St. Georg

Through its huge west tower, which has never been completed, the only remaining pillar basilica of Romanesque style in the Rhineland looks like a compact fortress. The tower walls of St. Georg are five metres thick. Thus it seems likely that the tower was originally supposed to be higher.

The interior of St. Georg makes a totally different impression to the blocklike exterior: pillars, partially reused from Roman buildings, divide the church into three naves. Originally the pillar basilica had a flat roof, which was replaced by arches in the 12th century. As a result two additional pillars had to be integrated, which now break through the pillar basilica. The interior impression in St. Georg has been influenced since the twenties of last century by the expressionist windows (1930) by Jan Thorn-Prikker and both the large crucifixes from the 11th and the 14th century.