St. Pankratius, Catholic parish church in Bühl, Germany
St. Pankratius is a Romanesque Revival hall church built in 1902 to a design by Joseph Cades, with a pale cream facade, grey stone trim and a steep main gable topped by a cross. A rose window sits above the arched entrance, which is sheltered by a curved canopy. The square choir flank tower on the east side keeps its lower storeys from the 1599 predecessor; two octagonal storeys with the clock and three bells rise above, capped by an onion dome with a cross finial.
A church may have existed at this site before 1098, with early records mentioning a priest serving the community. By 1275, Bühl had become the seat of an established parish church.
The church is dedicated to Saint Pancratius; a statue of him stands among the furnishings, alongside a late-Gothic image of Mary, a Holy Cross and a Pietà. The painting of the Schutzmantelmadonna on one side of the choir is by Hermann Anton Bantle.
The church stands in Bühl, a district of Tübingen; the tower's lower storeys date from 1599 and were raised with two octagonal levels holding the clock and three bells. The interior is entered through the arched doorway under the curved canopy, with the choir and its flanking tower to the north. The organ was built in 2007 by Orgelbau Alfons Zeilhuber.
The lower storeys of the choir flank tower survive from the previous church of 1599, while the two octagonal upper storeys with the clock and the three-bell frame were added in 1902. The tower is capped by an onion dome.
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