Simultaneous church (interconfessional church), Vogelbach
The interconfessional church, built in 1131, is only slightly younger than the Speyer Cathedral. It was under the control of the Benedictine monastery of Wörschweiler. In addition to late Romanesque components it also contains Romanesque, Gothic, Baroque and newer style elements. Santiago de Compostela in Spain, the burying place of the apostle James. In the Middle Ages. Pilgrims in a place of rest and medical attention. Since 1986 it has been a "Protected Cultural Assets" according to the Hague Convention.
Information: Tourist office Bruchmühlbach-Miesau, phone: 06372/9220106
Abbey Church (Abbey church), Otterberg
The Abbey church, Otterberg’s landmark built in the Romanesque-Gothic transitional style, has weathered all wars and unrest over the centuries, and is unscathed. The Cistercian monks built the church for their monastery in the 12th and 13th centuries. In its sobriety and ornamental austerity the building with the rules of the Cistercian order. Except for remnants of the chapter house and the abbot’s house, nothing much is left of the monastery.
The abbey church (74 m interior length) is the largest church in the Palatinate after the Speyer Cathedral.
Information: Tourist office Otterbach-Otterberg, phone: 06301/31504
Chapter House, Otterberg
The chapter house is the only fully preserved room of the monastery’s enclosure. It was built in 1185 and is Romanesque in style.
Its windows from the High Gothic Period were installed while the monastery was still in existence. Guided tours available by prior arrangement.
Information: Tourist office Otterbach-Otterberg, phone: 06301/31504
Collegiate church, Kaiserslautern
The collegiate church is located in South-West Germany. Moreover, it is the birth place of the "Palatine Union", for it was here that the Lutherans and Reformed of the Palatinate merged in 1818.
Information: Tourist office Kaiserslautern City, phone: 0631/3652317
Church ruins, Aschbacher Hof
1215 is the first documented mention of this church. In 1560 it became the first Lutheran church in the Palatinate. The steeple is all that remains today.
Information: Tourist office Trippstadt, phone: 06306/341
Protestant town church, Landstuhl
The Neo-Gothic building from the close of the 19th century was donated by donations collected throughout Germany for the oldest reformed parish in the country. The porch is adorned with a red sandstone relief of the Sickingen coat of arms dating back to the 16th century.
Information: Tourist Information Sickingen-Tourism Landstuhl, phone: 06371/1300012
Protestant church, Alsenborn
The Protestant church dates from 1733. Remarkable are its medieval frescoes.
Information: Tourist office Enkenbach-Alsenborn, phone: 06303/913168
Castle Church, Neuhemsbach
The Neuhemsbach castle was built in 1715. The castle followed 25 years later Count Friedrich Ludwig of Sayn-Wittgenstein. During the revolutionary wars the castle was plundered and set on fire in 1795. The church was rebuilt at the beginning of the 19th century.
Information: Tourist office Enkenbach-Alsenborn, phone: 06303/913168
St. Martin’s Church, Kaiserslautern
St. Martin’s Church (today the Catholic parish church) is considered a good example of a medieval begging order’s church.
Constructed at the beginning of the 14th century as a Convent of the Franciscans, it was enlarged in the 15th century. The baroque ceiling dates from the 18th century. Parts of the medieval town
Information: Tourist office Kaiserslautern City, phone: 0631/3652317
Verena chapel ruin, Mittelbrunn
At the edge of the village of Mittelbrunn you can find the ruins of the former village church. Having withstood the Thirty Years’ War, it was used for a service in 1718.
Information: Tourist information Sickingen tourism Landstuhl, phone: 06371/1300012
Monastery church (monastery church), Enkenbach
Romanesque style for a Premonstratensian convent. The monastery was built in the 13th century. Striking is the rich stonemasonry at the portal.
Information: Tourist office Enkenbach-Alsenborn, phone: 06303/913168
Old chapel (Old Chapel), Landstuhl
The official name of the building is "Chapel of the Cross", but it is popularly known as the "Old chapel". It is the Gothic choir of the old medieval parish church of St Andrew, embellished with filigree ornamental frescoes. The nature was torn down at the beginning of the 19th century because of its dilapidated condition.
Information: Tourist information Sickingen tourism Landstuhl, phone: 06371/1300012
Lady Chapel, Landstuhl
In World War II the residents of Landstuhl vowed to build a chapel, if their town would be spared major damage. The chapel was built in the middle of the forest, overlooking the town.
Information: Tourist information Sickingen tourism Landstuhl, phone: 06371/1300012
St. Andrew’s church, Landstuhl
The Baroque town houses the tomb of the Knight Franz von Sickingen. It shows the knight, in a larger-than-life full relief, in poverty and standing on a lion.
Information: Tourist information Sickingen tourism Landstuhl, phone: 06371/1300012
Protestant church, Olsbrücken
The Jewish architect Ludwig Levy built this church in 1884. So he drew the plans for the synagogue in Berlin. The richly ornamented wooden interior with its wide side galleries is reminiscent of Jewish synagogues.
Information: Tourist office Otterbach, phone: 06301/607260
Catholic church, Weilerbach
The medieval Catholic church from the transitional period to the Gothic period, the oldest baptismal font in the Palatine, dating from the 12th century.
Information: Tourist office Weilerbach, phone: 06374/922131
Protestant parish church, Weilerbach
Built in the years 1897/98, this church is one of the largest village churches in the Palatinate.
Information: Tourist office Weilerbach, phone: 06374/922131
Protestant church, Reichenbach-Steegen
The early Gothic ceiling frescoes in the choir vaults date from the 13th century. The steeple is of Roman origin.
Information: Tourist office Weilerbach, phone: 06374/922131
Baroque church, Heiligenmoschel
This church dates from 1749. On the wooden gallery you can find a baroque organ constructed by Philipp Daniel Schmidt of Meisenheim. It was built in 1782 and renovated in 1893. In 1984 the organ retuned in the baroque tone and the rococo carvings restored by hand.
Information: Tourist office Otterberg, phone: 06301/31504
Catholic Church, Otterbach
The Catholic church was completed in 1889. Because of its imposing organ and special acoustics, the church is frequently used for concerts.
Information: Tourist office Otterbach-Otterberg, phone: 06301/31504
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