St. John’s Church and Abbey

This church was built in 1130 on top of a small church from the 9th century and it’s a great example of Romanesque-style architecture. St. John’s Church proud itself on being the oldest galleried church on the Rhine. It also served as a model for the other churches that were part of the Lahn Group (Morsbach, Ems, Moselweiß, Dietkirchen and Güls).

At the end of the 18th century the church was the most important parish church of the old city of Niederlahnstein. After being destroyed on several occasions, the church was reduced to ruins during the French Revolution. In 1856 began the church’s reconstruction which ended in 1866. Unfortunatly, due to its destruction, St. John’s Church had lost its parish church title to Niederlahnstein’s other church, St. Barbara.

Parish Church of St. Barbara

St. Barbara’s Church was built in 1358 and later rebuilt in 1712 and 1889. Nowadays, it has a Neo-Gothic structure that was constructed between 1937 and 1939 under the designs of the great architect Martin Weber of Frankfurt.