Peterskirche (Kirchheimbolanden)
Peterskirche in Kirchheimbolanden |
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Basic data | |
place | Kirchheimbolanden, Germany |
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architect | Eugene Dick |
49 ° 39 '58 " N , 8 ° 0' 35" E |
The Peterskirche in Kirchheimbolanden is the Reformed parish church of the municipality.
history
In the course of the Reformation , the church, whose tower dates from the 12th century, fell to the Protestants . It was restored in 1664. In 1738, the Lutheran Prince Carl-August von Nassau-Weilburg promised the Reformed Church of Kirchheimbolandens that St. Peter's Church would be used as a place of worship if the latter would pay 3,000 Reichstaler for it. In this way he partially financed the Lutheran castle church.
Count Heinrich II of Sponheim-Bolanden († 1394), who raised Kirchheimbolanden to town in 1368 and made it his residence, is buried under the Romanesque choir tower .
Web links
Internet presence of the Peterskirche
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hans Döhn: Kirchheimbolanden: Die Geschichte der Stadt , Stadtverwaltung Kirchheimbolanden, 1968 and 1993, p. 109