An early house of worship was a log church , which is still maintained as a chapel . St. Martin 's Church is also located in Starkenburg , built in 1873 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places . Above its entrance is the text : " This is the House Of God and the Gate Of Heaven . " Starkenburg is also the site of the Shrine of Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church , built in the early 20th century and listed on the NRHP . For further devotions and pilgrimage , the community created an outdoor area for representations of the Stations of the Cross , Mount Calvary and Holy Sepulchre . Starkenburg is located inland from the Missouri River . After the destructive Great Flood of 1993 , Rhineland citizens used federal funds to relocate their houses inland away from the river
Great Flood of 1993
Great Flood of 1993
Montgomery County, Missouri