Berger Kirche

Berger Kirche stands in Stuttgart’s Berg district, on a hill spur above the western Neckar Valley. Its symmetrical exterior combines a 33.4-metre tower, a five-bay nave, pointed-arch windows, and tracery. The grounds extend north of Klotzstraße, where a branch of the Neckar once carried a mill canal.

The church replaced a medieval parish and pilgrimage church founded beside Burg Berg in the late thirteenth century. A choir joined that predecessor in the fifteenth century, and Ludwig Friedrich Gaab preserved it when he designed the present building. Construction lasted from 1853 to 1855, after Berg’s industrial growth increased the need for a larger church. Württemberg’s king provided substantial funding for this first Neogothic church in Württemberg.

Second World War damage led to a simplified restoration in 1954. Inside, a plain hall replaced the original three-aisled arrangement, while a late Gothic baptismal font survived from the medieval church. Air-raid tunnels beneath the building offered shelter during the war, and the church now hosts musical and cultural events.