Bad Reichenhall - St. Nikolaus

The church of St. Zeno, just seen, was an abbey-church and not just easily open for the pious villagers. So in 1181 Archbishop Adalbert III gave his ok to Reichenhall for the erection of a parish church. Already 10 years later, St. Nikolaus, a three nave basilica, got consecrated. Another five years later, Reichenhall was burnt down by the Archbishop´s troops over some dispute. The church did not got damaged at that time, but had to be rebuilt after the great fire in Reichenhall in 1515.

It got rebuilt, altered, repaired - and in the 1860s got enlarged in Neo-Romanesque style. The medieval tower was demolished and got replaced by the tower seen now. The complete western facade, seen here, is just 150 years old.