List of Carolingian buildings

The list of Carolingian buildings gives an overview of preserved or fragmentarily preserved buildings from the Carolingian period from the 8th to the beginning of the 10th century in Central and Western Europe. The buildings are sorted chronologically by country and region according to their time of construction.

Germany

Baden-Württemberg

Building	place	Time of origin	annotation
Munster St. Maria and Markus	Monastery of Reichenau , Reichenau Island	816	three-aisled basilica, former monastery church in Mittelzell, today a Catholic parish church. Its oldest part was consecrated in 816.
New Year's Chapel	Goldbach near Überlingen	around 840	The date of construction of the chapel is not exactly certain
George's Church	Oberzell , Reichenau Island	around 900	three-aisled basilica with low aisles, crossing tower and rectangular east choir
Parts (tunnels) of the crypt of the Konstanz Minster	Constancy	around 900	Probably the crypt for the relics of was Holy. Pelagius created
Crypt of the Fridolin Minster	Bad Säckingen	early 11th century	Two barrel-vaulted corridors lead into the main room of the former Romanesque apse

Bavaria

Building	place	Time of origin	annotation
Marienkirche	Marienberg Fortress , Würzburg	not built before 704 or after an alternative source in 741	stylistically more Merovingian rotunda
Chapel of Mercy	Altötting	between 8th and 10th centuries	maybe just Ottonian
Vierungskirche	Neustadt am Main	781	Three-aisled crossing, inaugurated by Charlemagne, Bishop Lullus of Mainz and Bishop Willibald von Eichstätt. The lower part of the crossing tower is still preserved.
Saint Emmeram Monastery	regensburg	after 781	Ring crypt and foundation walls of the basilica
Gate hall	Frauenchiemsee Monastery	782	The cathedral stands on Carolingian foundations, the church building dates from the 11th century
Sola basilica	Solnhofen	first half of the 9th century	Partly in ruins, dating disputed

Hesse

Building	place	Time of origin	annotation
Chapel of St. Brigida	Büraburg near Fritzlar	543-668 and 558-667, respectively	in its origins the oldest church building east of the Limes
Königspfalz	Frankfurt am Main	circa 6th century	first documented mention in 794
Fortifications in the Wartenberg castle ruins	Angersbach in Wartenberg	about 700	no longer received
Crypt of the Schlüchtern monastery	Schluechtern	before 800	originally a three-aisled church
Michaelskirche	Fulda	820 to 822	oldest church of the Holy Sepulcher in Germany
Cemetery chapel	Bad King	first quarter of the 9th century	Partly ruin
Justinuskirche	Frankfurt-Höchst	around 830	oldest preserved building in Frankfurt
Capitals in the former Benedictine church	Rasdorf near Fritzlar	831	Rebuilt in Gothic style in 1274
Basilica of St. Marcellinus and Peter	Seligenstadt	834	three-aisled basilica with a cross-shaped floor plan, T-shaped during the Carolingian era
St. Peter	Petersberg	Mid 9th century	oldest preserved wall paintings in Germany
Gate hall	Lorsch Abbey , Lorsch	around the middle of the 9th century	Since 1991 list of World Heritage of UNESCO
Einhard's Basilica	Steinbach near Michelstadt	9th century	largely preserved Carolingian masonry in the central nave, side choir and crypt
Laurentiuskirche	Trebur	9th century	Vestibule and east transept from the Carolingian era, remains of the Palatinate Trebur

North Rhine-Westphalia

Building	place	Time of origin	annotation
Hünenburg	City wages	at 775	comparatively well-preserved hill fort , ground monument
Granus tower of the Aachen town hall	Aachen	788	originally part of the imperial palace of Charlemagne
Palatine church of Charlemagne, today Aachen Cathedral	Aachen	approx. from 793/794	the traditional builder was Odo von Metz
Laurentiuskirche	Frets	before the 8th century	Original parish church of the Osnabrück diocese
Imperial Palace of Charlemagne	Paderborn	End of the 8th century	only Carolingian foundation walls have been preserved
Tower of the parish church of St. Gangolf	Hiddenhausen	around 800	originally built as a defense and storage tower of a Carolingian court, later converted into a church tower
St. Walburga Church	Meschede	between 804 and 860	initially not a church, but an oratorio
Kornelimünster Imperial Abbey	Kornelimünster	817	The three-aisled basilica was destroyed at the end of the 9th century
Westwork of Corvey Abbey	Höxter	822	The westwork was built in the 9th century as a three-tower complex
Möllenbeck Monastery	Rinteln - Möllenbeck	after 900	Flank towers of the westwork, central tower destroyed by fire in 1248
Lambertus Chapel Ramrath	Rommerskirchen- Ramrath	9/10 century	Hall church with retracted rectangular choir from the 9th century, side aisle from the 12th century

