Churches
The churches of Weißenstadt are not only impressive monuments of the past but also active centers of faith.
Evangelic City Church
The predominant denomination in Weißenstadt is evangelism. The evangelic church St. Jakobus is an important landmark of Weißenstadt. Although the church suffered greatly during the fire in 1823, the priest managed to save the archive of the church. Today these records are of great value to historians. The second evangelic church is the graveyard church, which was built before the year of 1581. In 1707 and 1708 the church was renovated and expanded towards the west. The old tombstones are important historical artefacts and have been attached to the church for preservation. The chapels St. Erhard and St. Wolfgang have been mentioned in historical records, but they no longer exist. Priests Lisa Keck and Dirk Grießbach are responsible for the evangelic church community today.
Divine Service
City church St. Jakobus: Sundays at 9:30 am
Graveyard church: Sundays at 8:00 am (Pentecost — Sunday before the harvest festival)
Tours
Tuesday evenings at 4pm, ca. 30 min duration
Contact
- 1. Rectorate
Evang.- Luth. Rectory
Pfarrgässchen 3
Tel. 09253 276
pfarramt.weissenstadt@elkb.de
www.weissenstadt-evangelisch.de - 2. Rectorate
Pfarrer Markus Wandtke
Pfarrgässchen 3
Tel. 09253 334 - Diakonie nursing service
Tel. 09238 9791 - Cemetery Administrator
Siegfried Baumann
Bayreuther Straße 21
Tel. 09253 309
Catholic Church
The first catholics came to Weißenstadt due to the construction of the railway at the turn of the century. Thus, the first prayer room was set up in master builder Peruzzis home on the corner of Gartenstraße/Badstraße. At that time services were held every two to three weeks by the clergyman of Marktleuthen. The first catholic church in Weißenstadt was inaugurated near Goethestraße in 1936. The church music flourished when Anton Böhme fled to Weißenstadt after the war. The new parsonage was inaugurated in 1964. An organ was finally added to Marienkirche in 1970.
Contact
- Catholic Rectory
Goethestraße 1
Tel. 09253 258
Priest Andrzej Gromadzki
Marktleuthen
weissenstadt@bistum-regensburg.de
https://www.pfarrei-marktleuthen.de - Catholic Women’s League
Annemarie Beck
Tel. 09253 1771