Evangelische Kirche Mappach, Protestant church in Mappach, Germany

The Evangelical Church Mappach stands in the centre of Mappach, closely surrounded by neighbouring houses. Its nave, rebuilt in 1830 in the Weinbrenner style, has a pitched roof hipped to the west and four narrow round-arched windows on each long side. A massive bell tower with a saddle roof adjoins to the east; its lower storey serves as the choir and is linked to the nave by a triumphal arch. The wall paintings from around 1490 are on the walls of the tower hall and the inner side of the triumphal arch, not on the ceiling.

A church in Mappach is first documented in 874 as "basilica in Madebach"; excavations showed a building already stood in the first half of the 9th century, with a trapezoidal tower and a nave of similar width to the west. In the 14th century a new church with a two-storey tower replaced it. The nave was demolished in 1830 and rebuilt under Johann Georg Köbel in the Weinbrenner style, reopening on 14 August 1831.

The church's name comes from Mappach, first recorded as "Madebach" in 874. A statue of Saint Catherine once stood in a niche on the east wall; it is now kept in the Museum am Burghof in Lörrach. The choir paintings follow the Legenda aurea, showing the legend of Saint Anne and twelve apostles holding scrolls and attributes.

This is an active place of worship, so opening times and visiting conditions are usually tied to services and events. It is worth checking ahead or trying a visit on weekends or during the week when services may be happening.

The organ's case is attributed to Franz Josef Merklin and dates from 1830, but the instrument itself was built in 1911 by Voit & Söhne and renewed in 1972 by Peter Vier. It has nine registers on two manuals and pedal, with mechanical action, and the historic case is protected as a monument.