St.-Lubentius-Kirche

Church in Limburg an der Lahn, Germany

The church of St Lubentius in Dietkirchen, now part of Limburg an der Lahn, Hesse, Germany, was the most important church of the region until the 13th century. Located on top of a rock outcrop on the west bank of the river Lahn, it holds relics of St Lubentius, who according to the Gesta Treverorum worked in the area as a missionary in the fourth century. Today, the former collegiate church serves as the Catholic parish church of Dietkirchen, while its former chapel Dreifaltigkeitskapelle is the Protestant parish church. The church is a Romanesque basilica, mostly built in the 11th and 12th ce

From St. Lubentius, Dietkirchen on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.

Type:
Church

Where:
Limburg an der Lahn, Germany

Coordinates:
50.40°N, 8.10°E

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