Rhenish helmet

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Rhenish helmet, Speyer Cathedral

The Rhenish helmet is a roof shape on towers, as it is typical for Romanesque church buildings in the area of ​​influence of the Rhine between Basel and Holland (according to the earlier definition: Rhineland ).

shape

It is a pyramid-shaped roof on a square floor plan. Each side of the tower has a triangular gable . The four edges of the pyramid correspond to the four gable tops, not the four corners of the towers. This creates four rhomboid roof surfaces.

An early example of such gables can be found on the four towers of the Speyer Cathedral . Rhenish helmets come almost only in the above. Area before; but there are a few examples outside.

Examples of Rhenish helmets in the Rhineland

Rhenish helmet, Maria Laach Abbey

• Maria Laach Abbey
• Mariendom , Andernach
• St. Kastor , Koblenz
• Saint-Barthélemy , Liege
• Limburg Cathedral
• St. Dionysius , Rhens
• Minster Church , Roermond
• St. Fides , Sélestat

Examples of Rhenish helmets outside of the Rhineland

• Westwork of the Liebfrauenkirche in Halberstadt (Saxony-Anhalt)
• Church of St Mary the Blessed Virgin, Sompting, West Sussex
• Ribe Cathedral , Denmark