St. Remigius (Osthofen)

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The Gothic roof turret
Detail of the west wall with buttresses and Gothic window

St Remigius (formerly Liebfrauen ) is a Roman Catholic church in Osthofen ( Alzey-Worms district ) in Rhineland-Palatinate . The church, which is essentially Gothic, goes back to a chapel belonging to a commander of the Templar order .

history

Today's Remigius Church was built as a Templar chapel at the end of the 13th century. Comparable to the Templar chapel in Iben , it had a stone roof turret that still rises above the west wall today. As in Iben, the roof turret is supported by two consoles over a pointed arch. The west wall is supported by Gothic buttresses and shows a walled-up ogival window. The nave walls and the choir, which is closed on three sides, were rebuilt in 1792 and still have a Gothic wall core. The holy Bishop Remigius of Reims was appointed as patron saint .

Today St. Remigius is one of the three churches in the Osthofen parish group within the diocese of Mainz .

The surrounding streets of Tempelgasse and Tempelgässchen are a reminder of those coming to the Templars .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Information about St. Remigius on the website of the diocese of Mainz
  2. ↑ Photo of the street sign
  3. ↑ Photo of the street sign

literature

  • Bickel, Wolfgang: Templerkapelle Iben , Worms 2009, p. 73.
  • Dehio manual for Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland , 1984; P. 803.

Web links

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Coordinates: 49 ° 42 ′ 14.8 "  N , 8 ° 19 ′ 13.7"  E