Bartholomäuskirche Markgröningen, Gothic church in Markgröningen, Germany.

Bartholomäuskirche is a Gothic church in Markgröningen with two distinct towers, each featuring its own spire design. The building rises on an elevated platform above the early medieval village center and serves as a defining landmark for the town.

A Romanesque basilica with a nave nearly the size of today's stood here first; legend credits its founding to Hildegard, wife of Charlemagne (d. 783). The Gothic church was consecrated in 1260, donated by Count Hartmann II of Württemberg and largely completed by his son Hartmann III, whose gravestone of 1280 bears the oldest carved coat of arms of the House of Württemberg. In 1275 a royal army took Grüningen and set the new church on fire; Hartmann III's victory at Brackenheim on 19 October 1277 was celebrated as the revenge of Saint Bartholomew.

The church is dedicated to the apostle Bartholomew, whose symbol appears among the keystones of the late-Gothic choir vault built by Aberlin Jörg between 1469 and 1472. The same series shows the arms of Count Eberhard im Bart and of the town, who shared the building costs with the funds of the saints. The Volland family, wealthy patrons of the nearby Spitalkirche, is absent here.

The church is accessible via steps leading up to its elevated platform, offering visitors a good view of the early medieval village center. The interior can be visited during specific hours, so it is worth checking opening times before your visit.

The 1260 consecration inscription survives as a fragment beside the pulpit. The church also holds the gravestone of Count Hartmann III of Grüningen (died 1280), carved with the house of Württemberg's coat of arms, considered the oldest surviving coat of arms of that dynasty cut in stone.