Evangelische Kirche, Protestant church at Greifenstein Castle, Germany.

The Evangelische Kirche, known as Schlosskirche Greifenstein, is a baroque hall church built 1683–1691 above the late Gothic St. Catherine's Chapel, making it one of Germany's few surviving double churches. Its plain tan facade has three tall arched windows with gridded panes under a steep grey-tiled hipped roof with a small dormer. Inside, pale plaster and grey wood rise in three tiers: tall mullioned windows below, a painted wooden panel with two heraldic shields and white rampant creatures, and an organ with grey pipes in three groups of five set in three arches beneath a ceiling of oval panels and gilded leaf ornament.

The late Gothic St. Catherine's Chapel was built 1448–1476 as part of the castle's outer ring, with access only through an underground passage. Above it, Count Wilhelm Moritz zu Solms-Greifenstein had a Baroque hall church erected in 1683–1691; the tower gained a timber-framed storey in 1688. After the churchyard was raised some 4 metres, the church was consecrated on 30 April 1702, and the chapel became the lower church.

Regular Protestant services take place here, connecting worshippers to traditions that have continued for centuries within these walls. The church remains a spiritual center for the surrounding community today.

You can reach the church through the main castle entrance and explore the site year-round. Guided tours are offered seasonally and provide information about the entire castle complex.

The church is one of the few surviving double churches in Germany: the late Gothic St. Catherine's Chapel (1448–1476) lies beneath the Baroque hall church built above it in 1683–1691. The lower chapel, buried under almost two metres of rubble, was only cleared again in 1969.