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Stuttgart District

Helmbund Church Ruins

Stuttgart District

Helmbund Church Ruins

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Helmbund Church Ruins

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Location: Neuenstadt am Kocher, Landkreis Heilbronn, Stuttgart District, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

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1. Large Chestnut Tree – Schachtsee loop from Bürg

34.6km

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2. Crazy Loon beer garden – Helmbund Church Ruins loop from Unterheimbach

39.1km

02:11

240m

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3. Wasserschloss Preßneck – Schloss Lehen loop from Bad Friedrichshall Hauptbahnhof

46.4km

02:42

370m

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🚲 Heiner der Radl-Opa 🚲

February 25, 2021

This is an interesting place with an ancient past, definitely worth a visit!
Extract from Wikipedia:
Helmbund was first mentioned in a document in 797 in the Lorsch Codex on the occasion of a gift from the Franconian Count Milo to the Lorsch Monastery as a Helmanabiunde [1] and given up in the late Middle Ages in favor of the new town of Neuenstadt am Kocher, first mentioned in 1325.

The patronage right and the tithe of the church consecrated to St. Kilian in the old settlement of Helmbund had been with Schöntal Monastery since 1289, to which the church was incorporated in 1301. The church remained the parish church of the new town and the nearby Cleversulzbach branch until 1481 and was destroyed in the Thirty Years' War. The surrounding churchyard was the burial place for Neuenstadt and Cleversulzbach until 1636. Various regional nobles were buried in the church's crypt until the 18th century. Memorial services continued until 1790.

After the ruin was in danger of collapsing in the middle of the 19th century, the community of Neuenstadt considered demolishing the ruin in 1870. Their stones could have been used to build a bridge over the Brettach. After a friend from antiquity called for donations, however, enough funds were found to renovate and preserve the ruin.

The base of the tower has essentially been preserved from the church, which, in addition to various late Romanesque style features, also has the pointed triumphal arch, which once formed the opening between the tower choir and the nave.

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𝓐𝔁𝓮𝓵 (Onkel SRAM)🚴🇩🇪

April 30, 2023

You just have to like the old walls, the Helmbund church ruins in Neuenstadt am Kocher, my outpost Heiner has already described everything beautifully, also a place to rest, try it out. 🙋

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Ingo Maegdefessel

July 27, 2024

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Location: Neuenstadt am Kocher, Landkreis Heilbronn, Stuttgart District, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

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Helmbund Church Ruins

1. Large Chestnut Tree – Schachtsee loop from Bürg

2. Crazy Loon beer garden – Helmbund Church Ruins loop from Unterheimbach

3. Wasserschloss Preßneck – Schloss Lehen loop from Bad Friedrichshall Hauptbahnhof

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