Evangelische Stiftskirche Dettingen, Lutheran church in Dettingen an der Erms, Germany

Evangelische Stiftskirche Dettingen is a church combining a Gothic choir from the late 1400s with a neo-Gothic nave built in the mid-1800s. The older choir section displays cross-ribbed vaulting, while the newer nave reflects a completely different architectural approach.

The church first appears in written records from 1089, but excavations uncovered foundation remains from even older Carolingian structures beneath it. These earlier layers suggest buildings had stood on this site long before medieval times.

The pulpit on the choir arch keeps its 1860s carved half-reliefs of Johannes Brenz, Philipp Melanchthon, Martin Luther and Johannes Reuchlin. The reformer Johannes Brenz married his second wife Katharina Isenmann in this church on 7 September 1550, while he was in exile under Duke Ulrich's protection.

The church stands in the centre of Dettingen an der Erms, in the church district of Bad Urach-Münsingen. The Romanesque tower stump, the 1494 Gothic choir and the neo-Gothic nave of 1864–1866 can be viewed from the outside at any time; for the interior, check the parish's service times beforehand. The sacristy annex of 1989 sits where the south chapel was demolished in 1866.

The pulpit at the choir arch keeps its 1860s carved half-reliefs of Johannes Brenz, Philipp Melanchthon, Martin Luther and Johannes Reuchlin. Brenz himself married his second wife Katharina Isenmann in this church on 7 September 1550, while fleeing under Duke Ulrich's protection.