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Franconian Switzerland

St. Martin's Church ⛪ Old Town Forchheim

Franconian Switzerland

St. Martin's Church ⛪ Old Town Forchheim

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St. Martin's Church ⛪ Old Town Forchheim

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Location: Franconian Switzerland, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

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1. Kellerwald Forchheim – Main-Danube Canal near Hirschaid loop from Hirschaid

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2. Brauhaus am Kreuzberg – View of the Main-Danube Canal loop from Kersbach

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3. Regnitz Ferry (Pettstadt) – Main-Danube Canal near Hirschaid loop from Bug

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Volker + Fahrrad

September 3, 2024

The church originated from the private chapel of a Carolingian royal court, in which several synods were held under the Carolingians and Ottonians. It was also important in the missionization of the Main Slavs.
The diocese of Würzburg received the church in 976 through a donation from Otto I, and the diocese of Bamberg received it through exchange in 1017. Around 1200, the old royal church was replaced by a late Romanesque church with a cruciform floor plan, of which part of the transept and the crypt below are still preserved. The Bamberg bishop Leopold von Bebenburg converted it into a monastery in 1354. In the 14th century, the church was expanded into a high Gothic basilica, the clerestory of which has been hidden under a gable roof since 1540. The main nave of the nave has a plastered flat beam ceiling. The remaining parts of the church are vaulted. The tower was first mentioned in 1406, and has had its current form since 1670.
With the Imperial Deputation Act of 1803, the Forchheim monastery came to the Electorate of Bavaria, which had already occupied it militarily the previous year. With the secularization of the monastery, the church became a parish church in 1803.
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Bernardo

December 10, 2018

Beautiful old town with old original half-timbered houses and a pedestrian zone with stream similar to Freiburg i.Breisgau.

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Stephan

September 8, 2019

Magnificent building, unfortunately on my visit.

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St. Martin's Church ⛪ Old Town Forchheim

1. Kellerwald Forchheim – Main-Danube Canal near Hirschaid loop from Hirschaid

2. Brauhaus am Kreuzberg – View of the Main-Danube Canal loop from Kersbach

3. Regnitz Ferry (Pettstadt) – Main-Danube Canal near Hirschaid loop from Bug

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