St. Michael, Religious building in Ipsheim, Germany

St. Michael is a church building in Ipsheim constructed with thick stone walls and designed according to traditional architectural principles common in rural Bavarian villages. The structure displays the characteristic features of religious buildings from this region and is protected as a heritage monument.

The chapel probably began as a cemetery chapel in the 11th or 12th century, since swampy valley ground did not permit burials. It is first documented in Lutheran church records in 1533. Lightning caused a fire on 21 March 1687; the rebuilding ran from 1695 to 1702, with the nave finished in 1696 and fittings installed until 1717.

The chapel is also called Bergkirche for its hilltop site above Kaubenheim. Its patron is Michael the Archangel, guardian of the Christian church. Services run from Easter to the Kirchweihe in October, plus Christmas and New Year's Eve; the interior was remodelled in 1862.

The chapel stands on a hill near Kaubenheim, not in Ipsheim's centre; Kaubenheim lies about 1.7 km northwest of Ipsheim via the NEA 35. Services are held from Easter to the October Kirchweihe and at Christmas and New Year's Eve, so the interior is best seen during those months.

Only the tower's interior features survive from the medieval chapel; the rest was rebuilt after lightning struck on 21 March 1687. The nave was finished in 1696 and restoration ran from 1695 to 1702. The schoolmaster Martin Dennler paid for a third bell in 1745, when a new organ was also built.