3039 Old market square with Church of Saint Reinold |
The Lutheran Protestant Church of Saint Reinold is, according to its foundation date, the oldest extant church in Dortmund. It was built as a palatine church in the Ottonian era, between 1250 and 1270, and is dedicated to Reinold, also known as Renaud de Montauban, the patron of the city. The present building is a late Romanesque church with a late gothic quire. Located in the centre of the city, directly at the crossing of the Hellweg (a historic trade route) and the historic road from Cologne to Bremen.
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