Alte Kirche Watzenborn-Steinberg, Romanesque church in Watzenborn-Steinberg, Germany

The Alte Kirche Watzenborn-Steinberg is a stone church with a Romanesque core and a Gothic nave added in 1489. It has rounded arches, thick walls, a slate-covered roof, and a bell tower topped by a ridge turret. The tower houses a bell cast in 1490.

A chapel is documented here in the 13th century; the nave was rebuilt in 1489 in Gothic form. The church was transferred to Protestant use after 1561, when the congregation adopted the Reformation. The medieval core and later furnishings record these successive changes.

The interior displays Protestant features like galleries and pews installed after the denomination shift in 1561. These elements shape the church's appearance today and reflect how faith was practiced here.

The church is located at Zur Aue 34 in Pohlheim and serves today for weddings, funerals, services, and concerts. Municipal management ensures the building remains accessible and properly maintained for various activities.

The 1490 bell was recast or replaced over the centuries, and from 1921 it hung not in the church tower but served Watzenborn's school as a school bell, ringing the start and end of lessons. Its later return to the church links the building to the village's everyday routine, not only to worship.