Church district Stuttgart
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| Regional Church : | Evangelical Church in Württemberg |
| Prelature : | Stuttgart |
| Area : | 207.36 km² |
| Structure: | 4 deanery districts with 54 parishes |
| Parishioners: | 141,548 (December 31, 2019) |
| Address of the church district: |
Büchsenstrasse 33 70174 Stuttgart |
| City Dean : | Søren Schwesig |
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The Evangelical Church District Stuttgart is one of 44 church districts or church districts of the Evangelical Church in Württemberg . It was created by ecclesiastical law of November 24, 2004 with effect from January 1, 2008 through the unification of the previously independent church districts of Stuttgart , Bad Cannstatt , Degerloch and Zuffenhausen , of which he is the universal legal successor . In contrast to the other church districts, which only consist of one congruent deanery , the Stuttgart church district is divided into the four deanery districts of Bad Cannstatt, Degerloch, Stuttgart and Zuffenhausen, each with a dean at the top. As a result, the number of deaneries in Württemberg has no longer been identical to the number of church districts since 2008.
geography
The Evangelical Church District Stuttgart is located in the middle of the Württemberg regional church. Its area includes the state capital of Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart . With approx. 145,230 parishioners in the Evangelical Church District of Stuttgart, the proportion of the total Stuttgart population is approx. 23%.
Neighboring church districts
The Evangelical Church District of Stuttgart borders the following church districts (starting clockwise in the northwest): Ditzingen and Ludwigsburg (both Prelature Stuttgart ), Waiblingen ( Prelature Heilbronn ), Esslingen and Bernhausen (both Prelature Stuttgart) as well as Böblingen and Leonberg (both Prelature Reutlingen ).
history
The Evangelical Church District Stuttgart was created on January 1st, 2008 through the merger of the previously independent church districts Bad Cannstatt , Degerloch , Stuttgart and Zuffenhausen . For the history of the four church districts, see the respective individual articles.
In order to create the most uniform church system possible within the city limits of Stuttgart, the "Evangelical City Association Stuttgart" was founded in 1983, to which the four Stuttgart church districts of Stuttgart, Bad Cannstatt, Degerloch and Zuffenhausen belonged. The parishes and diaconal institutions in the city of Stuttgart (e.g. the “Evangelical Society” and the “House of the Family”) were represented with a seat and vote. The city association was headed by an elected chairman. That was one of the four deans (since 1999 it was the dean of Stuttgart Hans-Peter Ehrlich). The city association was the preliminary stage of the church district of Stuttgart founded on January 1, 2008. The Protestant City Association of Stuttgart became obsolete due to the new formation of the church district of Stuttgart and thus according to Article 4 of the church law of November 24, 2004. The current church district of Stuttgart is therefore also the universal successor of the Stuttgart city association.
Since the church district of Stuttgart is very large both in terms of the number of its parish members and in terms of space, the number of previous deaneries in Stuttgart was retained as the supervisory districts for the parish priests or visitation districts of the parishes. The previous deans in the city area therefore remain in office with their previous powers (as visitors or service superiors). The church district of Stuttgart is thus the only church district or church district in Württemberg with several deans. Only in the church district of Ravensburg were there two deans between 1992 and 2003 (the former dean in Friedrichshafen still acts as the code can).
Parish Association Bad Cannstatt
With effect from August 15, 2008, the Evangelical Church Community Bad Cannstatt, consisting of the nine parishes Andreäkirchengemeinde, Blumhardtkirchengemeinde, Lutherkirchegemeinde, Sommerrainkirchengemeinde, Stadtkirchengemeinde, Steigkirchengemeinde, Steinhaldenfeldkirchengemeinde, Stephanuskirchengemeinde and Wichernkirchengemeinde Stuttgart-Stuttgart and the Hofkirchen parish. Mühlhausen, Stuttgart-Obertürkheim, Stuttgart-Rohracker / Frauenkopf, Stuttgart-Uhlbach and Stuttgart-Wangen have merged to form the Evangelical Church Community Association Bad Cannstatt (KGV Bad Cannstatt).
Almost all parishes of the former church district Bad Cannstatt belong to the new corporation under public law. The only non-members of the new association are the parishes of Stuttgart-Münster and Stuttgart-Neugereut and the entire parish of Untertürkheim, consisting of the three parishes of the garden city parish of Untertürkheim, the city and Wallmer parish of Untertürkheim and the parish of Stuttgart-Rotenberg. However, these can be included in the association in accordance with § 2 of the association's statutes.
The foundation of the association is based on the Ecclesiastical Association Act of the Evangelical Regional Church in Württemberg. The association has the task of coordinating the exercise of the rights of the members in the Evangelical Church District Stuttgart as well as forming a joint administration of the individual member parishes. The organs of the association are the association assembly and the association board. The association assembly consists of the chairmen of the association members as well as the dean, the school dean and the association calculator.
Head of the church district
The church district of Stuttgart is led by the church district synod (this corresponds to the district synod ), the church district committee, which is formed from delegates from the four deanery districts of the church district synod (this corresponds to the church district committee - KBA) and the college of the four deans . The executive dean of the Stuttgart church district bears the title of city dean (previously unofficial name of the dean of Stuttgart). He also heads the Stuttgart-Mitte dean's office. All four deans have a focus area of responsibility. The deaconry department is located in the dean's office in Zuffenhausen, the outpatient care of the deaconry stations in Bad Cannstatt and the education and the Christian Churches Working Group in Stuttgart (ACK) in Degerloch. The details are regulated by the rules of procedure for the deanery offices, which are issued by the Oberkirchenrat.
For the election of the church district synod, the church district of Stuttgart is divided into 11 electoral districts. Depending on the size, three to six church district synodals are to be elected in each electoral district.
Deans of the church district Stuttgart
- Stuttgart:
- 2008–2012: Hans-Peter Ehrlich (* 1948)
- since 2013: Søren Schwesig (* 1963), city dean and pastor at the Memorial Church in Stuttgart
- Bad Cannstatt:
- 2008–2009: Gustav-Adolf Dinkelaker (1944–2011)
- since 2010: Eckart Schultz-Berg (* 1960), dean and pastor at the town church in Bad Cannstatt
- Degerloch:
- 2008–2016: Dr. Wolfgang Röhl (* 1952)
- since 2017: Kerstin Vogel-Hinrichs (* 1963), dean and pastor at the Michaelskirche in Degerloch
- Zuffenhausen:
- 2008–2011: Wiebke Wähling (* 1947)
- 2012–2018: Klaus Käpplinger (* 1962)
- since 2019: Elke Dangelmaier-Vinçon (* 1962), dean and pastor at the Johanneskirche in Zuffenhausen
Parishes
Today there are 54 parishes in the Evangelical Church District of Stuttgart. Of these, twelve parishes in the former church district of Bad Cannstatt have merged to form a total of two parishes, in the former church district of Degerloch three parishes have joined together to form one parish and in the former church district of Zuffenhausen a further eight parishes have merged to form a total of two parishes. Furthermore, the 17 parishes of the previous church district of Stuttgart continue to form the entire parish of Stuttgart. However, all of these parishes are still legally independent corporations under public law.
The parish numbers given in brackets after the name of the parish relate to the year 2005 and have been rounded. A detailed description of the individual churches was largely dispensed with because all church buildings are described in the article Churches in Stuttgart .
Parish Alt-Heumaden
The parish Alt-Heumaden (approx. 1,750) comprises the old town center of the district of the same name within the urban district of Sillenbuch . Heumaden belonged to the neighboring parish of Ruit until 1475, when it became independent. Your church is the formerly St. Blasius and St. Ottolia consecrated church with a late Gothic choir. When Heumaden grew strongly towards the south from the 1930s, another church, the Gnadenkirche with community center, was built there in the early 1960s. By the announcement of the upper church council of December 17, 1965, the hitherto sole parish of Heumaden was then divided into the two parishes of Heumaden-Nord and Heumaden-Süd and these were merged into the newly formed general parish of Heumaden. In a letter dated June 24, 1965, the Ministry of Education had recognized the Heumaden parish as a whole and its parishes as corporations under public law. The old church in Heumaden then became the center of the parish of Heumaden-Nord. With effect from January 1, 1980, the entire parish of Heumaden was dissolved and by an announcement by the Upper Church Council on September 2, 1986, the parish of Heumaden-Nord was renamed "Parish Alt-Heumaden".
Until 1939 the parish of Heumaden belonged to the parish of Plieningen or Degerloch. With effect from April 1, 1939, it was reclassified to the Cannstatt church district, but reassigned to the Degerloch church district with effect from April 1, 1947.
Old Protestant church Stuttgart-Heumaden
Old Protestant church Stuttgart-Heumaden
Old Protestant church Stuttgart-Heumaden
Old Protestant church Stuttgart-Heumaden
Parish of Asemwald
The parish of Asemwald comprises the Asemwald district and the area between Dinkelstrasse and Filderhauptstrasse in the Plieningen district. In terms of church, the Asemwald district, which emerged in the 1960s, initially belonged to the parish and parish of Plieningen, and from 1970 to Hohenheim. With effect from January 1, 1975, the Hohenheim parish was divided into two independent parishes, Asemwald and Hohenheim, and both were merged into the also newly formed Hohenheim parish. With effect from January 1, 1985, the entire Hohenheim parish was dissolved again. The Asemwald parish also looks after the parish of Schönberg, which was formed on April 1, 1959, and where it has had its own church, the Ascension Church, since 1958, and which was looked after by the Birkach parish until 1985. In 1997, a separate church, the Asemwaldkirche, was built in Asemwald.
Evang. Stuttgart-Asemwald church - tower
Evang. Stuttgart-Asemwald Church
Entire parish of Bad Cannstatt
The entire parish of Bad Cannstatt (approx. 16,200) includes the Bad Cannstatt district . The following nine parishes now belong to the Bad Cannstatt parish, whereby the Luther parish around 1900, the Steigkirchen parish through an announcement by the Upper Church Council of September 26, 1928, the Andreä (then Winterhalden parish) and the Wichern parish through an announcement of July 19, 1939, the Stephanus parish. and the Steinhaldenfeld parish by announcement of July 10, 1957, the Blumhardt parish by announcement of December 17, 1965 and the Sommerrainkirchen parish in 1988.
Andreäkirchengemeinde Bad Cannstatt
The Andreäkirchengemeinde Bad Cannstatt (approx. 2,000) comprises the south-east of the Bad Cannstatt district. The beginnings of the community go back to 1906. At that time, a new residential area was built in the “Winterhalde” district, which initially belonged to the Luther Church. The first Bible studies were held in a private house in 1906 and a kindergarten was set up in 1907 and a new building was built in 1908. Church services soon took place here. However, the room soon became too small, so that the Cannstatt Evangelical Association rented a former canteen in which the services were held. After the First World War, the association was able to acquire the building and in 1919 build a temporary wooden church in the immediate vicinity. It was called the "Winterhaldenkirche" and had 200 seats. Through the announcement of the Oberkirchenrat on July 28, 1939, the Winterhalden parish as well as the Wichernkirche parish were separated from the Luther parish and established as a further independent parish of the Bad Cannstatt parish after the Ministry of Culture recognized the Winterhalden parish as a corporation under public law in a letter dated July 1, 1939 . At the same time, the previous IV. Parish of Luther's Church was renamed the parish of the Winterhalden parish.
The Winterhaldenkirche was destroyed on July 16, 1944 during the Second World War. Then the services mostly took place at the Catholic parish until an emergency church was built on Beuthener Strasse in 1947, which was named Andreäkirche. The Winterhalden parish was thus renamed Andreäkirchengemeinde. The present church was built in 1955/56. By the announcement of the Oberkirchenrat on February 13th, 1975 there was a change of area from the Andreäkirchengemeinde in favor of the Stephanuskirchengemeinde. With effect from September 25, 1998, the area of the Andreäkirchengemeinde was expanded to include the Brenzstrasse area.
Blumhardtkirchengemeinde Bad Cannstatt
The Blumhardtkirchengemeinde Bad Cannstatt (approx. 500) comprises the south of the Bad Cannstatt district. The community is still relatively young. It was not established until the Oberkirchenrat was announced on December 17, 1965 as a further particular parish within the Bad Cannstatt parish as a whole. The Ministry of Culture recognized the Blumhardtkirchengemeinde Bad Cannstatt as a public corporation in a letter dated August 24, 1965. Today she is looked after by the pastor of the neighboring Luther parish.
