Sites religieux dans le Rheingau-Taunus

Sacred Sites & Spiritual Heritage

This collection highlights 25 religious sites across the Rheingau-Taunus area, from medieval monasteries and Romanesque basilicas to parish churches and a series of outdoor Way of the Cross (Kreuzweg) stations near Marienthal. Entries note architectural style, founding orders, and links to pilgrimage routes or local heritage designations where available.

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Eibingen Abbey

Eibingen Abbey is a community of Benedictine nuns in Eibingen near Rüdesheim in Hesse, Germany.

Rebecca Kennison / CC BY 2.5

Eberbach Abbey

Eberbach Abbey is a former Cistercian monastery in Eltville in the Rheingau, Germany.

Joschi71 / CC BY-SA 4.0

Franziskanerkloster Marienthal

Franciscan friary at the Marienthal pilgrimage church, historically linked to the local Marian devotion and pilgrimage route.

Mainzer Rad / Public domain

St. Hildegard

Catholic pilgrimage and former parish church dedicated to St. Hildegard, located in Eibingen near the Benedictine abbey.

DXR / CC BY-SA 4.0

St. Martin, Lorch

St. Martin is a Gothic church and the associated Catholic parish in Lorch am Rhein, Hesse, Germany.

RomkeHoekstra / CC BY-SA 4.0

Unionskirche, Idstein

The Unionskirche is the active Protestant parish church of Idstein, a town in the Rheingau-Taunus district in the German state of Hesse.

AnRo0002 / Public domain

Clemenskapelle

Late Romanesque chapel on the Middle Rhine near Trechtingshausen; part of the Rhine's historic ecclesiastical architecture.

Brühl / Public domain

St. Jakobus, Rüdesheim

St. Jakobus is a Catholic church and a former parish in Rüdesheim am Rhein, Hesse, Germany.

DXR / CC BY-SA 3.0

Basilika St. Ägidius

Three-aisled Romanesque basilica of St. Ägidius in Mittelheim, notable for its medieval masonry and nave arrangement.

Evangelische Kirche

Lutheran (Evangelical) church building designated as regional heritage.

Jan Philip Koelman / Public domain

Johanneskirche

Neogothic Protestant church in Erbach, constructed 1861–1865, featuring typical 19th-century Gothic revival elements.

Haffitt / CC BY-SA 3.0

St. Peter & Paul

Asymmetric two-aisled hall church of St. Peter and Paul in Eltville, combining Gothic structural elements with later alterations.

Kreuzweg X

Station X of the outdoor Way of the Cross (Kreuzweg) near the Marienthal pilgrimage complex.

Kreuzweg VIII

Station VIII of the outdoor Way of the Cross (Kreuzweg) associated with Marienthal pilgrimage route.

Kreuzweg IX

Station IX of the outdoor Way of the Cross (Kreuzweg) near the Marienthal pilgrimage site.

Kreuzweg XIII

Station XIII of the outdoor Way of the Cross (Kreuzweg) at Marienthal.

Kreuzweg II

Station II of the outdoor Way of the Cross (Kreuzweg) on the Marienthal pilgrimage path.

Kreuzweg III

Station III of the outdoor Way of the Cross (Kreuzweg) near the Marienthal pilgrimage church.

Kreuzweg VII

Station VII of the outdoor Way of the Cross (Kreuzweg) in the Marienthal pilgrimage area.

Kreuzweg XI

Station XI of the outdoor Way of the Cross (Kreuzweg) located along the Marienthal pilgrimage route.

Kreuzweg I

Station I of the outdoor Way of the Cross (Kreuzweg) at Marienthal.

Kreuzweg XIV

Station XIV of the outdoor Way of the Cross (Kreuzweg) near the Marienthal pilgrimage complex.

Kreuzweg XII

Station XII of the outdoor Way of the Cross (Kreuzweg) on the Marienthal pilgrimage grounds.

Kreuzweg IV

Station IV of the outdoor Way of the Cross (Kreuzweg) associated with Marienthal.

Kreuzweg V

Station V of the outdoor Way of the Cross (Kreuzweg) along the Marienthal pilgrimage trail.