The Rothenkirchen Monastery, founded by Werner II von Bolanden (1118 \u2013 approx. 1190) and his wife Guda (HANC DOMVM FECERVNT WERNER ET GVDA) around 1160, is located an hour (3 km) north of the “Rothenkircher Gate”.<\/p>\n
Of the formerly very extensive abbey, only the Romanesque refectory remains. The Premonstratensians were based in Rothenkirchen. The dissolution of their monastery in 1544 can be seen in a dual context: the general crisis of the late medieval church and a monastic self-understanding that had eroded its meaning, through which the arch inscription at the entrance to the refectory, the monks’ dining hall, had lost its deeper meaning. <\/p>\n
SEDIBVS HIS PANEM CARNI VERBVM DABIS AVRI, DELICIIS VERBI SACIVS QVAM PANE CIBARI<\/p>\n
Here, food is offered to the body, the word to the soul; better than food nourishes you, the sweetness of the word nourishes you.<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/visit-kirchheimbolanden.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/sw-20-rothenkirchepforte-c.jpg” title_text=”Sw-20-Rothenkirchepforte-C” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/visit-kirchheimbolanden.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/sw-20-rothenkirchepforte-d.jpg” title_text=”Sw-20-Rothenkirchepforte-D” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ custom_margin=”16px|auto||auto||” custom_padding=”0px||35px|||” global_colors_info=”{}” column_structure=”1_2,1_2″][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ text_font=”||||||||” custom_margin=”||-1px||false|false” hover_enabled=”0″ text_font_size_phone=”14px” text_font_size_last_edited=”off|desktop” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″]
Successful medieval urban projects soon grew beyond their walled perimeters. This led to the development of suburbs, which usually also received an outer protective wall. <\/p>\n
In Kirchheimbolanden, an “Upper Town” thus developed. The entire urban area now encompassed about 4.5 hectares (two-thirds of which were within the walled perimeter). The total number of houses is estimated at about 130 (40 of which were in the “Upper Town”). The population in the core city was likely around 450, with an additional 180 in the upper suburb. <\/p>\n
The axis of the “Upper Town” was formed by Langstra\u00dfe (current house numbers 31 and 32 to 51\/53, as well as 54). Today, Baroque-era buildings dominate this street area (for example, Langstra\u00dfe 34 or 37\/39\/41\/43), as well as in Neugasse as a transverse axis. <\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ text_font=”||||||||” custom_margin=”||-1px||false|false” hover_enabled=”0″ text_font_size_phone=”14px” text_font_size_last_edited=”off|desktop” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″]
Konrad Lucae (1910-1999), the meritorious Kirchheimbolanden city historian and long-time museum director, is credited with a series of fundamental publications on local history. Although they are now largely out of print, they can be viewed at the Museum in the City Palace [Location 28]: <\/p>\n
\u25cf Kirchheimbolanden in Old Views (1978),
\u25cf Kirchheimbolanden and the Palatine-Baden Uprising 1848\/49 (1979),
\u25cf [together with Karl Theodor Lucae] Kirchheimbolanden and its Citizens (1983),
\u25cf City of Kirchheimbolanden. Walls and Towers (1985),
\u25cf The Coats of Arms of the Families, Officials, and Vassals in the Kirchheim Area (1983). <\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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