St. Antonius Worbis Catholic Church
St. Antonius Worbis Catholic Church
In 1667, monks built a wooden chapel on the site of the Cistercian monastery, which was dissolved in 1540. The church was built between 1670 and 1677 and is one of the most stylish churches in the Eichsfeld region. The mighty hall of the church is spanned by a vaulted ceiling without pillars. The magnificent high altar with its side and side altars, the pulpit and the confessionals show the rich decorations typical of the Baroque period. The organ loft, which was completed in 1697 and extensively reconstructed in 2011/12, rises against the rear wall of the nave. It was the first and largest three-manual organ in Central Germany after the Thirty Years' War. A small building in the cemetery is the final resting place of the Franciscan monks - the crypt. The monastery building housed a theological college until 1802. The buildings were separated in 1824. Since then, the church has been owned by the Catholic parish of Worbis, while the other parts of the building belong to the town of Leinefelde-Worbis. Every year, the Antonius pilgrimage and the Kolping pilgrimage take place on the forecourt of the church.
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Germany
Leinefelde-Worbis OT Worbis
37339
Antoniusstrasse 5