Strength lies in calmness
St. Peter and Paul is a Catholic branch church in Lindenfels in the Bergstraße district of Hesse. Although it was only consecrated in 1745, it is the oldest church in the town.
History
A Catholic community in Lindenfels only formed after the readmission of Catholics in the Electoral Palatinate in 1685. Initially, the Catholics used the castle chapel of Lindenfels Castle, which had been abandoned since the Reformation, before beginning to build their own church from 1727 on a specially fortified plateau at the castle entrance.
The church construction was financed through collections approved by Elector Karl III Philipp, through corvée labor, and fines, and took several years. The shell was completed in 1732, and the church was consecrated in 1745. In 1893, a sacristy was added to the church, and in 1896 the windows were altered. A major renovation took place in 1974.
Source - St. Peter and Paul (Lindenfels) – Wikipedia
Strength lies in calmness
St. Peter and Paul is a Catholic branch church in Lindenfels in the Bergstraße district of Hesse. Although it was only consecrated in 1745, it is the oldest church in the town.
History
A Catholic community in Lindenfels only formed after the readmission of Catholics in the Electoral Palatinate in 1685. Initially, the Catholics used the castle chapel of Lindenfels Castle, which had been abandoned since the Reformation, before beginning to build their own church from 1727 on a specially fortified plateau at the castle entrance.
The church construction was financed through collections approved by Elector Karl III Philipp, through corvée labor, and fines, and took several years. The shell was completed in 1732, and the church was consecrated in 1745. In 1893, a sacristy was added to the church, and in 1896 the windows were altered. A major renovation took place in 1974.
Source - St. Peter and Paul (Lindenfels) – Wikipedia
In der Ruhe liegt die Kraft
St. Peter und Paul ist eine katholische Filialkirche in Lindenfels im Landkreis Bergstraße in Hessen. Obwohl erst 1745 geweiht, ist sie die älteste Kirche der Stadt.
Geschichte
Eine katholische Gemeinde bildete sich in Lindenfels erst nach der Wiederzulassung von Katholiken in der Kurpfalz 1685. Die Katholiken nutzten zunächst die seit der Reformation aufgegebene Burgkapelle der Burg Lindenfels, bevor sie ab 1727 am Aufgang zur Burg auf einem eigens dafür befestigten Plateau eine eigene Kirche zu errichten begannen.
Der Kirchenbau wurde über von Kurfürst Karl III. Philipp genehmigte Kollekten, über Frondienst und über Strafgelder finanziert und zog sich über Jahre. 1732 war der Rohbau fertig, 1745 wurde die Kirche geweiht. 1893 wurde eine Sakristei an die Kirche angebaut, 1896 wurden die Fenster verändert. Eine umfangreiche Renovierung fand 1974 statt.
Quelle - St. Peter und Paul (Lindenfels) – Wikipedia