Sankt Reinoldi-Kirche
Sankt Reinoldi-Kirche stands in central Dortmund at the historic meeting point of the Hellweg trade route and the road from Cologne to Bremen. The church is dedicated to Reinold, Dortmund’s patron saint. Its late Romanesque body and late Gothic quire reflect construction between 1250 and 1270, while its origins reach back to an Ottonian palatine church.
The tower reached 112 metres when builders completed it in 1454, earning the name “Miracle of Westphalia.” Earthquake damage brought the tower down in 1661, and a Baroque reconstruction stood finished by 1701. Lutheran worship arrived by 1562, and wartime destruction later led to reconstruction with a Baroque tower hood.
Today, the rebuilt tower rises 104 metres and preserves bells cast by Bochumer Verein in 1954. The heaviest bell weighs 6,500 kilograms, giving the accessible church a striking detail beneath its historic architecture.
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