Straubing - St. Peter

The Romans have been here -on the banks of the Danube- for about 400 years. When they withdrew a group of Bavarii settled here, lead by a person named Strupo. Accordingly the settlement was called Strupinga - and today is Straubing. Today the center of the town is about 500 meters east, the old center was right here, all around the Carolingian predecessor of the church of St. Peter.

St. Peter, built around 1200, is a sober Romanesque basilica. The structure of the church looks very "complete", what is the result of the reconstruction of the 19th century.

Probably since the old days the church is surrounded by a graveyard. Some of the old monuments are more than 400 years old. The graveyard has three old chapels.

Unfortunately all three chapels were locked, due to some kind of vandalism, that had taken place. That was what I learned from the paper at the door.

The oldest chapel "Unserer Lieben Frau" was built in 1425 over an older Romanesque structure. I could peep through a narrow window into the crypt, where old crosses epitaphs are stored.