The Sint-Gangulfuskerk is located on the Kerkberg in Heinsberg, about twenty kilometers from both Sittard and Roermond. The nickname of this large church is 'Selfkantdom'.
Before this church was built as a gem of Heinsberg, there was an 11th-century basilica. The Romanesque crypt of this basilica is still in the present church, dedicated to the saint and martyr Gangulfus.
You can also see relics of Saint Hedwig van Andechs. Not only the church of Heinsberg carries a lot of history with it, but also the rest of the German town.
More history can be found in the other parts of the Kerkberg, where remains of medieval defenses are visible, as well as bastions from the mid-sixteenth century.
If you look down towards Hochstraße, you can see the whitewashed brick of the baroque former deanery.
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