Location and history: The Petruskirche is located south of the center of Stuttgart-Obertürkheim. It is surrounded by a cemetery. While today the buildings reach right up to the church, the church in the Banholz and Mörgelen tubs was once in a secluded location in the middle of the vineyards.
The Petruskirche in Obertürkheim goes back to a pilgrimage church mentioned in 1285. The tower base of today's church building dates back to the Gothic period, while the nave and the furnishings date in part from the Baroque period.
In Germanic times there is said to have been a Germanic cult site at the site of the church. The origins of Obertürkheim could be in Alemannic times. The grave of an Alemannic nobleman, found on the nearby Ailenberg in 1857, documents an Alemannic use of the area. Peter as the church patron also indicates a possible Alemannic foundation of the church. Nevertheless, Obertürkheim does not appear in the documents until the 13th century, when it had already come to Württemberg (from old Calwian possession). A pilgrimage chapel on the site of today's Petruskirche is mentioned for the first time in 1285. This chapel was the church for Obertürkheim and the neighboring Uhlbach. It is possible that a separate parish already existed at that time, but this is considered to be secure by the 14th century at the latest. The chapel was enlarged in 1485 in the Gothic style. In 1490, the previous Uhlbach branch received its own St. Andrew's Church.
The approximately 2.60 meter high crucifix on the east wall behind the altar dates from the Baroque period.
In 1900 the ringing consisted of three bells: a large bell from 1529, cast by Bernhard Sidler in Esslingen, a medium bell from 1466 and a small bell from the 19th century. The large Sidler bell from 1529 had to be re-cast in 1901. During the First World War, the largest and smallest bells were delivered for armament purposes. In 1921 Kurtz in Stuttgart had two new bells cast as replacements. Both replacement bells were also delivered a little later in World War II. After the Second World War, only the old bell from 1466 remained, but it broke in 1946. In 1947 Kurtz cast two new bells from this old bell for the St. Andrew's Church. The Petruskirche, on the other hand, received three new bells in 1948, which still ring today.
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