Old Fortified Church of St. Walburga

Old Fortified Church of St. Walburga

Highlight • Religious Site

Old Fortified Church of St. Walburga

Hiking

4.7

(85)

Gravel riding

3.8

(3)

Mountain biking

5.0

(2)

Road cycling

(2)

This Highlight is in a protected area

Please check local regulations for:

Naturpark Frankenwald

Save Share

Location: Bad Steben, Landkreis Hof, Vogtland, Saxony, Germany

Tips

August 3, 2025

Hiking

The fortified church of St. Walburga was probably built as early as the 13th or 14th century; it is considered the original parish of the Steben market town and the region. The remains of the old Evangelical Lutheran parish church can still be found right next to the Lutheran Church. Only the choir remains of the fortified church, as its nave was demolished with the completion of the new church.

Translated by

•

maria

April 5, 2022

Hiking

According to unattested tradition, it was built around 1020, but certainly between 1250 and 1300.
The frescoes on the Gothic vaults of the choir, rediscovered in 1910, show: Last Judgement, a series of images from the Passion of Christ, baroque furnishings, a figure of the Risen Christ, today a listed building.
Source: frankenwald-tourismus.de/detail/id=6087f3680d7ea872058c6fdf

Translated by

•

SWE

October 13, 2023

Hiking

The fortified church of St. Walburga was built around 1500. This makes it one of the oldest buildings in the Franconian Forest. The Gothic-style vaults in the interior feature fresco paintings. Only the choir area of the fortified church remains because the nave had to make way for the Luther Church. It stands right next to the Luther Church.

Source: people-abroad.de/blog/bad-steben-sehenswuerdigkeiten

Translated by

•