Niederlahnstein

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Niederlahnstein, at the confluence of Rivers Lahn and Rhine, is noted for its machinery manufacture and shipbuilding. Earliest mention occurs in 1018, when it was part of the Archbishopric of Trier. It received its city charter in 1332, and was assigned to the Prussian province of Hesse-Nassau. A customs tower was built in 1348. During the Thirty Years’ War, it was occupied by a series of forces: Swedish, Imperial, Hessian and French. In 1688, nearby Burg Lahneck was destroyed by the French. Between 1795 and 1800, the castle was occupied by Austrians, Prussians, French and Russians. On January 1, 1815, part of the Russian Army crossed in the Rhine at Niederlahnstein on its way to engage Napoleon.

Its oldest church is the Johanniskirche, whose earliest mention occurs in the ninth century when it was consisted of one nave. The flat-roofed Romanesque five-bay basilica was built about 1130, and was a model for the churches in the area. It was destroyed several times and was left as a ruin after its destruction in the French Revolution. In 1857, it was restored in the Romanesque tradition. Its chapel, known as Allerheiligenberg was a centre for pilgrimage. Johanniskirche has the oldest gallery in the Middle Rhine district. St. John’s Abbey (Johanniskloster) is under the purview of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary (Arnstein Fathers). St. Barbara’s is Niederlahnstein’s other Roman Catholic Church, and features a centuries-old cemetery