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St. Peter Und Paul, Eltville
St. Peter und Paul, Eltville is the name of a Catholic Church, Catholic church and parish in Eltville, Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis, Germany, dedicated to Saints Saint Peter, Peter and Paul the Apostle, Paul. The parish is part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Limburg, Diocese of Limburg. Several parishes were merged into St. Peter und Paul in 2015. History Earlier church buildings seemed no longer sufficient in the 14th century when Eltville became a residence of the archbishop of Mainz. The present church was probably begun in 1305, and the choir (architecture), choir was ready to be used from 1359. The tower of the last earlier church was first integrated in the new building. The church was expanded from 1420 by a new side aisle. The high tower in the west was added at about the same time. The tower burned down after hit by lightning, and was restored in 1686 with a Baroque roof by cathedral builder Veit Schneider from Mainz. Another fire damaged the roof of the nave in 1782, wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eltville
Eltville am Rhein (; from ''Alta Villa'', Latin for "high estate, high town", corrupted to ''Eldeville'', ''Elfeld'' and later Eltville ) is a town in the Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis in the ''Regierungsbezirk'' of Darmstadt in Hesse, Germany. It lies on the German Timber-Frame Road ('). Eltville is the largest town in the Rheingau. It bears the nicknames ''Weinstadt'', ''Sektstadt'', ''Rosenstadt'' and since 2006 also ''Gutenbergstadt''. Some of Germany's most famous vineyards (Steinberg, Rauenthaler Baiken, Erbacher Marcobrunn) are found within Eltville's municipal limits. Geography Location Eltville, which belongs culturally to the Rheingau region, lies on the River Rhine, 12 km west-southwest of Wiesbaden. Neighbouring municipalities Eltville borders in the north on the municipalities of Schlangenbad and Kiedrich, in the east on the district-free city of Wiesbaden and the municipality of Walluf, in the south – separated by the Rhine – on the municipalities of B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
