westwork
westwerk

The westwork tower is slightly younger than the rest of the church.

Construction of the imposing westwork started shortly after 1000 AD.

The frescos (originally of the 9th century) inside the westwork show scenes from the Odyssey.

In 1556 a late Gothic spire was added onto the westwork between the two existing towers.

Tower and westwork were newly erected until 1860.

The westwork tower is a typical example of Mosan architecture.

However, the important westwork and crypt have survived from Ottonian times.

In 1190 the westwork was added.

The monastery church has a Carolingian crypt as well as an imposing westwork.

At about the same time that the westwork was built, the arcade walls were strengthened and towers added to the eastern corners of the church.

An original westwork survives today at the Abbey of Corvey, built in 885.

The Westwork has been reconstructed.

The chapel was subsequently replaced with a romanesque church with a strong westwork.

It had a westwork with two low, octagonal towers and the main entrance and three eastern apses.

The westwork originated in the ancient churches of Syria although some early examples were in Spanish buildings.

The King, later the Emperor, and his entourage lodged in the westwork when visiting the abbey during their travels around the country.

The westwork with the characteristic twin steeples was attached between 1166 and 1177, the Baroque onion domes about 1670.

Carolingian architecture produced larger buildings than had been seen since Roman times, and the westwork and other innovations.

Our Lady's in Maastricht indeed has a tall, massive westwork and two pseudo-transepts on each side.

The addition of a westwork to churches is one of the Carolingian contributions to Western architectural traditions.

The westwork of Corvey Abbey (873-85), Germany, is the oldest extant example.

The most striking feature of the building is its west facade, reminiscent of a westwork or of the exterior of a church organ.

Aachen Cathedral (westwork)

The roof was destroyed by fire, the western tower was hit by a bomb, collapsed and destroyed large parts of the westwork.

The 1993 excavations revealed that the new western apse was polygonal, and flanked by hexagonal towers, forming a westwork.

The interior decorations and the new Westwerk were considered a major feat in the 19th century.

An outstanding factor in Mosan architecture is the closed west front (westwerk).

There is a robust westwerk with walls of 5 metres thick, suggesting that it was intended to be much taller than actually built.

In the Rhineland and Netherlands the Carolingian form of west end known as the westwerk prevailed.

Westwerk (1992)

The western end terminates in an elaborate structure known as a "Westwerk" including the main portal, a feature typical of many Romanesque churches.

The Romanesque nave was reconstructed, but the Westwerk rebuilt in the Baroque style on its remaining lower section.

The nave was vaulted in the mid-12th century, the westwerk was added in 1188 and the entrance portal on the north side in 1551.

This phase of construction, called Speyer I, consists of a Westwerk, a nave with two aisles and an adjoining transept.

Tell me about love (part II), Installation, Westwerk, Hamburg, 2004, (download catalogue 1.5 MB)

In 2000 Fasching opened his project Westwerk (a western investigation of the occidental culture) in the more than 800 years old Vienna St. Stephan's Cathedral.

The nave, towers and domes are all roofed with copper, which has weathered to pale green, in contrast to the pinkish red of the building stone, and the polychrome of the Westwerk.

In a drawing of 1610 a Gothic chapel has been added to the northern aisle, and in a drawing of around 1650 there is another Gothic window in the northern side of the Westwerk.

The church was damaged during World War II, resulting in extensive restoration which included the removal of the Baroque extension to the westwerk and replacement with a simple hip roof in the Romanesque style.

St Chad's is built in the style of a brick hall church or "hallenkirke", similar to Munich Cathedral and has a westwerk with narrow broached spires similar to those of Lübeck Cathedral.

The original Romanesque roof of the westwerk was replaced with a Baroque belfry, but this was damaged during WWII and later replaced with a steeply pitched hip roof of copper.