Rhineland-Palatinate

Building	place	Time of origin	annotation
Imperial Palace	Ingelheim am Rhein	first mention 742/43	originally eight court groups with associated burial fields in Frankish times
Magnus Church	Worms	8th century	From the Carolingian era, three windows and parts of the north nave wall have been preserved
Johanniskirche	Mainz	Consecration 910	one of the few preserved late Carolingian church buildings

Saxony-Anhalt

Building	place	Time of origin	annotation
Fortifications of Freckleben Castle	Freckleben	first mention 762	the ramparts are preserved today
Origin of the Wendhusen monastery	at Thale	around 825	oldest canonical monastery in eastern Germany, western building of the collegiate church has been preserved
Origin of Querfurt Castle	Querfurt	9th century	Curnfurt is mentioned for the first time in a document in the Hersfeld tithe directory as a place subject to compulsory payment (end of the 9th century)

Thuringia

image	Building	place	Time of origin	annotation
	Fortified Church of St. Michael	pipe	between 815 and 820	the church's monastery served as an imperial palace in the 10th century

Benelux

image	Building	place	Time of origin	annotation
	St. Willibrord	Echternach (Luxembourg)	697/698	in the crypt is the grave of St. Willibrord

France

Building	place	Time of origin	annotation
Saint-Germain d'Auxerre	Auxerre	before 448	The original burial chapel of Germanus von Auxerre was expanded into an abbey in Carolingian times.
Abbaye de Flavigny	Flavigny-sur-Ozerain	717	The relics of Saint Regina have been kept in the crypt since 874 .
Theodulf's Chapel	Germigny-des-Prés	806	built by Theodulf von Orléans
Abbey Church of St Philbert de Grand Lieu	Loire-Atlantique department	847	The monks of Noirmoutier built a priory in Déas in honor of St. Philibert , from which the abbey developed.
Lémenc crypt	Chambery	circa 9th century	The crypt from the 11th century goes back to a previous building that is estimated to be in the 9th century.
Beauvais Cathedral	Beauvais	after 900	Remains of the nave of the Carolingian cathedral
Saint-Michel-de-Cuxa	at Perpignan	around 940	The monastery is a subsidiary of the Saint-André d'Eixalada Abbey.
Saint-Philibert	Tournus	after 950	unusual arch and east construction. Crypt from 875

Switzerland

Building	place	Time of origin	annotation
Benedictine monastery St. Johann	Müstair , Graubünden	8th century	received by the UNESCO in the list of World Heritage Sites
St. Peter Mistail Church	Mistail , Graubünden	around 800	the only unobstructed three-apse church in Switzerland
Church_Sogn_Pieder	Domat / Ems , Graubünden	after 774	Hall church with horseshoe-shaped apse
Chapel of St. Martin	Cazis , Grisons	before 800	Hall church with pilaster strips

Austria

image	Building	place	Time of origin	annotation
	Palatinate Church	Karnburg	at 888	one of the oldest churches in Austria

Italy and the Adriatic region

Building	place	Time of origin	annotation
San Salvatore	Brescia	after 755	at the time of the Carolingians the monastery was the center of the city
Santa Sofia	Benevento	760	circular central space with serrated, star-shaped niches on the sides, closed off by three apses
St. Benedict	Times	before 800	Pillar fragment and frescoes, including a unique monumental image of a Franconian nobleman
Santa Maria in Valle	Friuli	8th century	the church was possibly a Lombard palatine chapel. It is therefore also called the Tempietto Longobardo .
Church of Sv. Donat	Zadar	Early 9th century	the two-storey round church is the symbol of the city
San Zeno	Bardolino	around 807	Almost completely preserved in its original form

literature

Pre-Romanesque church buildings. Catalog of the monuments up to the exit of the Ottonen , ed. from the Central Institute for Art History Munich 1966 - 71, supplementary volume 1991 (most important overview work)
Pre-Romanesque architecture in Austria. Catalog , edit. by Karoline Czerwenka. Edited by the Commission for Art History of the Austrian Academy of Sciences in 1992
Annett Laube-Rosenpflanzer, Lutz Rosenpflanzer: churches, monasteries, royal courts. Pre-Romanesque architecture between Weser and Elbe , Halle 2007
Annett Laube-Rosenpflanzer, Lutz Rosenpflanzer: Architecture of the Carolingians: Journey through Europe . Petersberg 2019. ISBN 978-3-7319-0744-2

Web links

The three-aisled Carolingian crossing in Neustadt am Main