Luther parish Bad Cannstatt
The Luther parish Bad Cannstatt (approx. 2,900) covers the eastern center of the Bad Cannstatt district. It is the second oldest Protestant parish in Bad Cannstatt. The Luther Church was built between 1898 and 1900. It is one of the first brick-built churches in southern Germany. In February 1944 the choir and sacristy of the church were destroyed, but the church was rededicated in 1950. It was renovated inside in the 1970s.
In the immediate vicinity of the Luther Church there is a cemetery church in the Uff churchyard . In the Middle Ages, the later abandoned town of Uffkirchen could be found at this place, the parish with its church "To our dear women" extended to Fellbach and Obertürkheim. Later the Cannstatt cemetery was used and the cemetery church was called Uff-Kirche , it no longer has its own parish.
Evang. Martin Luther Church Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt
Evang. Martin Luther Church Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt
Uffkirche Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt
Uffkirche Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt
Bad Cannstatt summer train parish
The Sommerrain parish of Bad Cannstatt (approx. 1,300) comprises the Sommerrain district within the Bad Cannstatt district. The parish was only established in 1988 when it was separated from the Wichern parish. In a letter dated May 10, 1988, the Ministry of Education recognized the new summer training parish as a corporation under public law. But in 1966 the Sommerrainkirche was built in the district of the same name, which was built in 1932. The Sommerrainkirche has a 36 meter high tower. In addition to the church, there is a community hall, a kindergarten, the parish apartment and group rooms.
Evang. Sommerrainkirche Stuttgart-Sommerrain
Evang. Sommerrainkirche Stuttgart-Sommerrain
Town parish Bad Cannstatt
The town parish of Bad Cannstatt (approx. 1,600) comprises the center of the Bad Cannstatt district. It is the oldest Protestant parish in Bad Cannstatt and has been the dean's seat for the entire area since the Reformation. The current town church was built in 1471–1506 by Aberlin Jörg d. Ä. built as a three-aisled hall church in late Gothic style. The tower was built in 1613 in the Renaissance style by Heinrich Schickhardt . However, a first stone church was built on this site in the 9th century, which was rebuilt in the form of an early Romanesque basilica after being destroyed in the 11th century. This church was also destroyed in the 13th century, then rebuilt until Aberlin Jörg built the present church. The church was not destroyed during the Second World War. In the 20th century, the Luther parish and in 1928 the Steigkirchen parish were separated from the city parish as independent parishes. Later other parishes were separated from these, but they still form the entire parish of Bad Cannstatt today.
Through the announcement of the Oberkirchenrat on July 26, 1962, there was an area reorganization in the Haldenstrasse area from the Steigkirchengemeinde in favor of the Bad Cannstatt town church.
Evang. City church Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt
Evang. City church Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt
Evang. City church Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt
Steigkirchengemeinde Bad Cannstatt
The Steigkirchengemeinde Bad Cannstatt (approx. 3,400) comprises the districts of Birkenäcker and Burgholzhof of the Bad Cannstatt district. For the rapidly growing population in Bad Cannstatt, a new church, the Steigkirche, was built on the Gewann "Steig" in 1928 and, through the announcement of the Upper Church Council on September 26, 1928, the independent Steigkirchen parish as a further parish of the overall parish of Bad Cannstatt by separating areas of the City parish Bad Cannstatt was formed. In a letter dated August 30, 1928, the Ministry of Culture recognized the Steigkirchen parish as a corporation under public law. The second parish office at the town church Bad Cannstatt (future parish office of the Steigkirche) was assigned to her as a parish office.
The Steigkirche was destroyed in the Second World War. A parish hall was later built in its place. Through the announcement of the Oberkirchenrat on July 26, 1962, there was an area reorganization in the Haldenstrasse area in favor of the town church community Bad Cannstatt. The current church on the Steig was built in 1966 as part of a modern community center.
After the new Burgholzhof district was settled, this area was also assigned to the Steigkirchen community of Bad Cannstatt. But on February 22nd, 2000 an ecumenical center was opened there together with the Catholic parish of St. Rupert.
Evang. Steigkirche Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt
Evang. Steigkirche Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt - church hall
Evang. Steigkirche Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt - tower
Steinhaldenfeldkirchengemeinde Bad Cannstatt
The Steinhaldenfeld church community Bad Cannstatt (approx. 1,100) comprises the Steinhaldenfeld district within the Bad Cannstatt district. A Protestant church was built in 1934 for the district that emerged in the early 1930s, and by announcement of July 10, 1957, the independent Protestant Steinhaldenfeld parish was established within the Bad Cannstatt parish as a whole, after the Ministry of Culture wrote the new parish as a public body on March 20, 1957 Had recognized right.
Stephanus church community Bad Cannstatt
The Stephanuskirchengemeinde Bad Cannstatt (approx. 1,900) essentially comprises the districts of Muckensturm and Schmidener Vorstadt in the northeast of the Bad Cannstatt district. The residential areas were heavily settled, especially after the Second World War. In 1953, the Karl-Hartenstein-Haus with a kindergarten, community hall and rectory was built as a meeting point for the community. Four years later, by an announcement dated July 10, 1957, the Stephanus parish - named after an early Christian martyr - was elevated to an independent Protestant parish within the Bad Cannstatt parish as a whole, after the Ministry of Education and Cultural Affairs wrote the new parish as a public corporation on March 20, 1957 recognized. Since the Hartenstein House soon became too small, today's Stephanuskirche was built in 1960. The nave is made in the form of a tent, next to it is a slender concrete tower. By the announcement of the Oberkirchenrat on February 13th, 1975 there was a change of area from the Andreäkirchengemeinde in favor of the Stephanuskirchengemeinde. In return, areas of the Stephanuskirche congregation were reclassified into the Wichernkirchengemeinde.
Evang. Stephanuskirche Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt
Evang. Stephanuskirche Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt
Evang. Stephanuskirche Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt - tower
Wichernkirchengemeinde Bad Cannstatt
The Wichernkirchen community of Bad Cannstatt (approx. 1,900) essentially comprises the Espan district in the east of the Bad Cannstatt district. The district has been settled since the 1930s. The church, named after Johann Hinrich Wichern, the founder of the “Inner Mission”, with an adjacent kindergarten, was inaugurated on October 10, 1937. The church only has a ridge turret as a bell house. By the announcement of the upper church council on July 28, 1939, the Wichern church parish as well as the Winterhalden parish were separated from the Luther parish and established as a further independent parish of the Bad Cannstatt parish after the Ministry of Culture recognized the Wichern church parish as a corporation under public law in a letter dated July 1, 1939 . At the same time, the previous fifth parish office of the Luther Church was renamed the city parish office of the Wichern parish.
In 1976 the Wichernkirche received an extension with a community hall, club room, kitchen and kindergarten. Through the announcement of the Oberkirchenrat on February 13, 1975, there was a change of area from the Stephanus church parish in favor of the Wichern church parish.
Total parish of Degerloch
The entire parish of Degerloch (approx. 5,700) includes the city district of Degerloch. It was formed by the announcement of the Oberkirchenrat on December 17, 1965, when the until then sole parish of Degerloch was divided into four parishes, Michaelskirchengemeinde Degerloch, Heilig-Geist-Kirchengemeinde Degerloch, Reconciliation Parish Degerloch and Hoffeld-Kirchengemeinde Degerloch, and these were divided into the newly formed overall parish of Degerloch were merged. The Heilig-Geist-Kirchengemeinde Degerloch was dissolved again with effect from November 11, 2001 and its area was annexed to the Michaelskirchengemeinde Degerloch, so that the whole parish of Degerloch today only consists of three parishes.
Hoffeld parish of Degerloch
The Hoffeldkirchengemeinde Degerloch (approx. 1,200) includes the district of the same name within the Degerloch district . A separate church was built in 1934 for the new Hoffeld district, which was settled in 1932. The Protestant residents belonged to the parish of Degerloch. The independent Hoffeld parish of Degerloch came into being through the announcement of the upper church council on December 17, 1965, when the previously sole parish of Degerloch was divided into four parishes and these were merged into the newly formed Degerloch parish.
Michaelskirchengemeinde Degerloch
The Michaelskirchengemeinde Degerloch (approx. 3,100) comprises most of the Degerloch district of the same name. Degerloch initially belonged to Möhringen. In 1468 Degerloch became its own parish and immediately a small Gothic church was built, which was expanded in 1621, but soon became too small for the rapidly growing community in the 19th century. Finally, in 1890, a new building was built in neo-Romanesque style. The Hoffeldkirche was built in 1932, the Holy Spirit Church in 1955 and the Reconciliation Church in 1960. Independent parishes were formed at all three churches by the announcement of the Oberkirchenrat on December 17, 1965, when the previously sole parish of Degerloch was divided into four parishes and these were merged into the newly formed Degerloch parish. Since then there has also been the present-day Michaelskirchengemeinde Degerloch, which was enlarged with effect from November 11, 2001 to include the area of the then dissolved Heilig-Geist-Kirchengemeinde Degerloch.
Michaelskirche in Degerloch has been the seat of the dean of the Degerloch church district since 1938 and of the Degerloch deanery district within the Stuttgart church district since January 1, 2008.
Evang. Michaelskirche Stuttgart-Degerloch
Evang. Michaelskirche Stuttgart-Degerloch
Evang. Holy Spirit Church Stuttgart-Degerloch
Evang. Holy Spirit Church Stuttgart-Degerloch
Degerloch Reconciliation Church
The Degerloch Reconciliation Church (approx. 1,400) comprises part of the Degerloch district of the same name. The Church of Reconciliation was built in 1960 as the fourth church (after Michaels, Hoffeld and Heilig-Geist-Kirche) for the rapidly growing district of Degerloch. Through the announcement of the Oberkirchenrat on December 17, 1965, today's reconciliation parish of Degerloch was formed when the previously sole parish of Degerloch was divided into four parishes and these were merged into the newly formed overall parish of Degerloch.
Evang. Reconciliation Church Stuttgart-Degerloch
Evang. Reconciliation Church Stuttgart-Degerloch
Evang. Reconciliation Church Stuttgart-Degerloch
Parish Dürrlewang
The parish of Dürrlewang (approx. 1,200) comprises the district of the same name within the Vaihingen district. The parish was formed as an independent parish after the Dürrlewang district was relocated in the 1960s and after the construction of the Stephanuskirche in 1966, when the former parish of Stuttgart-Rohr was divided into two parishes (Rohr and Dürrlewang) by an announcement by the Upper Church Council on April 21, 1967 and at the same time they were merged into the newly formed Rohr-Dürrlewang parish. In a letter dated March 22, 1967, the Ministry of Education recognized the entire parish and its particular parishes as corporations under public law. However, through the announcement of the upper church council on August 28, 1984, the entire parish of Rohr-Dürrlewang was dissolved again.
With effect from December 4, 1977, the parish Dürrlewang received some areas from the Martinskirchengemeinde Möhringen.
Evang. Stephanuskirche Stuttgart-Dürrlewang
Evang. Stephanuskirche Stuttgart-Dürrlewang - tower
Fasanenhof parish
The parish of Fasanenhof (approx. 2,050) comprises the districts of Fasanenhof and Fasanenhof-Ost within the Möhringen district. A separate church, the Dietrich Bonhoeffer Church, was built in 1967 for the Fasanenhof, which had been settled in the 1950s. Initially, the Protestant residents of the Fasanenhof belonged to the parish of Echterdingen (today the Bernhausen church district). By the announcement of the upper church council of April 4, 1960, they were reclassified to the parish of Möhringen and by an announcement of July 26, 1962, the independent parish of Stuttgart-Fasanenhof was formed for the district of Fasanenhof after the Ministry of Culture established the new parish with a letter of May 22 1962 recognized as a corporation under public law.
