Basilica Saint-Odiliënberg

The Pieterpad leads you to the idyllic Sint-Odiliënberg, a small Limburg town at the foot of a hill.
In the eighth century AD, three Anglo-Saxon missionaries (Wiro, Plechelmus and Otger) founded a small monastery on the Sint-Petrusberg, a hill in Limburg that at first sight is not very significant.
Later, Sint-Odiliënberg arose at the foot of this hill, an idyllic village on the meandering Roer. The famous Pieterpad leads many tourists to this town. According to tradition, in the tenth century Bishop Balderic had the relics of Wiro, Plechelmus and Otger elevated, or canonized.
During excavations in the church of Sint-Odiliënberg, a tenth-century relic tomb was found, not entirely by chance. No remains of the original church have been preserved above ground. The present church is only partially intact
according to the original design.
Despite all the splendor of this Romanesque basilica, it was neglected for a long time. At the end of the nineteenth century, the church was revalued, with architect Johan Kayser responsible for the restoration.
Partly on the basis of parts still present, missing parts were reconstructed into the church as it still stands today.

Tourist Board South Limburg (Visit Zuid-Limburg)