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Christ church
The Christ church (built from 1350 to 1450) is a late gothic construction with an irregular nave and an east choir, which continues in the width of the main nave. It consists essentially of Tuffstein brickwork with trachyte and basalt lava work pieces; the length amounts to 50.60 meters, the width of the nave to 14.00 meters.
Inside the church we stand in a hall immersed in light with an impressive simplicity and spaciousness: an outstanding coherent effect. The side aisle set off on the outside from the nave is completely integrated into the main area at the inside. The large arcade openings between slim profiled pillars raise up high into the vault.
The church can be regarded as the work of a superior church masons’ guild. With the generous design and the delicate execution it is in opposition to the mendicant order’s pursuit of plainness and restriction, particularly to a towerless and serried construction. The old furnishing is almost completely lost, but besides some gravestones and the numerous donators arms painted on the webs and dating from the construction period, the fragments of a niche tomb, built in the 14th century and rediscovered in 1955, are remarkable.
It consists of a crucifixion group with 2 donator figurines, which unfortunately are already heavily damaged.
The church stood in close relationship to the order churches in Cologne and on the Lower Rhine. It ranks among the important minority churches on the Rhine and is considered the largest and best preserved one in the Middle Rhine area.
To the guided city tours
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