St. Christophorus-Kirche, Parish church in Reinhausen, Germany

St. Christophorus Church stands on the sandstone rock of the Kirchberg, about 30 metres north of a cliff edge dropping to the Wendebach valley. Its west front is a double-tower block with red tiled pyramidal roofs, narrow round-arched windows and a single round-arched doorway. The interior is a hall church with white plastered piers, rounded arches and a red ceiling.

The church began as a castle chapel for the Counts of Reinhausen in the 10th century and was transformed into a Benedictine monastery church in the 12th century. This transformation shaped the religious function of the building for centuries to come.

The church keeps its name day to Saint Christopher, whose stone figure stands inside as the patron of the building. Two late Gothic altars and large areas of late medieval wall painting survive in the nave, and the village still calls the church the Reinhausen monastery church, a reminder of the Benedictine house dissolved after the Reformation of 1542.

The church stands on the Kirchberg about 30 metres north of a cliff edge above the Wendebach valley; the access road ends at a paved car park on the west side. The south and east sides border the walled churchyard, while the north side, facing the former monastery grounds, is not open to the public. The church is turned about 23 degrees from true east.

The three staircases cut into the rock that once formed the only way up from the village are still there, their steps worn down by centuries of use. Carts could reach the church only from the northeast, through the estate yard, until the road up the Kirchberg was built in the early 19th century.