Kirche St. Jakob Unterretzbach

Church

Description

Baroque building (St. Jakob) from 1725, which was erected on the site of a smaller Gothic church. The mighty west tower was erected in its present form a few years later. Up to the first arched window, the tower has probably existed since Roman times. Interior decoration (stucco work, marble pulpit, wall frescoes). The high altarpiece at the bottom right shows a view of Unterretzbach in the 18th century. There is a crypt with a Romanesque vault in front of the altar. The church park served as a cemetery until around 1900. The foundations of a charnel house were discovered in the curve of the fortification-like wall.

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