St. Johann Baptist, Catholic church in Schramberg, Germany

St. Johann Baptist is the Catholic parish church of Schramberg-Tennenbronn, consecrated on 9 May 1971 by Freiburg archbishop Hermann Schäufele. It replaced an 1847/48 church in Heinrich Hübsch's round-arch style, which was demolished in 1967; the parish bought and tore down the neighbouring houses at Löwenstraße 19 and 21 to enlarge the site. The interior was renovated and the altar area redesigned in 2011.

A church is documented in Tennenbronn as early as 26 March 1179. A wooden church was replaced in 1453 by a stone church with a three-storey late-Gothic tower, which stood for almost 450 years until the village fire of 12 July 1901. The present Catholic parish church was begun on 20 June 1847 to plans by district master builder Lembke and architect Teufel, in the round-arch style developed by building director Heinrich Hübsch, and handed over on 22 November 1848. It was demolished in 1967; the foundation stone of the new church was laid on 20 December 1970 and Archbishop Hermann Schäufele consecrated it on 9 May 1971.

The parish is dedicated to John the Baptist and belongs since 2008 to the pastoral unit St. Georgen-Tennenbronn. Tennenbronn's history is tied to St. Georgen Abbey, which held about a quarter of the parish area and the patronage of the church. The village was split for centuries into a Catholic and a Protestant part, each with its own mayor, school and cemetery.

The current church was consecrated on 9 May 1971 by Archbishop Hermann Schäufele of Freiburg; the previous 1847/48 building was demolished in 1967, and two neighbouring houses on Löwenstraße were bought and torn down to enlarge the site. A thorough renovation of the interior, including the technical systems and a redesign of the altar area, followed in 2011.

The present church is the third on the site: the 1847/48 building by Heinrich Hübsch's Rundbogenstil scheme was demolished in 1967, and the new church was consecrated on 9 May 1971 by Archbishop Hermann Schäufele. The parish has belonged to the Seelsorgeeinheit St. Georgen-Tennenbronn since 2008.