Bernhardus Church (Rastatt)

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Bernharduskirche

The Bernhardus Church in Rastatt is the oldest documented parish church in Rastatt. It was the church of the former village of Rastetten .

The first documented mention of the Bernhardus Church comes from the year 1207 and is about a restoration. The church has a high Gothic choir . In the 17th century it was badly damaged by the chaos of the war. Due to the upcoming construction of a new church in the center of the emerging baroque planned town of Rastatt, it was initially restored only provisionally. From 1770 a partially new building followed in a simple baroque style . The tower stump and the choir were preserved. The previous Alexander Church was consecrated to the Blessed Margrave Bernhard II of Baden in 1771 and was used as a cemetery chapel until the middle of the 19th century. The church still serves as a place of worship today.

literature

  • Clemens Kieser, Karlfriedrich Ohr, Wolfgang Stopfel, Martin Walter: Art and cultural monuments in the Rastatt district and in Baden-Baden. Konrad-Theiss Verlag, Stuttgart 2002, ISBN 3-8062-1599-5 , p. 285.
  • Michael Winter: Oldest building in the city. In: Konradsblatt 47/2018, p. 14 f. ( PDF; 1.5 MB ).

Web links

Commons : Bernharduskirche  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 48 ° 51 ′ 37 ″  N , 8 ° 12 ′ 11 ″  E