Evang. Dietrich-Bonhoeffer-Kirche Stuttgart-Fasanenhof - church hall
Evang. Dietrich Bonhoeffer Church Stuttgart-Fasanenhof
Evang. Dietrich-Bonhoeffer-Kirche Stuttgart-Fasanenhof - tower
Evang. Dietrich Bonhoeffer Church Stuttgart-Fasanenhof
Feuerbach parish
The current parish of Feuerbach (approx. 8,000) includes the city district of Feuerbach. It was created on January 1, 2005 through the unification of the four previously independent parishes of the city parish of Feuerbach, Luther parish of Feuerbach, Föhrich parish of Feuerbach and Gustav Werner parish of Feuerbach. These were formed through the announcement of the upper church council on January 11, 1960, when the until then sole parish of Feuerbach was divided into four parishes and these were at the same time merged into the newly formed total parish of Stuttgart-Feuerbach. At that time, the Ministry of Culture recognized the entire parish of Stuttgart-Feuerbach and its particular parishes as corporations under public law in a letter dated April 21, 1959. The division of the parish was deemed necessary after the Feuerbach district had grown significantly due to influxes and the previous parish of Feuerbach had become too big. Since 2005 the previous parishes have been reunited in one body. However, this still has four churches.
The city church of St. Mauritius is the oldest church in Feuerbach. It was mentioned for the first time in 1075, but the current building of a hall church dates from 1789/90. Before that there was a small wooden church there. Until the 20th century it was the only church in Feuerbach and the center of the parish of Feuerbach, which until 1922 still belonged to the church district of Plieningen (later Degerloch) and was reclassified into the church district of Cannstatt (later Bad Cannstatt) with effect from April 1, 1922 .
The Luther Church goes back to the preaching station set up as a “Luther Hall” in the former inn “To the Golden Key”. The Burgenland Center was only built in 1983, in which a church service room and other community rooms were built. Here the Luther community found a new home.
The Föhrich Church was built in 1929 as a makeshift church and purely wooden church. As soon as the money for a “real” church is in place, it should be replaced by a new building. But nothing came of it! The church still exists today and is now a listed building.
The Gustav Werner Church was built in 1954/55 for the west of the Feuerbach district with a parish hall and kindergarten.
By announcement of March 28, 1934, there was a change of area in favor of the Brenz Church parish in the area of Sonnenbergwerg, Falkenrain, Steinberg and Stuttgarter Weg. A further announcement of September 20, 1948 resulted in an area change in favor of the neighboring parish of Botnang in the Waldhof, Laylen, Im Klingler and Feuerbachtalstrasse area. In 1951 there was an exchange of territory with the parish of Zuffenhausen and in 1959 there was another change in the area of the former Martinskirche parish in favor of the parish of Stuttgart-Feuerbach.
Evang. City church Stuttgart-Feuerbach
Evang. Stadtkirche Stuttgart-Feuerbach - tower
Evang. Föhrich Church Stuttgart-Feuerbach
Evang. Föhrich Church Stuttgart-Feuerbach
Evang. Gustav Werner Church Stuttgart-Feuerbach
Evang. Gustav Werner Church Stuttgart-Feuerbach
Evang. Luther Church Stuttgart-Feuerbach
Evang. Luther Church Stuttgart-Feuerbach
Parish Heumaden-Süd
The parish of Heumaden-Süd (approx. 2,000) comprises the southern part of the district of the same name within the Sillenbuch district. Another church, the Gnadenkirche with community center, was built for the rapidly growing Heumaden district in the early 1960s. By the announcement of the upper church council of December 17, 1965, the hitherto sole parish of Heumaden was then divided into the two parishes of Heumaden-Nord and Heumaden-Süd and these were merged into the newly formed general parish of Heumaden. In a letter dated June 24, 1965, the Ministry of Education had recognized the Heumaden parish as a whole and its parishes as corporations under public law. The Gnadenkirche in Heumaden then became the center of the Heumaden-Süd parish. With effect from January 1, 1980, the entire parish of Heumaden was dissolved and by an announcement by the Upper Church Council on September 2, 1986, the parish of Heumaden-Nord was renamed "Parish Alt-Heumaden".
Evang. Gnadenkirche Stuttgart-Heumaden
Evang. Gnadenkirche Stuttgart-Heumaden
Evang. Gnadenkirche Stuttgart-Heumaden - tower
Evang. Gnadenkirche Stuttgart-Heumaden
Parish Himmelsleiter Stuttgart
The "Protestant Parish of Himmelsleiter Stuttgart" (approx. 5,200 members) has existed since January 1, 2013 and was formed from the former independent parishes of Freiberg, Mönchfeld and Rot. In the years 2005 to 2012 these already formed a single parish. It was named after a win and a street that connects the city districts.
The area of the former parish of Stuttgart-Freiberg includes the district of the same name in the Mühlhausen district . It was founded on April 21, 1967 by the Upper Church Council for the new district of the same name, which had been settled since 1965, on a hill above the Max-Eyth-See. In a letter dated November 4, 1966, the Ministry of Culture recognized the parish of Stuttgart-Freiberg as a corporation under public law. The community center Michaelshaus was built in 1976. As a special feature, the community center does not have a conventional bell tower, but a carillon created in 1989.
Evang. Freiberg Church Stuttgart-Freiberg
Evang. Stuttgart-Freiberg Church - tower
The area of the former parish Mönchfeld includes the district of the same name in the Mühlhausen district. The parish was formed at the same time as the Zuffenhausen church district on January 1, 1965. In a letter dated December 4, 1964, the Ministry of Education recognized the Mönchfeld parish as a public corporation. Before that, the Protestant parishioners of the Mönchfeld district, which was created between 1957 and 1963, belonged to the neighboring parish of Mühlhausen. As early as 1961, a community center and a kindergarten could be built. The church in Mönchfeld was consecrated in 1966. In 2009 the free-standing tower of the church was demolished because the site was to be rebuilt.
Evang. Stuttgart-Mönchfeld Church
Evang. Stuttgart-Mönchfeld church - tower
The area of the former parish of Stuttgart-Rot includes the district of the same name in the Zuffenhausen district and was formed in 1964 as part of the Zuffenhausen parish as a whole. In 1969 the parish of Stuttgart-Rot left the association of the general parish in Zuffenhausen by an announcement of the upper church council on April 23, 1969 and was raised to the status of an independent parish.
The associated Red Resurrection Church was built in 1956. In 1969, the congregation built its parish hall on Auricher Strasse, which was named "Comeniushaus" and was another preaching position of the parish in red. In 2005 the parish sold the main building of the Comenius House to the state capital Stuttgart, which converted it into a community center. However, the outbuilding remained under the name “Comeniushaus” and, after the renovation, serves as the new parish center for the parish of Rot.
By order of the upper church council of August 4, 1976, there was a change of area in the area of the then Paulus church community in Zuffenhausen to the church community in Rot (Mönchsberg- and Markelsheimer Strasse). Another small area change in the area of the Pauluskirchengemeinde in favor of the parish in red was made by the Oberkirchenrat on March 30, 1981. With effect from July 5, 1999, the residential area or today's district "Im Raiser" of the Pauluskirchengemeinde was also separated and affiliated to the parish in red. With effect from November 24, 2006 the name of the parish in red was changed to "Stuttgart-Red".
Evang. Resurrection Church Stuttgart-Rot
Evang. Resurrection Church Stuttgart-Rot
Zazenhausen parish
The parish of Zazenhausen (approx. 730) includes the district of the same name in the Zuffenhausen district. Zazenhausen is a small, old village, which was first mentioned in 788. There was a small chapel there early on, which was replaced by today's Nazarius Church in 1581 and named after the martyr Nazarius from the early 4th century. Zazenhausen has been Protestant since the Reformation.
Old Town Hall and Evang. Nazarius Church Stuttgart-Zazenhausen
Evang. Nazarius Church Stuttgart-Zazenhausen
Evang. Nazarius Church Stuttgart-Zazenhausen - entrance door
Parish of Möhringen
The parish of Möhringen comprises the main town of the Möhringen district, which today consists of the districts Möhringen-Mitte, Möhringen-Nord, Möhringen-Ost, Möhringen-Süd, Sternhäule and Wallgraben-Ost. The parish has three preaching posts, each of which had independent parishes until 2007.
A small wooden church was built in Möhringen as early as the 6th century. In the 13th century there was a stone church that was consecrated to St. Martin. Möhringen belonged to the Katharinenspital Esslingen until 1802, so that the Reformation was introduced from there. After the transition to Württemberg Möhringen became a parish in the dean's office in Esslingen. In 1840 the church in Möhringen had become so dilapidated that a new building was necessary. Today's Martinskirche was built in the neo-Gothic style by Christian Friedrich Leins in 1852–1855. The church was popularly referred to as "Filderdom" because of its size (the nave with galleries originally had 1700 seats).
With the announcement of the Oberkirchenrat on July 9, 1956, the Ernsthalde area was detached from the Möhringen parish and assigned to the Vaihingen parish. Through an announcement of April 4, 1960, the Fasanenhof district was reclassified from the Echterdingen parish to the Möhringen parish and through a further announcement of July 26, 1962, the independent parish of Stuttgart-Fasanenhof was formed for the Fasanenhof district, after the Ministry of Culture also included the new parish Letter of May 22, 1962 recognized as a corporation under public law.
As a result of the strong growth of the community, two more churches and community centers were built in Möhringen in the 20th century and with effect from December 5, 1971, the previously sole parish of Stuttgart-Möhringen was divided into the four parishes of Martinskirchengemeinde Nord Möhringen, Martinskirchengemeinde Süd Möhringen, Christkirchengemeinde Möhringen and Salzäckerkirchengemeinde Möhringen (from 1988 resurrection parish Möhringen) and at the same time amalgamated to form the entire parish Möhringen. In a letter dated November 11, 1971, the Ministry of Education recognized the entire parish of Möhringen and the four individual parishes as corporations under public law. With effect from December 4, 1977 there were changes in the area of the Martinskirchengemeinde Möhringen in favor of the parish Vaihingen and the parish Dürrlewang and with effect from November 11th 2001 the Martinskirchengemeinde Möhringen Süd was dissolved and incorporated into the Martinskirchengemeinde Möhringen Nord, which was also renamed Martinskirchengemeinde Möhringen. Finally, the Möhringen Resurrection Parish, the Möhringen Christ Parish and the Möhringen Parish of Martins were dissolved with effect from November 11, 2007, and the entire parish of Möhringen was renamed the Stuttgart-Möhringen parish. Since then, all of Möhringen's Protestant residents have been reunited in one body.
Nevertheless, there are two other Protestant churches in addition to the old Martinskirche in Möhringen:
The Christ Church was built in 1957 as the second Protestant church and the Resurrection Church in 1986 in the residential area of Salzäcker as the third Protestant church in Möhringen. The resurrection parish had already been established with effect from December 5, 1971 under the name Salzäckerkirchengemeinde Möhringen and was only renamed to Möhringen by an announcement on February 26, 1988.
Evang. Martinskirche Stuttgart-Möhringen
Evang. Martinskirche Stuttgart-Möhringen
Evang. Martinskirche Stuttgart-Möhringen
Evang. Martinskirche Stuttgart-Möhringen
Evang. Christ Church Stuttgart-Möhringen
Evang. Resurrection Church Stuttgart-Möhringen
Evang. Resurrection Church Stuttgart-Möhringen
Parish of Plieningen-Hohenheim
The parish of Plieningen-Hohenheim (approx. 3,900) comprises the city district of Plieningen with its districts Plieningen, Chausseefeld , Hohenheim and Steckfeld . It was formed on November 11, 2007 through the merger of the previously independent parishes of Plieningen and Hohenheim. The Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport has recognized the parish of Plieningen-Hohenheim as a corporation under public law.
The oldest church in the city of Stuttgart is in Plieningen. It has its origins as a Romanesque stone building in the St. Martinus Church, which was built in the 12th century. The surrounding villages belonged to her parish, z. B. also Riedenberg, until this was assigned to the parish of Birkach. Today's St. Martin 's Church in Plieningen was completed in 1517 in the late Gothic style. In 1919 the church became the seat of the dean for the Stuttgart District Office, before the seat was moved to Degerloch in 1938 (see Degerloch church district ).
The districts of Hohenheim and Steckfeld have been settled since the 1930s, while Chausseefeld was not built until the 1980s. These areas therefore initially belonged to the parish of Plieningen. However, there had been a Protestant (subsidiary) church community in Hohenheim since 1844, but this was part of the Protestant church community in Plieningen. The services took place in the prayer room in Hohenheim Palace. The second pastor of Plieningen was responsible. On November 1, 1947 (announcement of March 18, 1949) the Protestant residents of Steckfeld and some of the surrounding farms and buildings joined the Hohenheim branch church, so that it was finally declared an independent parish of Hohenheim on October 20, 1954 (announcement of the Upper Church Council of January 13, 1955). On May 1, 1955, a permanent pastor's office was established in Hohenheim. Services continued to be celebrated in the prayer room of the castle. At the end of the 1950s it was decided to build its own church. In 1961 an architectural competition was announced. The winner was Dipl.-Ing. Heinz Rall. The foundation stone for the community center was laid on October 3, 1965 and on June 25, 1967 the church in Hohenheim was inaugurated. From 1970 the Protestant residents of the newly created residential area Asemwald belonged to the Hohenheim parish until the Asemwald parish was formed there on January 1, 1975. In November 2007, the Hohenheim parish merged with the Plieningen parish.
