St. Helena (Trier)
| St. Helena
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| Denomination : | Roman Catholic |
| Consecration year : | 1882 |
| Parish : | Yours |
Coordinates: 49 ° 44 ′ 25.9 ″ N , 6 ° 36 ′ 26.3 ″ E
The parish church of St. Helena is a church in Trier in the Euren district . It is named after Helena , mother of the Roman Emperor Constantine the Great , and is located in the street of the same name .
History and architecture
The church was built from 1874 to 1882 by Reinhold Wirtz in the neo-Gothic style . It is a basilica with a transept and a simple exterior made of red sandstone . It goes back to a previous building, the so-called Augustinian Church.
Furnishing
The interior is characterized by its splendid carved altar by the Lahnstein sculptor and art carver Caspar Weis (1849–1930) from 1909.
In the church there is a former triumphal cross from the Augustinian church from 1320, a standing Virgin Mary from the 14th century and a Vespers picture from the early 15th century.
Surroundings
In the area around the church remains and archaeological excavations of the former Roman buildings have been found.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Dehio-Handbuch der Deutschen Kunstdenkmäler, Rhineland-Palatinate / Saarland. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 1984.
- ↑ a b c List of monuments of the General Directorate for Cultural Heritage, Rhineland-Palatinate; 2010.
- ↑ Archaeological Trier Commission (ed.): Save the archaeological heritage in Trier. (= Series of publications by the Rheinisches Landesmuseum Trier , No. 31.) Trier 2005, ISBN 3-923319-62-2 , Figure 31c.