsolms	Protestant church	Waldsolms	Ev.	Gothic	Hall church with roof turret, first mentioned in 1395, rebuilt and renovated in 1615
Kröffelbach	Protestant church	Waldsolms	Ev.	15./16. Century
Kröffelbach	Kröffelbach Monastery	Waldsolms	Coptic Orthodox	1988-1990
Langenaubach	Church of the Resurrection	Haiger	Ev.	1966
Langenaubach	Former Evangelical Church	Haiger	-	1749
Laufdorf	Protestant church	Schöffengrund	Ev.	medieval	Choir added at the end of the 17th century
Leun	Protestant church	Leun	Ev.	medieval
Leun	Assumption Day	Leun	Roman Catholic	1949
Mademühlen	Protestant church	Driedorf	Ev.	1770	medieval choir tower, nave from 1770 initially used as a school
Almonds	Evangelical chapel	Dietzhölztal	Ev.	1756	Half-timbered church
Manderbach	Protestant church	Dillenburg	Ev.	1830	Hall building with hipped roof and ridge turret
Medenbach	Protestant church	Breitscheid	Ev.	early Gothic	medieval tower, modern nave
Münchholzhausen	Protestant church	Wetzlar	Ev.	1937	medieval choir tower, baroque nave, west tower and northern nave added in 1937
Nanzenbach	Protestant church	Dillenburg	Ev.	1963	Inaugurated in 1964
Nauborn	Protestant church	Wetzlar	Ev.	Romance / 17. Century	formerly St. Maria, at its core a medieval church, rebuilt in the 17th century; Hall church with hipped roof and hooded ridge from 1768
Naunheim	Protestant church	Wetzlar	Ev.	1739	Choir tower after 1446, nave rebuilt several times
Nenderoth	Protestant church	Greifenstein	Ev.	late Romanesque	Choir tower church
Neukirchen	Protestant church	Braunfels	Ev.	1956	After a fire, rebuilt in a larger form, choir tower church with hipped roof and steeple with octagonal seat helmet
Niederbiel	Protestant church	Solms	Ev.-ref.	13th century / around 1680	Romanesque choir tower, baroque nave
Niedergirmes	Christ Church	Wetzlar	Ev.	1950	Previous neo-Gothic building from 1906 destroyed in World War II
Niedergirmes	St. Walburgis	Wetzlar	Roman Catholic	1952-1953
Low temp	Protestant church	Ehringshausen	Ev.	late Gothic	Altered at the beginning of the 18th century
Niederquembach	Protestant church	Schöffengrund	Ev.	1603	semicircular east end and eight-sided roof turret
Niederroßbach	Protestant church	Haiger	Ev.	1781	Hall building with a crooked roof and ridge turrets
Niedereld	Protestant church	Dillenburg	Ev.	1762	medieval in essence
Niederweidbach	Marienkirche	Bischoffen	Ev.	1498-1520	two-aisled hall church with older choir tower (around 1300)
Niederwetz	Protestant church	Schöffengrund	Ev.	1955	Hall church with retracted, transverse rectangular west tower as a replacement for the previous building destroyed by lightning in 1952; The old choir with a three-sided conclusion was preserved
Oberbiel	Protestant church	Solms	Ev.	1784	baroque ship with a medieval rectangular choir
Upper temp	Protestant church	Asslar	Ev.	1855	1967 interior redesigned
Oberndorf	Protestant church	Siegbach	Ev.	medieval
Oberndorf	Protestant church	Solms	Ev.	1734	Romanesque choir tower, heightened with half-timbering in 1734, in 1955/1956 the community hall was added to the west
Oberquembach	Protestant church	Schöffengrund	Ev.	1696	baroque hall church with three-sided east end and roof turret
Oberroßbach	Protestant church	Haiger	Ev.	1768	Hall building with mansard roof
Oberscheld	Protestant church	Dillenburg	Ev.	1692	Half-timbered upper floor
Oberweidbach	Protestant church	Bischoffen	Ev.	15./16. Century	Romanesque choir tower from 13th century
Oberwetz	Protestant church	Schöffengrund	Ev.	around 1700	New construction or renovation; Baroque hall church with rectangular choir and roof turret
Offenbach	Protestant church	Mittenaar	Ev.	Baroque	medieval in essence
Offdilln	Protestant church	Haiger	Ev.	1777
Philippstein	Protestant church	Braunfels	Ev.	1913-1914
