Waldensian Church (Palmbach)

The church behind the parish hall with the Waldensian coat of arms

The Waldensian Church is the Protestant church of Palmbach , a district of the city of Karlsruhe in Baden-Württemberg .

The place Palm Bach was in 1701 of 28 Waldensian -families in the district of the then to the duchy Württemberg belonging Grünwettersbach established and after the origin of the settlers, Balme in Savoy been named. The foundation stone of the church was placed a French inscription plaque inside the church, according to July 11 1725th The inauguration took place on September 30th of the same year. This first church building “was a simple half-timbered building with a three-sided choir closure and a high pitched roof . On the ridge there is an octagonal roof turret with a Welscher hood. In 1829 it was replaced by a square ridge turret with a pyramid roof ”.

Today's church was built together with the neighboring rectory in 1906 by church building officer Rudolf Burckhardt from Karlsruhe as a neo-Gothic hall building with a north transept arm and flat closed choir as well as an angled tower in unplastered red sandstone , the interior is covered with a wooden barrel .

Individual evidence

^ Emil Lacroix, Peter Hirschfeld and Wilhelm Paeseler: Die Kunstdenkmäler des Amtsbezirks Karlsruhe Land ( Die Kunstdenkmäler Baden , 9th volume, 5th section). CFMüller, Karlsruhe 1937, p. 175.

Web links

Website of the Evangelical Community of Palmbach-Stupferich

Palmbach cultural and historical Waldensian trail of the city of Karlsruhe, Wettersbach local authority, with information about the Waldensians and the Palmbach Waldensian church

48.945883 8.481906Coordinates: 48 ° 56 '45.2 " N , 8 ° 28' 54.9" E

[1] Emil Lacroix, Peter Hirschfeld and Wilhelm Paeseler: Die Kunstdenkmäler des Amtsbezirks Karlsruhe Land ( Die Kunstdenkmäler Baden , 9th volume, 5th section). CFMüller, Karlsruhe 1937, p. 175.