Saint Justin's Church

The Carolingian Saint Justin's Church in Frankfurt-Hochst is the most established structure in Frankfurt/Main and one of the most seasoned places of worship as yet existing in Germany. It is devoted to Saint Justin the Confessor. The Catholic basilica starts from around 830, and the late gothic chancel was worked from 1441. The congregation remains at the east of the old piece of the town Hochst, investigating the Main stream. From one perspective, St. Justin's is significant for its stonework, and then again, it is significant as being one of only a handful few about totally enduring early medieval places of worship which has been ceaselessly utilized for around 1200 years. The historical backdrop of the congregation is firmly associated with the city of Hochst established in the 8th century as a little girl city of Mainz.

The primary understood narrative proof of the city dates from 790. In 1441 it turned into an ascetic church of the Hospital Brothers of St. Anthony, on the grounds that since 1419 it was just utilized as a ward church. The Antoniter request constructed the late gothic chancel and made various changes. It stopped to be a devout church after secularization in 1802. St. Justin's was reestablished during the 1980s and today has a place with the ward of St. Josef in the Frankfurt region of Roman Catholic Diocese of Limburg.