Johanniskirche

Interesting

I have visited Schwabisch Gmund for many years but this is the first time I've been inside the Johanniskirche. Betty interesting building with some lovely frescoes

Very interesting Romanic church with very good mesonary

Wonderful church with good medivial stone carving around the outer wall of the church. Worth a detour.

An amazing, unique example of an original church

From the outside it is noticeable that the carvings on the walls are fairly recent and not the originals. The reason for that is simple: in the XIX century it was decided to revert the church to much ...

Centerpiece of the city

I was stationed in Schwabisch Gmuend for a while in the Army. St. John's church is what the entire city was built around. I am glad to see they are working on the restoration. This is a piece of histo...

Diese romanische Kirche ist und bleibt eine katholische Kirche....

..........die aber nicht mehr als Kirche mit einem Gottesdienst genutzt wird. Sie wurde zwischen 1220 und 1250 erbaut, man hatte sie im letzten Jahrhundert "romanisiert" d.h. es wurden falsche Stilel...