The Pieterpad leads you to idyllic Sint-Odiliënberg, a small Limburg town at the foot of a hill. In the eighth century AD, three Anglo-Saxon missionaries (Wiro, Plechelmus and Otger) founded a small monastery on the Sint-Petrusberg, a hill in Limburg that at first sight is of little significance.
Later, Sint-Odiliënberg, an idyllic village on the meandering Roer, arose at the foot of this hill. The well-known Pieterpad takes many tourists to this town. According to tradition, in the tenth century, Bishop Balderik had the relics of Wiro, Plechelmus and Otger elevated, or canonized.
Not entirely coincidentally, during excavations in the church of Sint-Odiliënberg, a tenth-century relic grave was found. No remains of the original church have survived above ground. The current church is only partially intact according to the original design.
Despite all the splendor of this Romanesque basilica, it was neglected for a long time. At the end of the nineteenth century, the church was revalued, with architect Johan Kayser being responsible for the restoration.
Partly on the basis of parts still present, missing parts were reconstructed into the church as it still stands today.
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