In Eltville-Martinsthal, craftsmen are currently working on an unusual housing project.
The Martinskirche, which was built in 1964 and has not been dedicated as a place of worship since 2015, is being gutted and rebuilt.
By the summer of 2023, nine “townhouse-style” condominiums are to be built on a total of four levels in the former church.
Oliver Bock
Correspondent for the Rhein-Main-Zeitung for the Rheingau-Taunus district and for Wiesbaden.
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These apartments, each with two to four rooms, will be between 40 and 130 square meters and cost between 315,000 and 765,000 euros.
There are also three maisonette apartments on three levels, each with 140 square meters of living space, which are offered at prices of around 800,000 euros.
The facade of the Martinskirche, which characterizes the townscape, with its ornate glass windows facing the main street, has been preserved.
All apartments should be accessible without barriers via elevators.
For static reasons, new foundations were laid and a steel frame was installed to install new ceilings for the residential floors.
In the immediate vicinity of the church, where the parish hall once stood, a new building with three five-room maisonette apartments is being built.
The Ingelheim construction company J. Molitor is responsible for the project, the designs are from the Wiesbaden architects BGF+.
Mayor Patrick Kunkel (CDU), himself a citizen of Martinsthal, is satisfied that the external appearance of the church has been preserved.
The project is an important contribution to the creation of attractive living space in the city.
The Catholic church community should benefit from the demanding conversion and new building with a community room with kitchen and library on the ground floor.