In 1153, the nuns were replaced by the male Benedictine order. In 1596, a fire damaged the church so badly that it was not until the appointment of Abdon Könich as abbot in 1694 that reconstruction and rebuilding began. He had the interior lavishly decorated in Baroque style and commissioned the highly famous organ from Andreas Schweimb in Einbeck. Abbot Bernward Peumann had the baroque façade built in 1730, together with the grand staircase. The church interior was redesigned in 1796. The church is a unique sacred building in Salzgitter and is now a Catholic parish church following secularization in 1803.
The valuable baroque organ, which is one of the best of its kind in northern Germany, and the limewood crucifix from the workshop of Bishop Bernward, which was created around 1000, are worth seeing. After the Gero Cross in Cologne, it is the oldest large crucifix in Germany.
Every spring, the church hosts the
Ringelheim Organ Festival with renowned artists.
Further information can be found in the Lower Saxony Monument Atlas: https://denkmalatlas.niedersachsen.de/viewer/metadata/31202124/1/-/
