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Regierungsbezirk Kassel

Kassel District

Werra-Meißner-Kreis

Hessisch Lichtenau

Monastic Church of Reichenbach

Regierungsbezirk Kassel

Kassel District

Werra-Meißner-Kreis

Hessisch Lichtenau

Monastic Church of Reichenbach

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Monastic Church of Reichenbach

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Location: Hessisch Lichtenau, Werra-Meißner-Kreis, Kassel District, Regierungsbezirk Kassel, Hesse, Germany

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1. View of Reichenbach – View of Reichenbach loop from Reichenbach

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2. View of Reichenbach – Reichenbach Monastic Church loop from Reichenbach

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3. Reichenbach ruins – Reichenbach Monastic Church loop from Reichenbach

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Daniela - danik145

September 8, 2023

The foundations of the hall church are overlaid by a much larger three-aisled church. The construction of this church dates back to the 10th century or around 1000. This church, which was probably part of a monastery that was abandoned in the late 11th or early 12th century due to military conflicts, lasted until a new building was built in the 12th century. Only then was it torn down.
A new nave was built on the remaining foundations, probably around 1140, which was expanded to the east beyond the old choir complex to include a transept and a rectangular box choir.
The eastern parts of the monastery church existed until the second half of the 18th century, when they were demolished due to dilapidation. They were leveled in the 19th century and converted into a cemetery. Of the monastery buildings that certainly existed, only small remains of walls have been found to date because the excavations were not extensive enough.

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Anja 🌻

July 13, 2020

Absolutely worth seeing Romanesque monastery church which was built around 1140.

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Nordhesse

May 6, 2021

The Romanesque monastery church in Reichenbach is a historically significant monastery and Teutonic Order church (oldest religious order in Germany).
Right next to the monastery church there is a rectory and a herb garden that are worth seeing.

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Location: Hessisch Lichtenau, Werra-Meißner-Kreis, Kassel District, Regierungsbezirk Kassel, Hesse, Germany

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Monastic Church of Reichenbach

1. View of Reichenbach – View of Reichenbach loop from Reichenbach

2. View of Reichenbach – Reichenbach Monastic Church loop from Reichenbach

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