Stephanskirche Schweinsberg, Gothic church in Schweinsberg, Germany

Stephanskirche is a church building positioned at the base of Schweinsberg Castle, displaying late Gothic architectural details combined with later modifications. The structure reveals its complex building history through various styles integrated across its interior and exterior.

The church was built in 1506. It burned down in 1633 during the Thirty Years' War and was rebuilt between 1657 and 1664. From 1989 to 2000 it underwent a thorough renovation funded by the Protestant Church of Kurhessen-Waldeck, the town of Stadtallendorf and the state of Hesse.

The church is named after Saint Stephen, shown in the central window with a stone on his forehead, the symbol of his martyrdom; the same window depicts Saint Elisabeth and the miracle of the roses. Five sacrament and reliquary niches of different sizes inside recall the building's Catholic tradition before the Reformation. The oldest of the four bells in the roof turret was cast in 1680.

The church stands in the Schweinsberg district of Stadtallendorf, wedged between the castle to the east and the town to the west, so the nave is nearly square rather than long. A metal fence and a staircase with a handrail lead up to the red-painted west doorway, which is flanked by two small lamps. The higher choir is wider than the central nave and ends in a 5/8 close.

The oldest of the four bells in the squat roof turret was cast in 1680, so it already hung in the rebuilt church. On the exterior wall stands the gravestone of Johann Georg Estor, born in Schweinsberg in 1699, a jurist and genealogist who helped prepare modern heraldry.