Rabenscheid	Protestant church	Breitscheid	Ev.	1747
Reiskirchen	Protestant church	Huettenberg	Ev.	1652	Older in the core, two buildings, perhaps 1724 connected to the adjoining teacher's apartment
Rittershausen	Protestant church	Dietzhölztal	Ev.	1769	Crooked roof
Rodenbach	Protestant church	Haiger	Ev.	medieval
Rossbach	Protestant church	Bischoffen	Ev.	1971	on the foundations of the old school
Roth (Driedorf)	Protestant church	Driedorf	Ev.	1753-1754	medieval chapel baroque expanded as a half-timbered hall
Roth (Eschenburg)	Protestant church	Eschenburg	Ev.	1823	Choir tower church between classicism and historicism
Schönbach	Protestant church	Herborn	Ev.	1733	medieval west tower
Schwalbach	Protestant church	Schöffengrund	Ev.	1763-1767
Schwalbach	St. Joseph	Schöffengrund	Roman Catholic	1956
Six heroes	Protestant church	Haiger	Ev.	1900s
Seelbach	Protestant church	Herborn	Ev.	1953	late Romanesque choir tower
Simmersbach	Katharinenkirche	Eschenburg	Ev.	1774	Pseudomansard roof
sense	Protestant church	sense	Ev.	1900	Hall church
sense	St. Michael	sense	Roman Catholic	1968
Stone bridges	Evangelical chapel	Dietzhölztal	Ev.	1709	plastered half-timbered building
Steindorf	Protestant church	Wetzlar	Ev.	1701	Medieval choir tower (around 1300) with a three-storey lantern helmet from the 18th century, church with hipped roof
Stockhausen (Leun)	Kreuzkapelle	Leun	Ev.	1955-1956
Tiefenbach	Protestant church	Braunfels	Ev.	around 1300	Gothic defense tower, west hall 1559, north wing 1714
Uckersdorf	Protestant church	Herborn	Ev.	17th century	Half-timbered church with five-eighth closure, 1935 southward expansion
Ulm	Protestant church	Greifenstein	Ev.	medieval	Choir tower church
Full churches	Protestant church	Huettenberg	Ev.	1957
Volpertshausen	Old church	Huettenberg	Ev.	1483	Hall church with octagonal roof turret, oldest parts around 1200, eastward expansion in the 14th / 15th centuries. Century
Volpertshausen	Protestant church	Huettenberg	Ev.	1965
Waldgirmes	Protestant church	Lahnau	Ev.	1350	formerly St. Sebastian, 1653 extension by a retracted chancel, hipped roof with canopy ridge
Weidelbach	Protestant church	Haiger	Ev.	1817
Weidenhausen	Old church	Huettenberg	Ev.	medieval	Hall church with roof turret, 1706 renovation
Weiperfelden	Protestant church	Waldsolms	Ev.	1887
Werdorf	Protestant church	Asslar	Ev.	1772	formerly Our Lady, oldest parts late Romanesque (1253), baroque nave
Wetzlar	St. Boniface	Wetzlar	Roman Catholic	1960-1964	Longitudinal oval floor plan based on plans by Rudolf Schwarz
Wetzlar	Franciscan Church	Wetzlar	Ev.	13th century	early Gothic choir
Wetzlar	Mercy Church	Wetzlar	Ev.	1955
Wetzlar	Hospital Church	Wetzlar	Ev.	1755-1764	Rococo Church
Wetzlar	Kreuzkirche	Wetzlar	Ev.	1957-1959
Wetzlar	Magdalenenkirche	Wetzlar	Ev.	1958
Wetzlar	Wetzlar Cathedral	Wetzlar	Ev./Röm.kath.	13-15 Century	Simultaneous church since 1542
Wilsbach	Protestant church	Bischoffen	Ev.	1569
Wissenbach	Protestant church	Eschenburg	Ev.	1881	neo-Gothic with five-eighth end, cross-shaped floor plan with two short transepts and inside impression of a central building with crossing naves; high octagonal roof turret

literature

Georg Dehio : Handbook of German art monuments , Hessen I. Administrative districts of Giessen and Kassel. Edited by Folkhard Cremer, Tobias Michael Wolf and others. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich a. a. 2008, ISBN 978-3-422-03092-3 .
State Office for Monument Preservation Hessen (Ed.), Maria Wenzel (Ed.): Cultural monuments in Hessen. Lahn-Dill District II (old district of Wetzlar). (Monument topography Federal Republic of Germany). Theiss, Stuttgart 2003, ISBN 978-3-8062-1652-3 .

Web links

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