The parish of Plieningen-Hohenheim is responsible for the kindergarten in Mönchhof.
Evang. Martinskirche Stuttgart-Plieningen
Evang. Martinskirche Stuttgart-Plieningen
Evang. Martinskirche Stuttgart-Plieningen
Evang. Martinskirche Stuttgart-Plieningen
Evang. Martinskirche Stuttgart-Plieningen
Evang. Stuttgart-Hohenheim Church
Evang. Stuttgart-Hohenheim Church
Evang. Stuttgart-Hohenheim church - bell tower
Parish of Riedenberg
The parish of Riedenberg (approx. 2,500) comprises the district of the same name within the Sillenbuch district. Ecclesiastically, the place mentioned around 1100 first belonged to Plieningen, then to the parish of Birkach. With effect from April 1, 1947, the place was assigned to the parish Sillenbuch, but at the same time established as an independent branch parish of Sillenbuch, which together with the parish Sillenbuch formed the also newly formed overall parish Sillenbuch. The Ministry of Culture recognized the new branch parish of Riedenberg and the entire parish of Sillenbuch as corporations under public law in a letter dated April 8, 1947. In October 1955, the Emmaus Church in Riedenberg was inaugurated. With effect from April 1, 1960, the branch parish of Riedenberg was raised to an independent parish and at the same time the entire parish of Sillenbuch-Riedenberg was abolished.
Evang. Emmauskirche Stuttgart-Riedenberg
Evang. Emmauskirche Stuttgart-Riedenberg
Parish Rohr
The parish of Rohr (approx. 3,250) comprises the district of the same name within the Vaihingen district. Only the tower of the old Laurentiuskirche in the village of Rohr remains today, which was given a half-timbered tower in 1740. Today's ship is a modern community center from 1980 with community rooms, apartments, a kindergarten and a deaconry.
The current parish of Rohr came into being through the announcement of the Upper Church Council on April 21, 1967, when the former parish of Stuttgart-Rohr was divided into two parishes (Stuttgart-Rohr and Stuttgart-Dürrlewang) and these were at the same time merged into the newly formed overall parish of Rohr-Dürrlewang. In a letter dated March 22, 1967, the Ministry of Education recognized the entire parish and its particular parishes as corporations under public law. However, through the announcement of the upper church council on August 28, 1984, the entire parish of Rohr-Dürrlewang was dissolved again.
Evang. Laurentiuskirche Stuttgart-Rohr
Evang. Laurentiuskirche Stuttgart-Rohr
Evang. Laurentiuskirche Stuttgart-Rohr
Parish of Schönberg
The parish of Schönberg comprises the Schönberg district of the Birkach district. In church terms, the Schönberg district, built mainly in the 1950s, initially belonged to Birkach. In 1958, Schönberg received its own church, the Ascension Church, and with effect from April 1, 1959, the independent branch parish Schönberg of the parish of Birkach was established. In 1985 Schönberg was assigned to the parish of Asemwald. This parish looks after the parishioners of the Asemwald district that emerged in the 1960s and the independent parish of the same name that was established in 1975.
Evang. Assumption Church Stuttgart-Schönberg
Evang. Assumption Church Stuttgart-Schönberg
Sillenbuch parish
The parish of Sillenbuch (approx. 3,000) comprises the district of the same name within the urban district of Sillenbuch . Ecclesiastically, Sillenbuch first belonged to Hedelfingen, then to Rohracker. As a result of the strong influx, the independent parish of Sillenbuch was formed on November 28, 1931, when the Upper Church Council announced it. In 1933 the place also got its own church, the Martin Luther Church. Until 1947 the parish Sillenbuch belonged to the church district Bad Cannstatt. With effect from April 1, 1947, this was reclassified to the Degerloch church district. At the same time, the place Riedenberg, which until then belonged to the parish of Birkach, was assigned to the parish of Sillenbuch, with the proviso that the independent branch parish of Riedenberg was formed there, which together with the parish of Sillenbuch formed the also newly formed overall parish of Sillenbuch. The Ministry of Culture recognized the new branch parish of Riedenberg and the entire parish of Sillenbuch as corporations under public law in a letter dated April 8, 1947. With effect from April 1, 1960, the branch parish of Riedenberg was raised to an independent parish and at the same time the entire parish of Sillenbuch-Riedenberg was abolished.
The Sillenbuch parish is also responsible for two kindergartens.
Evang. Martin Luther Church Stuttgart-Sillenbuch
Evang. Martin Luther Church Stuttgart-Sillenbuch
Parish of Stammheim
The parish of Stammheim (approx. 4,300) includes the city district of the same name. The old village of Stammheim originally had a church that was built between 1487 and 1522 under the local lords and soon afterwards became a Protestant parish church. During the Second World War the church was badly damaged and had to be partially demolished, only the choir remained. Today's Johanneskirche was built in 1954. As a result of the strong growth of the community, a prefabricated parish hall was built in Stammheid-Süd, which was named "Arche". Church services are also held here regularly.
By order of the upper church council of November 7, 2002, an area in the north of the parish of Zuffenhausen, namely the streets "Im Grasgarten", "In den Hochwiesen", "Im Gütle" and "Im Wiesert" was detached from this parish and incorporated into the parish of Stammheim . With effect from January 12, 2007, there was another small border correction in Stammheimer Strasse to the neighboring parish of Zuffenhausen.
Evang. Johanneskirche Stuttgart-Stammheim
Evang. Johanneskirche Stuttgart-Stammheim
Evang. Johanneskirche Stuttgart-Stammheim
Total parish of Stuttgart
The total parish of Stuttgart consists of the following 17 parishes. The area is congruent with the former church district of Stuttgart.
Heilandskirchengemeinde Stuttgart-Berg
The Heilandskirchengemeinde Stuttgart-Berg (approx. 1,270) comprises parts of the Stuttgart-East district. It was formed in 2013 from the former Heilandskirche congregation and the Berg church congregation. The area around the Heilandskirche was settled along Neckarstrasse in the middle of the 19th century. It then belonged to the area of the Friedenskirchengemeinde Stuttgart. Grand Duchess Wera gave the residents a place for a simple "traveling church", which was inaugurated in 1899 at the foot of Villa Berg. But this church soon became too small. Grand Duchess Wera founded a new church with the stipulation that the pastoral position at this church should always be “filled with a theologian who is heartfelt on positive ground and the uncritical teaching of Holy Scripture and the Apostles' Creed” (from the deed of foundation dated 21. June 1911). The church could then be built in neo-Romanesque style in 1913, and in 1914 the Heilandskirche congregation was formed. The Heilandskirche was destroyed in 1944, but rebuilt in a different form in 1964.
The former parish of Berg comprised the district of the same name within the Stuttgart-East district . Berg was politically a chamber town and came to the city in 1836. Ecclesiastically, the small hamlet of Berg initially belonged to the Altenburg parish. After the collegiate church was elevated to a parish church, Berg belonged to the collegiate church, but Berg had its own church since the 15th century, but it had to be demolished in the 19th century due to dilapidation. At the same place, a new building in neo-Gothic style, today's Berger Church , was built from 1853 to 1855 . This church was rebuilt in 1955 after war damage in World War II. Berg received its own parish in 1862.
Berger Church (Protestant) Stuttgart
Berger Church (Protestant) Stuttgart - tower with entrance side
Parish Botnang
The parish of Botnang (approx. 3,950) comprises the urban district of the same name and the Solitude district of the Stuttgart-West district. The old village of Botnang became Protestant as early as 1540. There was also a church there since the 15th century, which was destroyed in World War II and rebuilt in a simplified way in 1955. It is called the Church of the Resurrection. As a result of strong growth, the parish received another church in 1967, the Nicodemus Church with a community center and kindergarten.
The Botnang parish was established through the notice of Evang. Consistory included in the general parish of Stuttgart with effect from April 1, 1922. Through the announcement of the Oberkirchenrat on September 20, 1948, the area of the former Feuerbach parish was changed in favor of the Botnang parish in the Waldhof, Laylen, Im Klingler and Feuerbachtalstrasse area. By further announcement on October 5, 1957, the Solitude residential area was detached from the Gerlingen parish and assigned to the Botnang parish. The Solitude Castle Church is the third preaching site in the Botnang parish. Church services are held here regularly in the summer months.
Evang. Resurrection Church Stuttgart-Botnang
Evang. Resurrection Church Stuttgart-Botnang
Evang. Resurrection Church Stuttgart-Botnang
Evang. Nicodemus Church Stuttgart-Botnang
Evang. Nicodemus Church Stuttgart-Botnang
Evang. Nikodemuskirche Stuttgart-Botnang - tower
Evang. Nicodemus Church Stuttgart-Botnang
Christ Church Community Stuttgart
The Christ church parish Stuttgart (approx. 1,500) was formed by the announcement of the upper church council of January 22, 1931 under the name "parish on the Gänsheide" as another parish within the total parish of Stuttgart with its own parish, after the Ministry of Culture with a letter of January 19, 1931 the the new parish had recognized as a corporation under public law. Until then, the municipality belonged to the Stuttgart Stiftsgemeinde. Since 1914 there was a prayer hall on the Gänsheide for the growing number of parishioners, but it was destroyed in 1943. Today's Christ Church was built together with a parish hall between 1954 and 1956, after which the parish was given its current name. The Christ Church is also used for church services by the neighboring Upper Church Council of the Evangelical Church in Württemberg.
Through the announcement of the Oberkirchenrat on January 7, 1957, there was a change of area between the Christ and the Ludwig Hofacker parishes. Through the announcement of October 11, 1960, there was a further change of area in the area of Gerokstrasse, Wagenburgstrasse and Am Hohengehren between the Peace and Christ Church Congregation in Stuttgart in favor of the Christ Church Congregation.
Evang. Christ Church Stuttgart-East
Evang. Christ Church Stuttgart-East
Evang. Christ Church Stuttgart-East
Evang. Christ Church Stuttgart-East
Friedenskirchengemeinde Stuttgart
The Friedenskirchengemeinde Stuttgart (approx. 1,850) comprises parts of the Stuttgart-Mitte district . The area originally belonged to the Stiftsgemeinde and was separated as an independent parish soon after the Friedenskirche was built in 1890-92. The church was built in the neo-Romanesque style by the architect Dollinger. In 1944 it burned down except for the tower. In 1966 a new ship was added as a modern concrete structure.
When the consistory was announced on March 24, 1914, the new Heilandskirchengemeinde was formed from parts of the peace parish of Stuttgart.
Through the announcement of the Oberkirchenrat on October 11, 1960, there was a change of area in the area of Gerokstrasse, Wagenburgstrasse and Am Hohengehren between the Peace and Christ Church Congregation in Stuttgart in favor of the Christ Church Congregation.
Evang. Friedenskirche Stuttgart
Evang. Friedenskirche Stuttgart
Memorial and Rosenberg Church Community of Stuttgart
The Gedächtnis- und Rosenbergkirchengemeinde Stuttgart (approx. 4,100) comprises parts of the Stuttgart-West district . The parish was formed with effect from November 11, 2001 by merging the previously independent memorial parish with the Rosenberg parish. Both parishes came into being at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century, when new church buildings and parishes were established for the growing Stuttgart population.
The Memorial Church was built in 1896–1899 as a hall church with a gently sloping gable roof by the architect Robert von Reinhardt . It was a foundation of the Kommerzienrat Julius von Jobst for his wife Mathilde. It was destroyed in the Second World War and rebuilt in a modified form between 1954 and 1957. The old church tower was encased in a new clinker brick facade. Since 1970 the memorial parish has been the seat of the Stuttgart city dean.
In 1959 there was an exchange of territory between the Rosenberg and the Gedächtniskirchengemeinde. In 1959 there was a further change in the area of the Paulus church congregation in favor of the Rosenberg church congregation.
