St Barbara, Catholic church in Littenweiler district, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany.
St. Barbara is a Catholic church in the Littenweiler district of Freiburg im Breisgau with a rectangular nave and a recessed choir structure. The facade features two cast metal portals and a large rose window that emphasize the entrance.
An original church stood on Sonnenberg mountain starting in 1449 until it was dismantled in 1862. The stones were then transported by ox carts to construct this building in the new location.
The church's name comes from the original pilgrimage chapel on the Sonnenberg, first documented in 1449. In the Barbara Chapel on the east side stands the Baroque high altar from the old church, with an altarpiece of Barbara's martyrdom made around 1870, flanked by Baroque statues of Barbara and Nicholas. A mosaic added above the passage in 2004 shows Joseph of Nazareth as a carpenter.
St. Barbara lies about 400 m from Littenweiler station on the Höllentalbahn line, where a Frelo bike-share station is also located. The free-standing tower west of the north facade is linked to the church by a covered walkway. The former church on the village square now serves as a civic hall.
The five bronze bells were all cast by the Schilling foundry in Heidelberg: three in 1953, taken over from the old village church, and the two largest in 1959. The tower stands 32 metres high, or 36 metres including its cross.
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