The fortified church of St Igbert stands on the eastern reaches of Ingelheim, below the Mainzer Berg (200 metres, you drop 100 metres in little over a kilometer, most of it travelling at around 50km/h on the bike…)

It’s the only way to discover it – it’s tucked away from the town – and when you come blasting down the hill, it’s a real eyeopener.

Built in the early 15th C (and replacing a Romanesque structure dating from the 12th C), it’s considered to be one of the finest examples of a fortified church in central and southern Germany.

 

30 Apr This entry was published on 30 April, 2014 at 16:56 and is filed under Architecture, History, NQM (Not quite Mainz). Bookmark the permalink. Follow any comments here with the RSS feed for this post.