Market church, Protestant church in Bad Bergzabern, Germany.
The Market Church is a red sandstone church with a slate roof in Marktstraße in Bad Bergzabern, its core built between 1321 and 1336. The long side wall has three tall arched windows between buttresses, with an arched doorway at the left end and a low square rough-stone porch with a pyramidal slate roof at its centre. To the right the building curves into a rounded apse with two tall arched windows above a stone base. A separate bell tower at Marktstraße 18 incorporates a 14th-century town-wall tower and carries a baroque cupola of 1772.
The core of the Market Church dates from 1321 to 1336. It has been Protestant since 1532 and served as a simultaneous church for Catholics and Protestants from 1686 to 1879. Its present appearance results from a renovation carried out between 1895 and 1897.
The church has been Protestant since 1532 and served as a simultaneous church for Catholics and Protestants from 1686 to 1879. The Zinnfigurenmuseum (tin figure museum) is built directly against its west side at Marktstraße 16/18, so visitors pass it on the way in.
The church stands on Marktstraße at numbers 16 and 18, in the town centre; the Zinnfigurenmuseum is built directly against its west side. The separate bell tower, which incorporates a 14th-century town-wall tower, is at Marktstraße 18. The interior is entered through the low square porch on the long side wall.
The separate bell tower at Marktstraße 18 incorporates a 14th-century town-wall tower in its lower section and is topped by a baroque cupola dating from 1772. The church itself was built between 1321 and 1336 and has been Protestant since 1532; from 1686 to 1879 it served both Catholic and Protestant congregations.
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