Bernhardus Church, Parish church in Rastatt, Germany.

Bernhardus Church is the oldest documented parish church in Rastatt, originally serving the village of Rasteten. Its facade is pale yellow with terracotta-orange trim: a central tower with a green pointed spire, louvered arched window, pilaster strips, three tall arched windows and a rectangular door with a dark panel above. Scroll-shaped gables with small orange urns flank the tower, and circular windows sit on the side wings. A high Gothic choir survives from the medieval building, while the rest was partly rebuilt from 1770 in a plain Baroque style.

A church in the village of Rasteten was first documented in 1207, when a restoration was recorded; it was dedicated to St Alexander of Rome and had a High Gothic choir. Badly damaged in the wars of the 17th century, it was only provisionally repaired while the new Alexander Church rose in the baroque planned town. From 1770 it was partly rebuilt in plain baroque style, keeping the tower stump and choir; in 1771 it was dedicated to Margrave Bernhard II of Baden, beatified two years earlier, and served as a cemetery chapel until the mid-19th century.

The church keeps the name of Margrave Bernhard II of Baden, beatified two years before the building was dedicated to him in 1771. Its two bells are named and dated: the Agatha bell was cast in 1936 by the Ernst foundry in Lindau, the second in 2007 in Karlsruhe. Services of the Rastatt Catholic parish continue here.

The church stands in the former village of Rasteten, now part of Rastatt, with its tower set centrally in the entrance facade. Two bells hang in the tower: one cast in 1936 by the Ernst foundry in Lindau, the other made in 2007 at the Karlsruhe bell and art foundry. The building is a Kulturdenkmal, and the 15th-century frescoes inside reward a look.

The church holds 15th-century frescoes that visitors often overlook. Its central facade tower carries two bells: one cast in 1936 by the Ernst foundry of Lindau, 810 mm across, and a 253 kg bell made in 2007 at the Karlsruhe bell and art foundry.