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Stipshausen on the 'Gem Road'
The early medieval church Stipshausen was demolished in the second half of
the 18th century and replaced by a new structure, which was dedicated in
1778. The "new" Stipshausen church was the same as the neighboring
Schauren church in form as well as interior decoration. Both churches not
only have a valuable Stumm organ made by the organ building family from
Sulzbach am Idarwald (from the years 1779 and 1780), but also of interest is
the Late Baroque style of the heavens made of wood, and what is
documented in the paintings in the gallery, folk art impressed with a deep
sense of piety. In Stipshausen Church there are 13 pictures on the front of
the gallery representing Jesus with his 12 apostles. Stipshausen naturally has
much more to offer; it not only lies on the "German Gem Road", but also on the
Sirona trail, named after the Celtic-Roman goddess Sirona.
Stretching over 100 km across the Nahe-Hunsrück region, this trail links a
variety of cultural memorials from
Celtic
and
Roman
times that are well worth seeing. An information pavillon in Stipshausen shows
the stops along the trail where there are ring walls, Celtic refuges, hill tombs,
reconstructed Celtic villages, and Roman villas and temples. This means that one
encounters traces of historical settlements of the region from the 6th century
BC to the 5th century AD.
Photo: The baroque church in Stipshausen with its valuable Stumm organ
is similar to the one in neighbouring Schauren, both in form and with regard to
the wooden sky designed in late baroque style and the paintings on the gallery.
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