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St. Martin, Oestrich
St. Martin is the name of a Catholic church and former parish in Oestrich, Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis, Germany. It was built as a hall church from 1508 in Gothic architecture, late-Gothic style. It was destroyed in the Thirty Years' War and rebuilt in simpler style, but restored to its Gothic appearance in 1894. The parish was merged in 2015 to St. Peter und Paul, Eltville, St. Peter und Paul in Eltville. It is part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Limburg, Diocese of Limburg. Building History Oestrich was the seat of the dean of the Rheingau region, therefore its church was probably the oldest one there. It is located in the east of the old village and was surrounded by a protected graveyard. A source from 1493 reports that it belonged to the Stift St. Victor in Mainz from between 975 and 1011. The present building was preceded by a church in Romanesque architecture, Romanesque style from the first half of the 12th century, dedicated to Martin of Tours. Foundations of a Romanesque ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oestrich
Oestrich-Winkel () is a town with roughly 12,000 inhabitants in the Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis in the ''Regierungsbezirk'' of Darmstadt in Hesse, Germany. Geography Location Oestrich-Winkel, which culturally belongs to the Rheingau region, lies on the Rhine River, 19 km west-southwest of Wiesbaden and 17 km west of Mainz. It is, as a part of the Rheingau wine region, the largest winegrowing town of Hesse. The coordinates 50°N, 8°E lie right in the stadtteil of Winkel, whose name, coincidentally, is German for “angle”. Neighbouring municipalities Oestrich-Winkel borders in the north on the town of Lorch and the municipalities of Welterod (Rhein-Lahn-Kreis in Rhineland-Palatinate), Heidenrod and Schlangenbad; in the east on the town of Eltville; in the south, across the Rhine, on the town of Ingelheim (Mainz-Bingen district in Rhineland-Palatinate) and in the west on the town of Geisenheim. Territorial structure Oestrich-Winkel as a municipality consists of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