The Rosenberg congregation has its origins in a simple "traveling church" that was built in 1908 for the congregation in the west of Stuttgart and for which a separate parish office was established by the consistory of 23 June 1908. By further announcement of June 30, 1910, the independent Rosenberg parish was then formed by separating from the Johannes parish. The traveling church served the congregation, which grew to 8,000 members, for almost four decades until it was destroyed by bombs in 1943. The services then took place in the neighboring parish hall and finally in private apartments. It was not until 1956 that the congregation was able to inaugurate its new Rosenberg Church. The bell tower is right on the road a little away from the nave of the church. As the number of parishes decreased significantly, the Rosenberg parish as well as the neighboring memorial parish were dissolved with effect from November 11, 2001. The new Gedächtnis- und Rosenbergkirchengemeinde was formed from both areas.
Evang. Stuttgart-West Memorial Church
Evang. Gedächtniskirche Stuttgart-West - tower
Evang. Rosenbergkirche Stuttgart-West - tower
Evang. Rosenberg Church Stuttgart-West
Evang. Haigstkirche Stuttgart-Degerloch
Evang. Haigstkirche Stuttgart-Degerloch
Hospital parish of Stuttgart
The Stuttgart hospital parish (approx. 790) comprises parts of the Stuttgart-Mitte district. The Hospital Church is one of the oldest churches in the city center. It was built from 1471 to 1493 for a Dominican monastery under the direction of Aberlin Jörg. The tower was only added in 1730. The monastery had been converted into a hospital since the Reformation. It was not until the beginning of the 19th century that the Hospital Church, next to the collegiate church and together with the Leonhard Church, became the parish church for part of today's inner city and the seat of the Stuttgart city dean. In 1944 the church was totally destroyed by a bomb. The tower and choir were rebuilt from 1951 to 1960. In 1945, however, the seat of the deanery was moved to the Leonhardskirche. The Hospital Church is the administrative center of the Evangelical General Church Community in Stuttgart. The regional synod of the Evangelical Church in Württemberg meets regularly in the associated hospital courtyard.
Through the announcement of the Oberkirchenrat on January 22, 1931, the garrison parish of Stuttgart was formed as a further parish within the total parish of Stuttgart after the Ministry of Culture recognized the new parish as a public corporation in a letter of January 19, 1931. As the pastorate of the new parish, she was assigned the 4th city parish at the hospital parish. The garrison church built at the end of the 19th century served as the parish church. This was destroyed in World War II and not rebuilt. Therefore, through the announcement of the upper church council on March 7, 1947, the garrison parish of Stuttgart was abolished and incorporated into the hospital parish of Stuttgart. At the same time, various border shifts were made in the entire parish of Stuttgart.
Hospital Church Stuttgart
Evang. Hospital Church Stuttgart
Evang. Hospital Church - tower
Reformation monument in front of the Evang. Hospital Church
Leonhard Church Community Stuttgart
The Leonhardskirchengemeinde Stuttgart (approx. 1,520) comprises parts of the Stuttgart-Mitte district. The Leonhardskirche is the second oldest church in the city after the collegiate church. It was built in 1337 as a field chapel for St. Leonhard at the gates of the city and was replaced by a single-nave church around 1408, from which the current three-aisled church emerged from 1463–1466. In the 19th century the Leonhardskirche became the seat of the dean for the Stuttgart District Office, until it was moved to Plieningen in 1919 and to Degerloch in 1938. After being destroyed in 1944, Leonhard's Church was rebuilt in a simplified manner from 1948 to 1954. In the meantime it had become the seat of the city dean's office after the hospital church had been completely destroyed. The social project Vesperkirche Stuttgart has been carried out at the Leonhardskirche since 1995 .
In 1932 another church, the Ludwig-Hofacker-Kirche, was built in the area of the Leonhardskirche and in 1937 a separate parish was established there.
Evang. Leonhardskirche Stuttgart
Evang. Leonhardskirche Stuttgart
Ludwig Hofacker parish in Stuttgart
The Ludwig Hofacker parish of Stuttgart (approx. 1,190) comprises parts of the Stuttgart-Mitte district. Another church was built in 1932 in the area originally belonging to the Leonhard Church parish. Through the announcement of the Upper Church Council on May 11, 1937, the independent Ludwig Hofacker parish was established at this church as a further parish of the total parish of Stuttgart after the Ministry of Culture recognized the new parish as a corporation under public law in a letter of April 28, 1937.
The Ludwig Hofacker Church was destroyed in World War II. Today's Hofacker Church was built in 1950 as an emergency church by Otto Bartning . The parish, shaped by Pietism, feels obliged to the legacy of the revival preacher Ludwig Hofacker (1798 to 1828), whose name it bears.
Through the announcement of the Oberkirchenrat on January 7, 1957, there was a change of area between the Christ and the Ludwig Hofacker parishes.
Evang. Ludwig Hofacker Church Stuttgart
Evang. Ludwig Hofacker Church Stuttgart
Parish of Markus-Haigst Stuttgart
The parish of Markus-Haigst Stuttgart (approx. 4,050) comprises parts of the Stuttgart-Süd and Degerloch districts. The Markuskirche was built in 1907 under the architect Heinrich Dolmetsch . It is one of the first churches in the world to be made entirely of reinforced concrete.
Since the church remained almost undamaged during the Second World War, it briefly moved into the focus of the world public in 1945 when an evening service was celebrated there on October 17th and the “ Stuttgart Confession of Guilt ” was formulated there one day later .
Through the announcement of the Upper Church Council on May 31, 1951, parts of the area of the Markus church parish were separated and merged with other parts of the St. Matthew parish to form the new Haigst church parish of Stuttgart within the total parish of Stuttgart. With the announcement of the Oberkirchenrat on December 2, 1975, the boundaries between the Stuttgart Haigstkirchengemeinde and the Stuttgart Markuskirchengemeinde were redefined and with effect from May 15, 1996 further parts of the Stuttgart Markuskirchengemeinde were reclassified into the Stuttgart Haigstkirchengemeinde. The Haigstkirche parish was re-affiliated to the Markus parish on January 1, 2019.
The former Haigstkirchen community of Stuttgart includes the district of the same name within the Degerloch district. The area lies along the Alte Weinsteige on the border with Stuttgart-Süd. The Protestant population of this district initially belonged to the Matthäus and Markus church parishes. The new Haigstkirche parish was part of the total parish of Stuttgart. Two years after its foundation, the parish also built its own church.
By the announcement of the upper church council of May 13th, 1968 there was a change of area of the Matthäuskirchengemeinde in favor of the Haigstkirchengemeinde.
Evang. Haigstkirche Stuttgart-Degerloch
Evang. Haigstkirche Stuttgart-Degerloch
Petruskirchengemeinde Stuttgart-Gablenberg
The Petruskirchengemeinde Stuttgart-Gablenberg (approx. 3,100) comprises the district of the same name within the Stuttgart-East district. The hamlet of Gablenberg, which always belongs to Stuttgart, got a small church in the 18th century, at which a parish of its own was built in 1853. As the church was soon too small, it was demolished and from 1900 to 1902 replaced by a new building in the neo-Gothic style, which was named Petruskirche. The special thing about the church is that the worship room is on the upper floor. The parish was initially only called "Gable Mountain Parish". With effect from December 6, 1993 it was renamed “Petruskirchengemeinde Stuttgart-Gablenberg”.
Evang. Petruskirche Stuttgart-Gablenberg
Evang. Petruskirche Stuttgart-Gablenberg
Evang. Petruskirche Stuttgart-Gablenberg
Evang. Petruskirche Stuttgart-Gablenberg
Evang. Petruskirche Stuttgart-Gablenberg - seen from the cemetery
Stuttgart-Gablenberg Protestant Petruskirche (renovated 2017)
Stuttgart-Gablenberg Protestant Petruskirche (renovated 2017)
Stuttgart-Gablenberg Protestant Petruskirche (renovated 2017) - view from Gablenberger Hauptstrasse
Stuttgart-Gablenberg Protestant Petruskirche (renovated 2017) - view from Gablenberger Hauptstrasse
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Stiftskirchengemeinde Stuttgart
The collegiate church of Stuttgart (approx. 700) comprises the inner core city of Stuttgart in the Stuttgart-Mitte district. The collegiate church is the oldest church in downtown Stuttgart and the main church of the Evangelical Regional Church in Württemberg, where the first Evangelical sermon in Württemberg was given on May 16, 1534, thus introducing the Reformation. The collegiate church was the only parish church in the city for many centuries. It was not until the 19th century that the Leonhard Church and the Hospital Church were elevated to parish churches. As a result of heavy immigration, further parishes and parishes emerged in Stuttgart from the end of the 19th century. As there are fewer and fewer apartments to be found in the city center, today's collegiate community is one of the smallest Protestant parishes in the city. As a city church, however, it has a major task in the city center that extends beyond its parish. The collegiate community occasionally uses the castle church in the old castle for various events.
Parish of Stuttgart-Heslach
The parish of Stuttgart-Heslach (approx. 4,190) was created on January 1, 2006 through the merger of the previously independent Matthäuskirche parish with the Kreuzkirche parish. It is located in the Stuttgart-Süd district.
The hamlet of Heslach, which always belongs to Stuttgart, had a chapel in the 15th century, which was replaced in 1503 by a new building "Our Lady" due to its dilapidation. However, this pilgrimage church did not survive the Reformation, it was canceled in 1542. In 1548 a new church was finally built on Bihlplatz, not far from today's Kreuzkirche. The associated parish was initially looked after by the pastor in Botnang, and from 1751 by the pastor of the Stuttgart garrison church (which no longer exists). In 1826 a parish of its own was established in Heslach. In the 19th century, the district of Heslach (referred to as "Karlsvorstadt" from 1889), so that the church became too small. Therefore, a new church, the Matthäuskirche, was built in 1881 on Möhringer Straße, at today's Erwin-Schoettle-Platz, and the old Heslacher church (again) demolished. But soon this church was no longer sufficient. Thus, in 1908, not far from today's Kreuzkirche, an emergency church, the so-called (old) Kreuzkirche, was built and soon afterwards a separate pastoral care district of the St. When the consistory was announced on June 26, 1913, this pastoral care district of the Matthäuskirche parish was formed into the new Kreuzkirche parish as a further parish of the total parish of Stuttgart. The Kreuzkirche parish had to wait until 1931 for a new Kreuzkirche to be built.
Through the announcement of the Oberkirchenrat on May 31, 1951, parts of the area of the Matthäuskirchengemeinde were separated and merged with other parts of the Markuskirchengemeinde to form the new Haigstkirchengemeinde Stuttgart within the overall church community of Stuttgart. Through the announcement of the Oberkirchenrat on May 13, 1968, there was a (further) change in the area of the Matthäuskirchengemeinde in favor of the Haigstkirchengemeinde. In return, the St. Matthew parish received some areas of the St. John parish.
As a result of the decline in the number of parishioners, the two previous parishes in Heslach, the Matthäus and Kreuzkirchengemeinde, united on January 1, 2006 to form today's Evangelical Parish in Stuttgart-Heslach.
Evang. Matthäuskirche Stuttgart-Süd (Heslach)
Evang. Matthäuskirche Stuttgart-Süd (Heslach)
Evang. Kreuzkirche Stuttgart-Süd (Heslach)
Parish of Stuttgart-Nord
The parish of Stuttgart-Nord (approx. 5,260) was created on January 1, 1997 through the merger of the previously independent Martinskirchen parish with the Erlöserkirchengemeinde and the Brenz parish. It is located in the Stuttgart-Nord district of the same name .
The Martinskirchengemeinde was founded in 1887 when the urban area of Stuttgart expanded northwards in the 19th century. In 1889 the community received a chapel and in 1937 its current church at the Prague cemetery.
In 1908 the Erlöserkirche was built on Birkenwaldstrasse and by the announcement of the consistory of June 30, 1910, the independent Erlöserkirgemeinde was formed there by separating it from the Martinsgemeinde.
As the third parish of today's "Northern Parish", the Oberkirchenrat announced on January 22, 1931, under the name Parish on the Weißenhof, a further parish within the total parish of Stuttgart, after the Ministry of Culture, in a letter of January 19, 1931, established the new parish as a corporation of had recognized public law. The church named after Johannes Brenz was built there at that time . Later the parish was renamed accordingly in Brenzkirchengemeinde. In 1970 the Brenz parish built a second church, the Christophkirche.
