The St. Remigius Church is one of the earliest Merovingian church foundations on the Middle Rhine. Your documentary evidence goes back to Year 741. Archaeological excavations in the years 2010-2013 showed theirs Originated in the 2nd half of the 7th century. The 23 meter long Stone construction was built on an existing Merovingian burial ground established and initially served as a cemetery church for the nearby settlement. The discovery of a rare early medieval baptismal font in the church tower conclude that the church was already a short time after it was built Received parish church status.
Used after the construction of the Ingelheimer Kaiserpfalz at the end of the 8th century Charlemagne (747 / 48−814) and his successors 400 meters away St. Remigius Church as a Palatinate Church. The representative sacred building offered enough Place for ecclesiastical synods or coronations. Existed in the Palatinate itself approx. 200 years only a small chapel (three-apse church). A central, The imperial palace only received a large church building in the 10th century with the Construction of the hall church.
Today there are only underground remains of the Merovingian church to find. The tower dates from the 12th / 13th centuries. Century, the baroque The nave was built in 1739/40. The baptismal font can be used as part of Guided tours can be visited.
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