The location of this expertly restored church in Burg-Reuland has a long history that goes all the way back to the year 1213. As early as that, a chapel in Rullant was mentioned in an official document.
In 1771, a larger church was built by the architect Ferdinand Starck on the site of the preceding buildings and consecrated to St. Stephanus.
The onion-shaped spire of the parish church is very conspicuous. The architect from the Tirol had settled in Recht. He brought this shape of building from his native region and put it into effect on the church in Reuland. The round-arched portal of the church, framed in bluestone from Recht, and the Madonna in the conch niche are likely to have been Starck’s work too.
On the inside, the church excels with its baroque décor. A sarcophagus made in Belgian slate puts us in mind of one of the lords of the castle, Balthasar von Pallant († 1625), and his wife Elisabeth († 1614). The late baroque and rococo high altar dating from 1750 is consecrated to the parish patrons Stephanus and Eligius and crowned with a cross and angels in prayer. The two side altars are consecrated to the Mother of God and St. Joseph. On the left side of the altar there is a statue of St. Lucia, who is invoked as the patron saint of those suffering from a sore throat. The church organ originates from the year 1862 and was built by the Müller brothers of Reifferscheid.
