Evangelical Church, Gothic Revival church in Steinen, Germany.
The Evangelical Church is a Gothic Revival building of rusticated red sandstone blocks, with a rectangular nave under a gabled roof and a three-storey bell tower at the west end. The tower carries two pointed sound openings per side, a clock face, and a bent pyramidal spire. Inside, a flat ceiling covers the nave, with an L-shaped wooden gallery along the west and north walls and a wooden pulpit beside the chancel arch.
A church in Hofen was first proposed in 1877, but construction only ran from 1890 to 1891, after the decision to stop holding services in the Weitenau monastery church. The foundation stone was laid on 15 June 1890 and the church was consecrated in November 1891. It belongs to the Protestant parish of Vorderes Kleines Wiesental.
The church also hosts concerts, a use noted alongside its regular worship. It belongs to the Protestant parish of Vorderes Kleines Wiesental, which connects Hofen with neighbouring places. A memorial plaque for the fallen of the 1870/71 war is set into the north wall.
The church stands on the open Hofener Buck pass at about 427 metres, south of Hofen's entrance, between Schlächtenhaus and Weitenau. It is also used for concerts, so weekday access depends on events; confirm times locally before setting out.
The tower's south side has no clock face, only a circular recess prepared for one that was never fitted. The three bells lost during the Second World War were replaced in 1949. A memorial plaque for the fallen of the 1870/71 war is set into the north wall.
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