Attraction · Trier · Updated on 1 November 2026.
St. Matthias is an attraction in Trier, Rhineland-Palatinate. This place has a story in the app. Within 130 m you'll find a public toilet and a bench.
Story · St. Matthias
You're standing at St. Matthias' Abbey, just outside the old centre of Trier. Start with the church. It's a Romanesque basilica from the twelfth century, but at the bottom of the west front someone later added a Baroque facade. Two eras in a single glance.
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St. Matthias in Trier is a church and attraction. The site is known for holding the only apostle's grave in this part of Europe. In the crypt you will also find ancient sarcophagi and a statue of an expectant mother. The churchyard has old gravestones. You will find this attraction in Trier, just outside the old centre.
You are standing by a basilica dating from the twelfth century. At the base of the west façade, you can see a later front. In the crypt, you will find the shrine of Matthias and sarcophagi of the bishops Eucharius and Valerius from late antiquity. There is also a statue of Maria in expectation here. In a chapel in the north side tower, there is a gold cross reliquary from the thirteenth century. You can view this during a guided tour. Outside in the churchyard, there are old gravestones and the Quirinuskapel.
In ancient times, a cemetery lay here outside the city gates. Monks already lived on the site in late antiquity, and around 977 they adopted a new monastic rule. In 1127, people found the bones of the apostle Matthias while demolishing the old church. According to tradition, Helena had them brought to Trier. The present church was consecrated in 1148 by the pope. Later, soldiers occupied the buildings, and in 1802 the abbey was dissolved. A businessman then bought part of the buildings, which meant they were not demolished. Monks returned to live here in 1922. The Gestapo removed them in 1941, but in 1945 they came back.
The nearest public toilet to St. Matthias is a free one on the Aulstraße, about 61 metres away. There are 2 public toilets within 500 metres in total, so this is the closest option if you are looking for a toilet near St. Matthias. Within 500 metres you will also find 10 benches. The closest of these is on the Maternusstraße, 131 metres from St. Matthias. According to our map, there is no drinking water to be found near St. Matthias within 1 km.
The nearest pitstop of each kind within 1 km, as the crow flies. No water point, bike pump or honesty box within 1 km.
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There is a free public toilet 61 metres away on Aulstraße, and there are wheelchair-accessible toilets inside the building.
The nearest bench is 131 metres away on Maternusstraße, with 10 benches in total within a radius of 500 metres.
No, there is no water tap within a 1 km radius.
It is the only apostle's tomb north of the Alpen, where the bones of the apostle Matthias are preserved.
The abbey has romaanse architecture.
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