St. Martin (Oberwalluf)

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St. Martin in Oberwalluf

The Roman Catholic , former parish church of St. Martin is a neo-Gothic church in Oberwalluf in the Rheingau. Today it is a branch church of the parish of St. Peter and Paul Rheingau, a new type of parish. Since 2015 St. Peter and Paul in Eltville has also been the parish church of Oberwalluf.

history

Depiction of St. Elisabeth, ca.1365

The nave was built in 1900-01. The older, late Gothic choir contains tracery windows and a reticulated vault .

In 1903 the artist and restorer Hans Steinlein (1872–1958) was entrusted with the complete furnishing of the church .

The Elisabethenaltar guards the penitential robe of St. Elisabeth of Thuringia . According to tradition, St. Francis of Assisi gave it to her as a gift after she entered his order. The tight fitting garment is made of dark, coarse wool. Around 1237 it first came to Tiefenthal Abbey , in 1803 it was handed over to the church of Oberwalluf. On the Sunday after Elizabeth's Day (November 17th) the shrine with the robe is opened and a relic ceremony is held.

Individual evidence

  1. https://peterundpaul-rheingau.de/beitrag/pfarrei-st-peter-und-paul-rheingau/
  2. Helga Simon One of the last old masters of sacred art in: Wiesbader Kurier from October 15, 2011
  3. Kloster Tiefenthal Official website
  4. Church shows penitential garb , Wiesbadener Kurier, November 17, 2011

literature

Web links

Commons : St. Martin  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 50 ° 2 ′ 28.46 "  N , 8 ° 8 ′ 25.74"  E