Marienkirche, Medieval church in Oberferrieden, Germany

The Marienkirche in Oberferrieden is a late-medieval chancel-tower church: a nave rebuilt in 1712/13 with a Neo-Renaissance portal porch added in 1900. Inside, white walls rise to a wooden barrel-vaulted ceiling, with grey-blue wooden galleries on both long sides supported by square posts. Dark wooden pews fill the ground floor and galleries, and a pale stone pulpit projects from the left wall.

The church dates from the 14th century; its core is a late-medieval chancel-tower church. The nave was rebuilt in 1712/13, a Neo-Renaissance portal porch was added in 1900, and the building was renewed in 1957. The Reformation was introduced in the Oberferrieden parish in 1528, making the church Protestant while it kept the name Marienkirche.

The church keeps the name Marienkirche, dedicated to Mary, although the Reformation reached Oberferrieden in 1528 and made the parish Lutheran. The building itself dates from the 14th century, and its present look results from many rebuildings, including the new nave of 1712/13 and the Neo-Renaissance portal porch added in 1900.

The church is open daily from about 8 a.m. until sunset, so a visit can be fitted into most of the day. Inside, a candle table invites visitors to light a candle or say a quiet prayer. The address is Nürnberger Straße 43 in Oberferrieden; the parish office is in the neighbouring rectory, built in 1908.

The church is open daily from about 8 a.m. until sunset, and visitors can light a candle at the candle table. Next to it stands the parish house, built in 1891 as an evangelical schoolhouse, and the rectory of 1908 with Jugendstil elements on its exterior.