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St. Valentin Church Ruins

St. Valentin Church Ruins

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St. Valentin Church Ruins

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Location: Hesse, Germany

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1. Japanese Knotweed Hedge – Forsthaus Ruthardshausen loop from Freienseen

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2. Japanese Knotweed Hedge – Forsthaus Ruthardshausen loop from Altenhain

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3. Forsthaus Ruthardshausen – Höllerskopfbach loop from Freienseen

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𝑫𝒋𝒆 𝑵𝒚𝒊𝒎𝒂🌞🌿

March 31, 2021

The church of St. Valentin, visible today, was built around the year 1260.
Presumably in the 7th or 8th century a small settlement was built here at this point.
A kind of church or chapel has probably existed since that time.

In 1340 the village - today's desert - was called Ruthardshausen for the first time.
Also in the same century the existing church was replaced by the Gothic building visible today.
This village consisted of about 20 settlements and this same church and was abandoned around 1550 as a result of the plague.
From then on the gradual decline of this church began and the last remaining evidence of this desertification.
Only the rising masonry of the nave remains of the church.

The Count of Solms-Laubach has sponsored archaeological excavations on the settlement landscape here in recent years. The ruin was then restored in 1970.

Excavation finds from Ruthardshausen are exhibited in the Museum Fridericianum in Laubach.

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Kai 🇺🇦

October 11, 2017

Picturesque ruin of the church Saint Valentine of the village Ruthardshausen that once stood here.

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Jürgen

March 5, 2024

Definitely worth seeing!
However, the surrounding area (“Green Sea” and existing buildings) is in disrepair and the paths require good surefootedness and skill when climbing over the fallen trees.

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Mausgold 🧚🏻‍♀️

May 29, 2022

The ruin is well preserved and is very graceful in the middle of the forest.

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Mausgold 🧚🏻‍♀️

May 29, 2022

The ruins are really well preserved and beautifully situated. Vandalism has not yet found its way here, which makes this place in the middle of the forest even more a beautiful place to pause.

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St. Valentin Church Ruins

1. Japanese Knotweed Hedge – Forsthaus Ruthardshausen loop from Freienseen

2. Japanese Knotweed Hedge – Forsthaus Ruthardshausen loop from Altenhain

3. Forsthaus Ruthardshausen – Höllerskopfbach loop from Freienseen

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