St. Dionysius (Rhens)
The Catholic Church of St. Dionysius in Rhens , a town in the Mayen-Koblenz district ( Rhineland-Palatinate ), was built at the beginning of the 13th century. The church is a cultural monument worthy of protection .
history
The St. Parish church , consecrated to Dionysius , is located south of the city on a hill and has been used as a cemetery chapel since the construction of the new parish church of St. Theresa (1906/08). It was first mentioned in a document from 873/74.
architecture
The oldest part is the late Romanesque tower from the early 13th century, consisting of rubble stones with clover-leaf covers and a rhombic roof . The late Gothic nave and choir cannot be dated exactly, but were probably built in the course of the 16th century . The choir has a net vault and the nave has a modern wooden coffered ceiling. The two-storey wooden gallery dates from the time between 1520 and 1629, when the church was at times a Protestant parish church.
The baroque furnishings from the middle of the 18th century with a high altar and pulpit bear witness to the return of Catholic rule. From 1987 to 1996 the church was renovated inside and out.
Monument protection
The parish church of St. Dionysius is a protected cultural monument under the Monument Protection Act (DSchG) and entered in the list of monuments of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate . It is on Mainzer Strasse .
The parish church of St. Dionysius has been part of the Upper Middle Rhine Valley UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2002 . Furthermore, it is a protected cultural asset according to the Hague Convention and marked with the blue and white trademark.
literature
- Werner Schäfke : The Rhine from Mainz to Cologne. Dumont Reiseverlag, Ostfildern 2005, ISBN 3-7701-4799-5 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ General Directorate for Cultural Heritage Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Informational directory of cultural monuments - Mayen-Koblenz district. Mainz 2020, p. 83 (PDF; 5.8 MB).
Coordinates: 50 ° 16 '47.7 " N , 7 ° 37' 4.5" E