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. The market place, seen before is about 500 meters east n the "new town", the old center was here, all around the Carolingian predecessor of the church of St. Peter, seen here.

St. Peter, built around 1200, is a Romanesque basilica. The structure of the church looks very "complete", what is the result of the reconstruction of the 19th century. Upto then the towers were not finished - and the higher one was decorated with a Baroque onion dome since about 1700.

Standing in the central nave facing east. Behind the (nice!) grid the sober layout of a basilica can be seen. In the far distance is a Romanesque cross.

Unfortunately I was unable to enter the church, walk around and see any details. A paper informed me, that due to recent vandalism it was necessary to lock the church and the chapels of the graveyard (during the opening hours of the graveyard). This was disappointing, as there was a certain grave in one of the chapels I wanted to see...