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St. Bernhard, Parish church in Speyer, Germany.

St. Bernhard is a Catholic peace church built in 1953–54 on part of the Old Cemetery at Hirschgraben 3. Its architect Ludwig Ihm combined brick and sandstone in a hall church with a free-standing campanile, unusual in Germany. The tower holds four bells; a small gabled bell frame on the nave roof holds the death bell.

St. Bernhard was built in 1953–54 as a peace church, consecrated on 26 September 1954 by Cardinal Joseph Wendel with German and French bishops. The foundation stone was laid on 23 August 1953 by Apostolic Nuncio Aloysius Muench in the presence of Konrad Adenauer and Robert Schumann. Half the construction cost was raised by collections among French Catholics. It became a parish church until about 1982 and has belonged to the Pax Christi parish since 2016.

The church remains an active gathering place for the local community in Speyer, where people come for regular worship and spiritual events. This ongoing parish life gives the building a living role in the neighborhood rather than serving only as a museum.

Visitors can enter the church during open hours and explore the space at their own pace. Those interested in learning about specific architectural details or the building's features can ask staff or look for posted information.

The free-standing bell tower, unusual for a German church, holds four bells cast in 1954 at the Hamm foundry in Frankenthal; the largest weighs 1,680 kg. The second bell cracked and was recast in 1987 in Karlsruhe. A small open gable frame on the nave roof holds a death bell, now silent.

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