St. Ulrich, Lutheran parish church in Weidelbach, Dinkelsbühl, Germany
St. Ulrich is an Evangelical Lutheran hall church in Weidelbach, part of Dinkelsbühl. Its 14th-century choir tower, with the sacristy attached, carries a red domed roof with a finial, two louvered openings and a small blue clock face. The nave, rebuilt in 1721/22 to a design by Franz Keller, has a steep hipped roof with a cross and a gold-trimmed band under the eaves; a grey stone buttress leans against the lower wall.
The core of the church is a 14th-century choir tower with an attached sacristy. In 1721/22 the nave was rebuilt in Baroque style to a design by Franz Keller. The interior and exterior were fully renovated between 2010 and 2014.
The church is named after Ulrich of Augsburg, the 10th-century bishop. Its Protestant identity shows in the 1721 pulpit and the 1752 altar with a crucifixion group, both still in use. Near the main entrance hangs the epitaph of the four Klaus children, who died within eight days in 1878.
The church stands in Weidelbach, a district of Dinkelsbühl. The main entrance is at the lower left of the facade, and the epitaph for the four Klaus children of 1878 hangs beside it. The interior was renovated from 2010 to 2014; the choir tower ground floor has a ribbed vault, and the nave has galleries.
Beside the main entrance hangs the epitaph of the four Klaus children, who died within eight days in 1878. The inscription names each child with birth and death dates and closes with a verse: "Es ist der Herr, nun fraget ihn nicht mehr." The organ, built in 1869 by G. F. Steinmeyer & Co. as Opus 82, has 13 registers on two manuals and pedal.
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