By announcement of March 28, 1934, there was a change in the area of the former Feuerbach parish in favor of the Brenz parish in the area of Sonnenbergwerg, Falkenrain, Steinberg and Stuttgarter Weg. In 1959 there was a change in the area of the then Martinskirchen parish with the parish of Stuttgart-Feuerbach. In addition, the new building areas Tobel, Fleckenweinberg and Falkenrain were assigned to the former Brenzkirche parish by the notice of the Upper Church Council on June 23, 1959.
In the 1990s the number of parishioners in all three parishes became smaller and smaller, so that in 1997 they merged to form the Evangelical Parish of Stuttgart-Nord with four preaching positions.
Evang. Martinskirche Stuttgart-Nord
Evang. Brenzkirche Stuttgart-Nord
Evang. Christophkirche Stuttgart-Nord
Evang. Christophkirche Stuttgart-Nord - tower
Evang. Erlöserkirche Stuttgart-Nord
Parish of Stuttgart-Ost
The parish of Stuttgart-Ost (approx. 4,120) was created on January 1, 2018 through the merger of the previously independent parishes of Gaisburg as well as the Lukas and Lutherhaus parishes.
It essentially comprises the districts of Gaisburg and Ostheim (Stuttgart) within the Stuttgart-Ost district.
In Gaisburg, monks of the Hirsau monastery near Calw are said to have operated a vineyard from 1140 and also preached in a chapel. The chapel, consecrated to St. Barbara, was replaced in 1584 by a larger building, which determined the church life of the village for centuries. When Gaisburg's population grew rapidly in the 19th century, the church became too small. In the years 1910–13, the Gaisburg church was built by the architect Martin Elsaesser in a mixture of Art Nouveau, Neoclassicism and Neo-Baroque. In 1913 the church received an organ from the Weigle company . After being destroyed in the Second World War, the church was rebuilt. The Gaisburg parish has been part of the Stuttgart parish since 1903.
The Lukaskirche with a 61 m high tower was built in 1899 for the newly created Ostheim district and its own community was founded. The church burned down in World War II, but was repaired afterwards. A parish hall was built in 1938 on Schwarenbergstrasse and has since been privatized in 2014. A new parish hall was built for this on the west side of the Lukas Church.
The Raitelsbergsiedlung was built in the 1920s. In 1928 its own church, the Lutherhauskirche, was built there as a so-called reform church, that is, the church hall, parish rooms, kindergarten and apartments are united under one roof. It is a well-preserved example of the architecture of the “Stuttgart School” with expressionist elements. The church hall was given up in 2009 and the entire building was converted into residential property. The kindergarten and the Luther room remain for the community as community space.
Evang. Stuttgart-Gaisburg Church
Evang. Stuttgart-Gaisburg Church - interior view
Evang. Lukas Church Stuttgart-East
Evang. Lutherhauskirche Stuttgart-Ost
Thomaskirchengemeinde Kaltental
The Thomaskirchengemeinde Kaltental (approx. 2,550) comprises the Kaltental district within the Stuttgart-Süd district and the Dachswald residential area within the Vaihingen district.
The place Kaltental has always belonged to Vaihingen. In 1887, however, a separate prayer room was built and in 1889 the place received a parish administration and in 1899 its own pastor. In 1930, the St. Thomas Church Kaltental was built, which was partially destroyed in the Second World War, but was rebuilt in 1950. As a second sermon point, a separate church, the Dachswaldkirche, was built in 1969 for the neighboring Dachswald settlement. At that time, the inhabitants of part of Dachswald still belonged to the Stuttgart-Vaihingen parish, especially since politically they still belong to the Vaihingen district. However, part of the Dachswaldsiedlung had already been released by the Stuttgart-Vaihingen parish on March 18, 1949 and assigned to the Kaltental parish of St. Thomas. With effect from December 5, 1971, the remaining part of the Dachswald was also detached from the parish of Stuttgart-Vaihingen and assigned to the St. Thomas parish of Kaltental. The residents also changed the church district, from Degerloch to Stuttgart.
Until 1939 the parish of Kaltental belonged to the parish of Plieningen and Degerloch. With effect from April 1, 1939, it was reclassified to the Stuttgart church district.
Evang. Thomaskirche Stuttgart-Kaltental
Evang. Thomaskirche Stuttgart-Kaltental
Evang. Thomaskirche Stuttgart-Kaltental
Evang. Dachswald Church in Stuttgart-Vaihingen
Waldkirchengemeinde Stuttgart
The forest church community of Stuttgart (approx. 1,340) comprises parts of the Stuttgart-North district. The parishioners originally belonging to the Gedächtniskirchengemeinde Stuttgart in the district of the Waldkirche am Kräherwald, which was expanded in 1928 as an excursion and wedding church and an extension in 1959, were merged into the independent Waldkirchengemeinde Stuttgart with effect from April 1, 1961. The new forest parish Stuttgart became a further parish of the total parish of Stuttgart.
Parish of Stuttgart-West
The parish of Stuttgart-West (approx. 8,550) was changed from the previous parishes of Johanneskirchen, Paul-Gerhardt, from the previous parishes of the previous Stuttgart parishes, by order of the upper church council of April 17, 2019 and recognition of the Baden-Württemberg Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport with effect from December 1, 2019 -Church congregation and the Paulus church congregation formed.
The Johanneskirchengemeinde Stuttgart comprises parts of the Stuttgart-West district. For the rapidly growing number of Evangelicals in Stuttgart, the three Protestant churches in the city of Stuttgart (Stifts, Hospital and Leonhardskirche) that existed in the 19th century were no longer sufficient. Thus, on the Feuersee in the west of the city, the Johanneskirche was built in neo-Gothic style between 1864 and 1876 according to plans by Christian Friedrich von Leins. When the consistory was announced on June 30, 1910, the independent Rosenberg parish was formed by separating a sub-area of the Johannes church parish.
In the Second World War, the Johanneskirche was partially destroyed, but rebuilt, whereby the spire was no longer put on.
Through the announcement of the Oberkirchenrat on May 13, 1968, there was a change in the area of the Johanneskirche congregation in favor of the neighboring St.Matthew Church.
Evang. Johanneskirche Stuttgart at the Feuersee
Evang. Johanneskirche Stuttgart with fountain in the Feuersee
Evang. Johanneskirche Stuttgart at the Feuersee
Evang. Johanneskirche Stuttgart, seen from Johannesstrasse
For the rapidly growing West part of the city, the Pauluskirche was built in the neo-Gothic style from 1896 to 1898 and its own parish was established. The church was destroyed during World War II. After the war, the Paulus community initially found a place to stay in an emergency church on Leipziger Platz. In 1961 the new Pauluskirche was inaugurated. It has a 46 m high tower. The former Paulus Emergency Church has since been handed over to the Greek Orthodox community.
In 1959 there was a change in the area of the Paulus church in favor of the neighboring Rosenberg church.
Evang. Pauluskirche Stuttgart-West
Evang. Pauluskirche Stuttgart-West - tower
Evang. Pauluskirche Stuttgart-West - tower
The new Paul-Gerhardt-Kirchengemeinde (Paul-Gerhardt-Kirchengemeinde) was formed from a sub-area of the Pauluskirchengemeinde as a further parish of the total church community of Stuttgart through the announcement of the upper church council of September 1st, 1926. and in 1926 a modest church was built not far from Vogelsang, which was named Paul-Gerhardt-Kirche . When the Oberkirchenrat was announced on September 1, 1926, the independent Paul Gerhardt parish was formed as a further parish of the total parish of Stuttgart. The associated parish area previously belonged to the Pauluskirche community. In July 1944 the Paul Gerhardt Church was almost completely destroyed. Today's Paul Gerhardt Church was rebuilt in 1951 on the foundations of the old church. The organ was built in 2001 by the organ building company Rensch from Lauffen am Neckar and has 33 stops on 2 manuals.
Evang. Paul-Gerhardt-Church Stuttgart-West
Evang. Paul-Gerhardt-Church Stuttgart-West
Paul Gerhardt Church interior with organ
Parish of Stuttgart-Birkach
The parish of Stuttgart-Birkach (approx. 1,900) includes the city district of the same name (excluding the Schönberg district). Ecclesiastically, Birkach initially belonged to Plieningen. After the Franziska Church was built in 1780, Birkach became an independent parish and in the 19th century Birkach also became its own parish. Riedenberg also belonged to the parish of Birkach until 1947, before it was assigned to the parish of Sillenbuch with effect from April 1, 1947 and raised to its independent branch parish. The parish of Birkach also looked after the parish of Schönberg, which was formed on April 1, 1959, in the district of the same name, before it was assigned to the parish of Asemwald in 1985.
Evang. Franziska Church Stuttgart-Birkach
Evang. Franziska Church Stuttgart-Birkach
Evang. Franziska Church Stuttgart-Birkach
Parish of Stuttgart-Büsnau
The Stuttgart-Büsnau parish (approx. 750) includes the district of the same name within the Vaihingen district. A separate church, the Reconciliation Church, was built in 1957 for the district that had been settled since the 1930s, and the independent parish of Vaihingen-Büsnau was formed by the notice of the Oberkirchenrat on April 10, 1958. The Ministry of Education recognized the new parish with a letter of January 27, 1958 as a public corporation. Previously, the residents belonged to the Stuttgart-Vaihingen parish. The parish of Vaihingen-Büsnau was later renamed Stuttgart-Büsnau.
Evang. Reconciliation Church Stuttgart-Büsnau
Evang. Reconciliation Church Stuttgart-Büsnau
Parish of Stuttgart-Hedelfingen
The parish of Stuttgart-Hedelfingen (approx. 1,600) comprises the district of Hedelfingen . The old village of Hedelfingen has been Protestant since the Reformation. Originally the place belonged to the church of Nellingen. The place has an old church, which was built as a fortified church in the 13th century and is now the oldest building in the Hedelfingen district. In 1449 the church was badly damaged, but rebuilt in 1468. She received her wall paintings, which were whitewashed in the 16th century. Since the church was too small for the growing part of the city, which now belongs to Stuttgart, a new church, the Kreuzkirche, was built by 1930. Today it is one of the few churches that have been preserved in the Bauhaus style.
The Old Church was damaged in World War II and therefore led a shadowy existence for a long time until it was renovated from 1957 to 1959. The old paintings were discovered and exposed. In the late 1990s the church was extensively restored.
By the announcement of the upper church council on August 23, 1979 there was a change of area in the area of Hedelfinger Straße from the parish of Wangen to the parish of Hedelfingen.
Until 1910, Weil, which is now part of the city of Esslingen, also belonged to the parish of Hedelfingen. By the announcement of the consistory of June 8, 1910, this hamlet was reclassified to the parish of Esslingen and assigned to the parish of Mettingen within the overall parish of Esslingen.
Old parish church (cemetery church) in Hedelfingen from the direction of the cemetery.
Old Evang. Stuttgart-Hedelfingen church
Old Evang. Stuttgart-Hedelfingen church
Old Evang. Stuttgart-Hedelfingen church
Old Evang. Stuttgart-Hedelfingen church
Old Evang. Church Stuttgart-Hedelfingen - interior shot
Evang. Kreuzkirche Stuttgart-Hedelfingen
Evang. Kreuzkirche Stuttgart-Hedelfingen - tower
Evang. Kreuzkirche Stuttgart-Hedelfingen
Parish of Stuttgart-Hofen
The parish of Stuttgart-Hofen (approx. 1,300) includes the district of the same name within the Mühlhausen district. Hofen has always been a Catholic. Protestants only moved to Hofen after the Second World War. They were initially looked after by the neighboring parish of Mühlhausen, to which they belonged as a branch parish. The first church services were celebrated in a restaurant. In 1958, the Christ Church was built and through the announcement of the upper church council on July 26, 1962, the branch parish of Stuttgart-Hofen was separated from the mother parish of Mühlhausen and made an independent parish. The Protestant residents of the district of Neugereut, which was settled in 1969, later belonged to this parish, before the independent parish of Stuttgart-Neugereut was established there with effect from January 1, 1974.
In 2001 the area of the parish of Stuttgart-Hofen was enlarged by a small area of the parish of Stuttgart-Neugereut.
