St. Peter and Paul church Oberstaufen, Gothic Revival parish church in Oberstaufen, Germany.
St. Peter and Paul Church in Oberstaufen is a neo-Gothic building erected from 1859 to 1863 to plans by Georg von Stengel, executed by Anton Harrer. It has a single 65-meter tower whose lower walls date from the 13th century, topped by a pointed helm roof. On the facade, architect Anton Harrer placed a large image of Saint Christopher.
A church community in Staufen is recorded from Carolingian times (868). Count Hugo V. von Montfort founded a collegiate foundation with six secular priests in 1328, and the predecessor church was probably built from 1389. After a town fire in 1858, the present building was erected 1859–1863 to plans by Georg von Stengel under Anton Harrer and consecrated in 1865 by Bishop Pankratius von Dinkel. The tower's foundations date from the 13th century.
The parish takes its name from the church's two patrons, Peter and Paul, whose figures stand on the north nave wall. The bronze door handles made by Eva Moshack in 1981 show biblical and contemporary motifs that visitors can examine at the entrance. The church also keeps a Marian devotion scene carved by Ferdinand Preckle around 1863, with Mary and the Christ Child flanked by Saint Ulrich and Saint Magnus, the apostle of the Allgäu.
The 65 m tower with its 13th-century base walls and pointed helm roof is the easiest landmark to orient by when arriving in Oberstaufen. The church stands in the village centre; the entrance door handles are bronze works by Eva Moshack from 1981. The building was restored between 1977 and 1982 and again in 2020 and 2021, so parts may be closed off at times.
The tower's lower walls date from the 13th century, making them older than the 1859–1863 neo-Gothic nave by six centuries. Architect Anton Harrer placed a large figure of Saint Christopher on the facade, and the bronze door handles by Eva Moshack (1981) carry biblical and contemporary motifs.
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