The Salvator Church Duisburg

image author: Wolfgang Arendt

Duisburg's main parish church St. Salvator in the area of the former royal palace next to the town is dedicated to the redeemer of the world (Salvator Mundi). The church is mentioned first in 1181. But the building history can be followed back much further. Excavations verify a simple hall church as original building, which was mentioned in abbey Prüm's urbarium in the year 893. The king used the church as royal chapel during his stays. The hall was probably replaced by a clearly bigger three-nave basilica with a rectangle choir and transept still in the 10th-century.

image author: Wolfgang Arendt

In the 12th-century the church was again redeveloped and a west tower and a column crypt was added. In 1283 this building fell victim to a city fire. The present, in the 14th/15th-century newly in gothic style constructed church was heavily damaged in the 2nd World War. Its steepletop has not been repaired till the present day.