Of the former Lutheran church building, only part of the entrance is still visible. The sandstone plaque above it indicates that it was built in 1753. After both the Catholic and the Reformed church congregations had their own new place of worship, the six resident Lutheran families joined forces with fellow believers from the Electorate of Mainz on the other side of the Rhine. With the help of a collection, a modest small church was built and used jointly. It was the only church in Frei-Weinheim without a bell. The Lutherans were parishioners of Ober-Ingelheim. After a heavy icefall, the building was already in a very bad condition in 1784. The merger of the Reformed and Lutherans into the Evangelical Christian denomination in 1822 meant the final abandonment of the church.

 


In 1837, the later mayor Nikolaus Schaurer built a two-story residential building incorporating old building fabric. His initials "N Sch" with the year above the door lintel still remind us of this today. His son opened the traditional inn "Zur Pfalz" here.

Die lutherische Kirche Frei-Weinheim
Gebäudeensemble Kirche und Forsthaus