HERITAGE AND TOURISM
Open Churches Days at
Saint Martin
Kierchewee
L-8395 Septfontaines (Habscht)
Church | XIV | Gothic | Catholic Church
Free visit
6 June 2026 : 09.00 - 18.007 June 2026 : 09.00 - 18.00
Other events at Saint Martin
Guided tour
6 June 2026 : 10.00 - 10.45 et 11.00 - 11.45
6 June 2026 : 12.00 - 12.45 et 13.00 - 13.45
6 June 2026 : 14.00 - 14.45 et 15.00 - 15.45
6 June 2026 : 16.00 - 16.45 et 17.00 - 17.45
6 June 2026 : 10.00 - 10.45 et 11.00 - 11.45
6 June 2026 : 12.00 - 12.45 et 13.00 - 13.45
6 June 2026 : 14.00 - 14.45 et 15.00 - 15.45
6 June 2026 : 16.00 - 16.45 et 17.00 - 17.45
More about this church
Opening hours
Description
The massive vented tower is all that remains from a church dating from the 12th or early 13th century. The human faces carved in the stone on the exterior walls also go back all the way to the Middle Age. Later the church had three aisles with cross-pointed arches and windows creating a bright room while having succeeded in keeping its harmonious proportions until today. The history of the church is intimately linked to that of the lords of Septfontaines. The church and the cemetery with tombs framed in boxwood, form a remarkable unit with the tombstones dating back to the 16th century.
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Remarkable elements
Christ’s Burial
The enormous stone figures make up the group present at Christ’s burial (16th century unknown origin) in Renaissance clothes representing the biblical figures assisting in Jesus’s embalmment. This work gives an impression of calm and peace, even in the face of death.
Saint Martin
who lived in the 4th century is the patron saint. The baroque sculpture depicts him as a bishop with, at his feet, the beggar with whom he shared his cloak.
Tombstone
of Margarete of Rollingen (de Raville, +1512). The recumbent figure is framed by oak elements; on blond curls, she wears a crown made up of acorns and oak leaves. The coat of arms of the families Raville-Septfontaines Daum and Manderscheid-Blankenheim, are found in the gussets above the recumbent.
Pieta
The Luxembourgish sculptor, Nikolaus Koenen, created the pieta towards the end of the 17th century. (devotional work on Christ’s death)
The human faces
carved in stone. In the Middle Ages, these pointed out to those persecuted, that this church guaranteed protection.