Parish of Stuttgart-Mühlhausen
The Stuttgart-Mühlhausen parish (approx. 1,300) comprises the district of the same name within the Mühlhausen district. The local lords of Mühlhausen introduced the Reformation. Parish church was the Walpurgis Church, built in 1488, for centuries. This was destroyed in 1943 and then not rebuilt. A modern community center was later installed or attached to the tower ruins. The St. Vitus Church, also known as the "St. Vitus Chapel" , has served as the parish church since the Second World War . This church, begun in Gothic style from 1380, has been preserved almost unchanged. It is named after the national saint of Bohemia, St. Vitus. The richly decorated church is the most important place of worship in Stuttgart in terms of art history.
After the Second World War, the evangelical residents of the Hofen district also belonged to the Mühlhausen parish before a separate branch parish in Stuttgart-Hofen was formed there, which was raised to an independent parish by the notice of the Oberkirchenrat on July 26, 1962.
Until 1964, the Protestant residents of the newly created Mönchfeld district also belonged to the Mühlhausen parish, before the independent Mönchfeld parish was established there with effect from January 1, 1965.
Evang. St. Vitus Chapel Stuttgart-Mühlhausen
Evang. St. Vitus Chapel Stuttgart-Mühlhausen
Ruin of the Walpurgis Church in Stuttgart-Mühlhausen
Parish of Stuttgart-Münster
The parish of Stuttgart-Münster (approx. 2,000) includes the city district of the same name. Like most of the old parts of Stuttgart, Münster has been a Protestant village since the Reformation. The original village church was the patronage of the Lorch monastery . It was replaced by a new neo-Gothic building in 1889. This was destroyed in 1943. Today's Trinity Church was built elsewhere in 1954/55.
Parish of Stuttgart-Neugereut
The parish of Stuttgart-Neugereut (approx. 2,000) comprises the district of the same name within the Mühlhausen district. The Protestant residents of the Neugereut district, which was settled in 1969, initially belonged to the neighboring Protestant parish of Stuttgart-Hofen. With effect from January 1, 1974, the independent parish of Stuttgart-Neugereut was established for Neugereut. The young parish first celebrated its services in a makeshift building called the “Arche”. In 1980 Neugereut received an ecumenical center together with the Roman Catholic parish. The community cooperates with the neighboring parishes Hofen and Steinhaldenfeld. The musicians of the trombone choir and the flute circle also come from the three district communities.
In 2001 a small area of the parish of Stuttgart-Neugeureut was reclassified into the parish of Stuttgart-Hofen.
Ecumenical Community Center Stuttgart-Neugereut
Ecumenical Community Center Stuttgart-Neugereut
Parish of Stuttgart-Obertürkheim
The Stuttgart-Obertürkheim parish (approx. 1,400) comprises the Obertürkheim district without the Uhlbach district. Like most of the old parts of Stuttgart, Obertürkheim has been a Protestant village since the Reformation. The village church was the St. Petrus Church, built above the village in 1484, which went back to a former pilgrimage church, which was mentioned as early as 1285. The structure of the Petruskirche was changed in 1732 and 1778 . The church was too small for the growing district. Therefore, the St. Andrew's Church was built in 1927 in the valley of the village.
Until 1923 the Esslingen hamlet of Brühl also belonged to the parish of Obertürkheim. With effect from November 1, 1923, Brühl was reclassified to the Mettingen parish. In return, the Obertürkheim parish received the Obertürkheim part from Rüdern, which had previously belonged to the Sulzgries parish in Esslingen.
Evang. Petruskirche Stuttgart-Obertürkheim
Evang. Petruskirche Stuttgart-Obertürkheim
Evang. Petruskirche Stuttgart-Obertürkheim
Evang. Petruskirche Stuttgart-Obertürkheim
Evang. Petruskirche Stuttgart-Obertürkheim
Evang. Andreaskirche Stuttgart-Obertürkheim
Parish of Stuttgart-Rohracker / Frauenkopf
The parish of Stuttgart-Rohracker / Frauenkopf (approx. 1,500) comprises the Rohracker district of the Hedelfingen district and the Frauenkopf district of the Stuttgart-Ost district. Like most of the old parts of Stuttgart, Rohracker has been a Protestant village since the Reformation. The village church is the Bernhardskirche, named after Bernhard von Clairvaux (1090 to 1153), from 1447, which goes back to a chapel from the 14th century and has been rebuilt several times over the course of history. At first the place belonged to Wangen ecclesiastical. Since 1441 there has been a separate parish.
On the Frauenkopf area, which originally belonged to Rohracker, above the village, an independent housing estate was built from 1902, which was incorporated into Stuttgart together with Rohracker from 1937 and then expanded. In 1948 the settlement was separated from Rohracker and incorporated into the Stuttgart-East district. In terms of church, however, the settlement remained with Rohracker and in 1955 got its own Protestant church with a Weigle organ. As early as the beginning of the 16th century, there was a small shepherd's chapel near today's church with the name "Capel to our Lady of the Aich". This is where the name of today's district comes from.
Until 1975 the parish was only called "Kirchengemeinde Rohracker". With effect from September 19, 1975, it was renamed “Church Community Stuttgart-Rohracker / Frauenkopf”.
Until 1931, Sillenbuch also belonged to the Rohracker parish as a suburb. However, when the Oberkirchenrat was announced on November 28, 1931, the independent parish of Sillenbuch was formed.
Evang. Bernhardskirche Stuttgart-Rohracker
Evang. Bernhardskirche Stuttgart-Rohracker
Evang. Bernhardskirche Stuttgart-Rohracker
Evang. Bernhardskirche Stuttgart-Rohracker
Evang. Bernhardskirche Stuttgart-Rohracker
Evang. Church of Stuttgart-Frauenkopf
Evang. Church of Stuttgart-Frauenkopf
Parish of Stuttgart-Sonnenberg
The parish of Stuttgart-Sonnenberg (approx. 2,200) comprises the district of the same name as well as the old and new park and Rosenwiessiedlung housing estates within the Möhringen district. The Sonnenberg district was heavily settled from 1903 and especially since the 1930s. The community members were initially looked after from Möhringen. During the Second World War, an emergency church was built, which was replaced in 1965 by a modern community center with a church with a free-standing tower and kindergarten. As early as the announcement of the Oberkirchenrat on February 13, 1964, the independent parish of Stuttgart-Sonnenberg had been formed from the above-mentioned areas, after the Ministry of Education recognized the new parish as a corporation under public law.
Parish of Stuttgart-Uhlbach
The Stuttgart-Uhlbach parish (approx. 1,500) includes the Uhlbach district of the Obertürkheim district. Like most of the old districts of Stuttgart, Uhlbach has been a Protestant village since the Reformation. The place was ecclesiastically divided. One part belonged as a branch to Cannstatt, the other part to St. Dionysius in Esslingen. The village brook formed the border. The place was ecclesiastically united since 1504. The late Gothic church from 1490 was built using a chapel from 1386 and rebuilt in 1894/95.
Evang. Stuttgart-Uhlbach church
Evang. Stuttgart-Uhlbach church
Parish of Stuttgart-Vaihingen
The parish of Stuttgart-Vaihingen (approx. 8,200) includes the capital of the district of the same name, Vaihingen, without the Dachswald district. Vaihingen belonged to the Katharinenspital Esslingen until 1802. A church has existed there since the 13th century, which was changed or expanded in the 15th and 16th centuries. The nave was rebuilt in the Gothic style in 1860. The church, now known as the town church, is the oldest church in Vaihingen. As a result of the strong growth of the community, more churches and community centers were built. The Dreieinigkeitskirche (1960), the Ostgemeindehaus, the Oberlinhaus and the Ecumenical Center Pfaffenwald were built. However, these preaching positions do not form independent church congregations. However, there are several pastors working in Vaihingen. The parish of Vaihingen is thus one of the largest parishes of the Evangelical Church in Württemberg.
By announcement of the Oberkirchenrat on July 9, 1956, the Ernsthalde area was assigned to the parish of Vaihingen by the parish of Möhringen.
In 1969 a church was built in what was then the residential area of Dachswald. As early as March 18, 1949, part of the Dachswald housing estate had been released from the Stuttgart-Vaihingen parish and assigned to the Kaltental parish of St. Thomas. With effect from December 5, 1971, the remaining part of the Dachswaldsiedlung was assigned to the St. Thomas parish of Kaltental by the Stuttgart-Vaihingen parish. With this, the residents also changed the church district, from Degerloch to Stuttgart.
With effect from December 4, 1977 the parish of Vaihingen received some areas from the Martinskirchengemeinde Möhringen.
Evang. City Church Stuttgart-Vaihingen
Evang. City Church Stuttgart-Vaihingen
Evang. City Church Stuttgart-Vaihingen
Evang. Trinity Church Stuttgart-Vaihingen
Parish of Stuttgart-Wangen
The parish of Stuttgart-Wangen (approx. 2,400) includes the city district of Wangen. Like most of the old parts of Stuttgart, Wangen has been a Protestant village since the Reformation. Presumably there was a church in Wangen that was dedicated to Saint Michael very early on. However, today's church was only built around 1250 as a single-nave choir tower church. It probably served as a fortified church. The sacrament house was built in 1360. In the 17th century the tower and nave were raised, and in the 19th century the nave was widened. In 1903 it was significantly rebuilt.
By the announcement of the upper church council on August 23, 1979 there was a change of area in the area of the Hedelfinger Straße in favor of the parish Hedelfingen. As early as November 22, 1949, an announcement had been made that the area between the Untertürkheim parish and the Wangen parish was settled. At that time the Neckar was defined as the border between the two parishes.
Evang. Michaelskirche Stuttgart-Wangen
Evang. Michaelskirche Stuttgart-Wangen
Evang. Michaelskirche Stuttgart-Wangen
Total parish of Stuttgart-Weilimdorf
The overall Evangelical Church Community of Stuttgart-Weilimdorf (approx. 10,000) includes the district of the same name Weilimdorf with all the associated districts. It came about through the announcement of the Oberkirchenrat on January 17, 1963, when the until then sole parish of Stuttgart-Weilimdorf was initially divided into three parishes, namely Oswaldkirchengemeinde Weilimdorf, Stephanuskirchengemeinde Weilimdorf (with another preaching position in the Hausen district) and Wolfbuschkirchengemeinde Weilimdorf, and these at the same time in the newly formed total church community Stuttgart-Weilimdorf were merged. In a letter dated September 21, 1962, the Ministry of Education recognized the entire Stuttgart-Weilimdorf parish and its particular parishes as corporations under public law. On January 1, 1989, the Dietrich Bonhoeffer parish of Weilimdorf was formed as a further parish by separating from the Oswald parish of Weilimdorf, so that the entire parish of Stuttgart-Weilimdorf has since consisted of four parishes.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer parish Weilimdorf
The Dietrich Bonhoeffer parish Weilimdorf (approx. 2,500) comprises parts of the Weilimdorf district. It was created on January 1, 1989, when it was separated from the Oswald parish Weilimdorf as a further parish of the total parish of Stuttgart-Weilimdorf. As a result of heavy building activity, especially in the Pfaffenäcker residential area, the Oswald parish had become too big. A provisional wooden church was built in 1960, which was named Dietrich Bonhoeffer Church in 1962. Today's community center with kindergarten was only built in 1984.
Oswald church community Weilimdorf
The Oswald church community Weilimdorf (approx. 3,400) comprises the old part of what is now the Weilimdorf district. The old village of Weilimdorf received its church consecrated to Saint Oswald († 642) in 1472. Oswald was King of Norminiaturria, missionary to England and patron of the Guelphs, who in the 12th century also owned properties in Glemsgau . For centuries the Oswaldkirche was the only church in Weilimdorf. Until 1939 the parish Weilimdorf belonged to the church district Leonberg. With effect from April 1, 1939, it was reclassified to the church district of Cannstatt.
In the 20th century the place grew strongly. This is how the three other churches came into being. Today's Oswald parish Weilimdorf was formed by the announcement of the Oberkirchenrat on January 17, 1963, when the previously sole parish of Stuttgart-Weilimdorf was divided into three parishes at that time and these were at the same time merged into the newly formed overall parish of Weilimdorf.
Until 1955, the Protestant regional church residents of the neighboring community of Korntal, i.e. all those who did not belong to the Evangelical Brethren Community of Korntal, also belonged to the Weilimdorf parish. However, through the announcement of the Upper Church Council on March 23, 1955, an independent parish was established in Korntal after the Ministry of Education recognized the new parish as a public corporation in a letter of March 17, 1955.
