The church was completed in 1179. The namesake since 1823 are St. Peter and St. Paul.
In 1794 the church was burned down by French revolutionary troops and rebuilt in 1813.
In 1995 there was a second fire caused by a cable defect. The reconstruction took two years.
This church in Edesheim was consecrated to the two Saints Peter and Paul, also known as the "Prince of the Apostles". Their common day of remembrance in the saints calendar …