Thursday, September 07, 2006

Saint Salvius, Limbricht graveyard


The old church of Limbricht is very old. On a site about old churches in the province of Limburg I read: "A little outside the village of Limbricht, close to the castle, is where the old church stands. It was closed when the new church elsewhere in the village (building commenced in 1922) was opened. The old church is two aisles wide. Both aisles are about equally high and wide. The oldest part of the church is the northern aisle, especially the lower half of the northern wall, which dates from the 11th century and consists of stones from the river Maas. The choir has a few fragments from the same century, but is largely from ca. 1250 and in late-Romanesque style. Inside are some murals from the period, which are probably the oldest in The Netherlands. The tower was built around 1458 and it stood next to the church at the time. In the first quarter of the 16th century the southern aisle was added and the facade renewed. In 1651 both aisles were heightened and provided with stepped gables at the east end. In 1953-1954 F.P.J. Peutz restored the church and removed sacristy and portal which had been added more recently."
I visited the graveyard and found some lichens which I will show in separate entries.

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