Evang. Oswaldkirche Stuttgart-Weilimdorf
Evang. Oswaldkirche and old town hall in Stuttgart-Weilimdorf
Evang. Oswaldkirche Stuttgart-Weilimdorf
Evang. Oswaldkirche Stuttgart-Weilimdorf
Evang. Oswaldkirche Stuttgart-Weilimdorf
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Stephanuskirchengemeinde Weilimdorf
The Stephanuskirchengemeinde Weilimdorf (approx. 2,900) comprises the districts Bergheim, Giebel and Hausen within the Weilimdorf district. After the old Oswald Church and the Wolfbusch Church built in 1938, a third church, the Stephanuskirche, was built in the Giebel district for the rapidly growing Protestant parish of Weilimdorf. On January 17, 1963, by the announcement of the upper church council, today's Stephanus church parish Weilimdorf was formed when the previously sole parish of Stuttgart-Weilimdorf was divided into three parishes.
Later, another wooden church was built in the Hausen district, the Jakobuskirche, in which (mostly early) services were also held regularly. The wooden church was demolished and a small parish hall was consecrated in its place on March 20, 2004. On the second and fourth Sunday of the month there is an evangelical service at 9:30 a.m. Since the Hausen district is growing, this parish hall is also used ecumenically.
Evang. Stephanuskirche in Stuttgart gable
Evang. Stephanuskirche Stuttgart gable
Evang. Stephanuskirche Stuttgart gable
Wolfbusch parish Weilimdorf
The Wolfbusch parish Weilimdorf (approx. 1,200) comprises the Wolfbusch district within the Weilimdorf district. The Wolfbusch district was created between 1933 and 1938 and was given its own church as early as 1938, the Wolfbusch Church with a kindergarten, at which its own pastor served. The Protestant population, however, belonged to the Weilimdorf parish. After the Second World War, the damaged church was rebuilt. The current Wolfbusch parish Weilimdorf was then formed by the announcement of the Oberkirchenrat on January 17, 1963, when the previously sole parish of Stuttgart-Weilimdorf was divided into three parishes. As the population continued to grow, a separate parish hall was built in 1969.
Evang. Wolfbusch Church Stuttgart-Wolfbusch
Evang. Wolfbusch Church Stuttgart-Wolfbusch
Evang. Wolfbusch Church Stuttgart-Wolfbusch
Parish of Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen
The parish of Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen (approx. 6,000) comprises the main town of the Zuffenhausen district. The current parish was formed with effect from November 11, 2001. At that time, the three previously independent parishes, the Johannes parish in Zuffenhausen, the Michael parish in Zuffenhausen and the Paul parish in Zuffenhausen, were dissolved and the new parish in Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen was formed from their parishes. Therefore there are still three churches today. Until the merger of the three parishes, these formed the entire parish of Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen, which was established by the Upper Church Council on October 23, 1953. This was established when the until then sole parish of Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen was divided into the three parishes of the Paulus parish in Zuffenhausen, Johannes parish in Zuffenhausen and parish in red. In a letter dated October 6, 1953, the Ministry of Education recognized the entire Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen parish and its particular parishes as corporations under public law. By an announcement of January 11, 1960, the 3rd pastoral care district of the Paulus church community in Zuffenhausen was raised to an independent Michael church community in Zuffenhausen, so that the entire church community of Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen consisted of four parishes. The Ministry of Culture had also recognized the Michaelskirchengemeinde as a corporation under public law in a letter dated October 15, 1959. By further announcement on April 23, 1969, the parish in red was finally detached from the association of the general parish in Zuffenhausen and raised to an independent parish, so that the general parish of Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen consisted of three parishes until its dissolution in 2001.
By order of the upper church council of November 7, 2002, an area in the north of the parish of Zuffenhausen, namely the streets "Im Grasgarten", "In den Hochwiesen", "Im Gütle" and "Im Wiesert" was detached from this parish and incorporated into the parish of Stammheim . With effect from January 12, 2007, there was another small correction of the boundary in Stammheimer Strasse to the neighboring parish of Stammheim.
The Johanneskirche is the oldest church in Zuffenhausen. It was built around 1270 in the early Gothic style and was originally dedicated to Saint Hippolytus. It has been the parish church of the village of Zuffenhausen since the Reformation. It was rebuilt after being damaged in the Thirty Years' War. In 1718, the church in Zuffenhausen became part of the newly formed dean's office in Ludwigsburg. At the end of the 19th century, Zuffenhausen grew rapidly so that the church became too small. In 1903, a new, larger church was built not far from the old church, which was named Pauluskirche . The old church was renamed Johanniskirche, from which the current name “Johanneskirche” emerged later. In 1931 Zuffenhausen was incorporated into Stuttgart. With effect from April 1, 1939, the Zuffenhausen parish also moved with its two churches from the Ludwigsburg parish to the Cannstatt parish. Both churches burned down in 1944 and were rebuilt in different forms in 1951–56. 1951 there was an exchange of territory between the parish of Zuffenhausen and the neighboring parish of Feuerbach. In 1953, the two independent parishes Pauluskirchengemeinde and Johanneskirchengemeinde were established from the parish of Zuffenhausen within the also newly formed general parish of Zuffenhausen, and in 1965 the Johanneskirche became the seat of the newly formed church district of Zuffenhausen. In 1977/78 the parish hall "Johanneshof" was added to the Johanneskirche.
By order of the upper church council of August 4, 1976, there was a change of area in the area of the then Paulus church community in Zuffenhausen to the church community in Rot (Mönchsberg- and Markelsheimer Strasse). Another small area change in the area of the Pauluskirchengemeinde in favor of the parish in red was made by the Oberkirchenrat on March 30, 1981. With effect from July 5, 1999, the residential area or today's district "Im Raiser" of the Pauluskirchengemeinde was also separated and affiliated to the parish in red.
In addition to the Johannes and Pauluskirche, another church, the Michaelskirche, was built in the neighboring district of Neuwirtshaus in 1938 and in 1959 the independent Michaelskirchengemeinde was formed within the overall parish of Zuffenhausen. In the east of the parish district belonging to Michaelskirche, the Johann-Albrecht-Bengel-Haus was finally built in 1955 as another preaching place with a kindergarten. However, due to the declining number of parishioners, this church building was no longer needed at the end of the 1990s. The simple church with roof turret was therefore sold in 2004 to the Romanian Orthodox parish of Jesus Christ's Birth in Stuttgart, which converted it into an Orthodox church and also added a tower.
Evang. Johanneskirche Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen
Evang. Johanneskirche Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen - view from the southwest
Evang. Pauluskirche Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen
Evang. Pauluskirche Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen
Evang. Pauluskirche Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen - tower
Evang. Pauluskirche Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen
Evang. Michaelskirche in Neuwirtshaus
Entire parish of Untertürkheim
The overall parish of Untertürkheim comprises the district of Untertürkheim of the city of Stuttgart. It was formed by the announcement of the Oberkirchenrat on April 8, 1959, when the until then sole parish of Untertürkheim was initially divided into three parishes, namely the town parish of Untertürkheim, the garden town parish of Untertürkheim and the parish of the parish hall, and these were combined into the newly formed overall parish of Untertürkheim. In a letter dated January 31, 1959, the Ministry of Education recognized the Untertürkheim parish as a whole and its particular parishes as corporations under public law. The parish at the parish hall was renamed "Wallmerkirchengemeinde Untertürkheim" in 1975. The town parish and the Wallmer parish merged in 2001 to form the town and Wallmer parish of Untertürkheim, so that initially there were only two parishes within the overall parish of Untertürkheim. On January 1, 2007, however, the parish of Stuttgart-Rotenberg was accepted as the third parish in the union of the overall parish of Untertürkheim.
Garden city parish of Untertürkheim
The garden city parish of Untertürkheim comprises the Luginsland district of the Untertürkheim district. The Luginsland settlement began in 1911. Soon afterwards, the first services were held in the hall of the toddler school. A separate church was built in 1931, which was badly destroyed in 1942 and 1943, but then rebuilt. However, it was soon too small for the growing settlement. In 1969, today's Garden City Church was built as a massive concrete building. The independent garden town parish of Untertürkheim was formed in 1959 when the parish of Untertürkheim was divided into three parishes at that time.
Old Protestant Garden City Church Stuttgart-Untertürkheim
Old Protestant Garden City Church Stuttgart-Untertürkheim
New Evang. Garden City Church Stuttgart-Untertürkheim
New Protestant Garden City Church Stuttgart-Untertürkheim
City and Wallmer parish of Untertürkheim
The town and Wallmer parish of Untertürkheim comprises the core of the Untertürkheim district , i.e. the districts of Untertürkheim, Benzviertel, Bruckwiesen, Flohberg, Gehrenwald and Lindenschulviertel. Like most of the old parts of Stuttgart, Untertürkheim has also been a Protestant village since the Reformation. In church terms, the place was initially a branch of Cannstatt. In the 15th century the place got its own pastor. The church, consecrated to St. Germanus, was built in 1493/94 and rebuilt in Gothic style in 1478. The church is named after the Parisian bishop St. Germain, who had a "branch office" set up in Untertürkheim. The church was destroyed in 1634 and rebuilt in 1654–56. In the middle of the 18th and the beginning of the 19th century, the church had to be renovated due to dilapidation, and the choir was replaced by a rectangular extension. The church, now known as the Stadtkirche St. Germanus, was renovated and rebuilt in the 1970s. She received a new wall design with 36 linocuts for the Old Testament Joseph story from HAP Grieshaber .
In 1954, a community hall was built for a residential area that was created in the 1950s. The independent "parish at the parish hall" was formed on this in 1959, when the former parish of Untertürkheim was divided into three parishes. At that time the town parish of Untertürkheim was established. Through the announcement of the Oberkirchenrat on February 13, 1964, the area of the parish at the parish hall was expanded to include the residential area "Im Blick" and by order of June 30, 1975 the parish at the parish hall was then renamed "Wallmerkirchengemeinde Untertürkheim". With effect from November 11, 2001, both the Wallmer parish and the town parish of Untertürkheim were dissolved. The town and Wallmer parish of Untertürkheim was newly formed from the areas of both parishes. The Wallmerkirche continues to serve as a preaching point for the new parish.
Through the announcement of the Oberkirchenrat on November 22, 1949, there was an area adjustment between the parish of Untertürkheim and the parish of Wangen. At that time the Neckar was defined as the border between the two parishes.
Evang. City Church of St. Germanus Stuttgart-Untertürkheim
Evang. City Church of St. Germanus Stuttgart-Untertürkheim
Evang. City Church of St. Germanus Stuttgart-Untertürkheim
Evang. Wallmerkirche Stuttgart-Untertürkheim
Evang. Wallmerkirche Stuttgart-Untertürkheim
Parish of Stuttgart-Rotenberg
The parish of Stuttgart-Rotenberg (approx. 440) comprises the Rotenberg district of the Untertürkheim district. The old village of Rotenberg belonged to Untertürkheim until the 17th century and then became an independent municipality. The village had a Lady Chapel built around 1495, which has been evangelical since the Reformation. Since it was too small for the place, today's church was built in the baroque style between 1754 and 1756. Their specialty is their square floor plan. With effect from January 1, 2007, the Stuttgart-Rotenberg parish joined the community of Untertürkheim as the third parish.
Evang. Stuttgart-Rotenberg Church
Evang. Stuttgart-Rotenberg Church
literature
- The Evangelical Württemberg - Its church offices and clergymen from the Reformation to the present. collected and edited by Christian Sigel, pastor in Gebersheim, 1910.
- The state of Baden-Württemberg. Official description by districts and municipalities (in eight volumes); Edited by the Baden-Württemberg State Archives Directorate. Volume III: Stuttgart district - Central Neckar regional association. Stuttgart 1978, ISBN 3-17-004758-2 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Johann Daniel Georg von Memminger: Canstatt and its surroundings. A contribution to history and geography, Stuttgart 1812, also on Google Books
- ↑ Internet presence of the Ev. Stephen parish in Bad Cannstatt
- ↑ Internet presence of the Ev. Rohr-Dürrlewang parish
- ↑ Internet presence of the ev. Paulusgemeinde Stuttgart-West
- ↑ Website of the parish of Obertürkheim
- ↑ Internet presence of the ev. Parish Stuttgart-Vaihingen