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Stiftskirche St. Peter and Paul, Obermarsberg
Church
The Stiftskirche stands at the highest point of the Eresberg in Obermarsberg (410 meters above sea level).
Address
Stiftskirche St. Peter and Paul, Obermarsberg
Am Stift
34431 Marsberg
Telephone: +49 2992 / 2430
Fax: 02992-5372
Properties:
In the year 772, Charlemagne led his Christian Franks against the pagan Saxons, conquered Eresburg (Obermarsberg), and destroyed the Saxons’ sacred site there, the Irminsul. In 785, he had a stone Basilica of St. Peter built on this site and founded a Benedictine monastery. In 1803, the monastery was dissolved as part of the secularization process.
Today, the Stiftskirche is dedicated to the Apostles Peter and Paul.
It was expanded around 1250 and converted into a hall church. Destruction during the Thirty Years’ War also destroyed the formerly Gothic—and perhaps even partly Romanesque—interior furnishings.
From around the end of the 17th century until 1725, the sculptors’ workshop of Heinrich and Christophel Papen recreated the church’s interior furnishings, ranging from the pews to the altars, confessionals, and pulpit, all the way to the magnificent organ facade.
You can view a panoramic view of the church here:https://panorama.erzbistum-paderborn.de/vtour_13_obermarsberg_st_peter/
Directions
Bus route from Marsberg Train Station: 497 Marsberg Train Station is centrally located in the city center. In addition, there are approximately 1,000 free parking spaces within a 500-meter radius of the Marsberg city center, including the Park & Ride lot on the street “An den Gleisen.” You can get to Marsberg… …by car: • A44 Dortmund-Kassel (Marsberg interchange, Lichtenau interchange) • B7 Chemnitz-Düsseldorf (direct connection) • A33 Paderborn-Osnabrück (about 30 minutes) • B252 Blomberg–Marburg (about 20 minutes) • A7 Kassel–Hanover (about 60 minutes) … by train (hourly service): • Dortmund-Sauerland-Express (Warburg–Dortmund) • Three stops in Marsberg: Bredelar, (Nieder-)Marsberg, Westheim • Direct connection to the IC/ICE stations in Warburg and Dortmund