St. Bartholomäus, Lutheran church in Rothenstadt, Germany

St. Bartholomäus is an Evangelical Lutheran parish church in Rothenstadt, a district of Weiden in der Oberpfalz. Its early Gothic hall church was extended westward in 1737, and a stair tower was added to the south wall in 1911. The choir tower at the east end carries an eight-sided bent spire with the clock and a bell frame holding four bells.

The parish was first recorded in 1326 and shifted toward Lutheran teaching in 1522 during the Reformation. This religious change eventually led to the church becoming a shared worship space for two communities.

Known as St. Bartholomäus, the church once welcomed both Protestant and Catholic worshippers within the same walls. This shared religious space left marks on how the building is arranged and used today.

The church stands in Rothenstadt, a district of Weiden in der Oberpfalz, with the chancel tower and its eight-sided spire facing east and the nave extending west. A stair tower was added to the south wall in 1911. The tower's top storey holds the clock and a bell frame with four bells.

The church cemetery was kept strictly divided between Protestant and Catholic sections during the period of shared worship. This physical separation reveals how the two communities maintained distinct identities even in burial practices.