Doppelkirche Schwarzrheindorf

A twin church refers to two churches that coexist in the same building. The twin churches mainly appeared in the 11th and 12th centuries. One of the reasons is that different ceremonies need to be carried out in different rooms due to the needs of the liturgy, and the other reason is that the church to which the monastery belongs is separated from the parish church. Two-body churches generally have two forms: a partition wall or a partition is erected in the church, and Catholics and Christians are on each side without interfering with each other; the other form is that when the church is built, it has been The church is built on two floors. The two-body church in the village of Black Rhine was built between 1151 and 1156. The upper floor is the Virgin Mary's Hall, which was previously only open to nobles and their entourage; the lower floor is the Clemens Hall, which is open to ordinary believers. The frescoes of the "Old Testament" in the two churches are from the 12th century. The painters combined bright and contrasting colors together, and the painting style is erratic. The characters in the paintings are dressed in simple and unadorned, and the limbs are soft, like a fairy. After 800 years, the frescoes have been preserved to perfection.