Schupbach Travel Guide

This catholic church is build at a hillside and from its front you have a nice view on the village Niedertiefenbach. Unfortunately when I took the photo, it was very foggy!

This church was build 1868 and replaced an earlier church which had been too small. The inside is painted mainly white, with light blue/brown/green (pastel colours).

This the protestant church of Schupbach. The villages Schupbach and Heckholzhausen have protestant churches, the villages Obertiefenbach and Niedertiefenbach catholic churches. Though the religion of the villages was changing several times during the centuries, depending on who had the control there.

The steeple is from 12th century, and also the main part of the church is romanic. It was extended later in the 17th century. The church was build as a defence.

This church was build 1884 on the place of an earlier church in a neo-gothic style. The previous church was too small for all the people and already was run down although it only was build 1733.
As space was limited, the new church had to be rotated by 45 degrees compared to the old one. Therefore the steeple, which is the only part that was re-used, is now found at the long side instead of the broadside like before and looks a bit isolated if you stand right in front of the church.

It’s a catholic church and Sunday masses are alternative in this church or in the one of Niedertiefenbach.

This fountain shows Gottfried von Beselich, who is also called Gottfried Clamator (“the caller”). He’s the monk who founded the monastery Altenberg in Solms-Oberbiel (30 km away from Beselich). On a hill of Beselich, he built a chapel which was extended to a cloister and now is in ruins.

This pilgrimage chapel was built in the 18th century and is found near the ruined cloister on the hill “Beselicher Kopf”. It’s quite little, but nevertheless there are sometimes masses in this chapel (for example at Christmas and New Years Eve).

In the 12th century, Gottfried von Beselich build a chapel on the hill “Beselicher Kopf”. Later in this century, this chapel was extended to a cloister. Already in the 16th and 17th century, it fell more and more into ruins, and nowadays you can only see three walls.

In Schupbach (like in most villages here), you will find several half-timbered houses. Lots of houses in the old part of the village have stables, as earlier most houses have been farmhouses. Some stables are still used nowadays – and we are not surprised if we find a chicken in our garden, it sometimes happens that one breaks out!