Nr. on the small map: 27 (Miltenberg)
The Lutheran Church was built in 1897 and, because of its architecture and choice of material, well worth a visit. The Statue of Christ at the outside of the tower is a copy of the statue inside the Copenhagen Cathedral by Bertel Thorvaldsen. Do not miss the colorful stained-glass windows with illustrations from the bible. A small guide is on display inside of the church.
Ludwig Hofmann, a renowned church builder from Herborn, designed the church. The well-to-do citizen Gustav Jakob, then CEO of the company Steingässer, producing seeds for trees, donated the ground and a substantial amount of his own money.
John the Apostle was the brother of James the Great, who is patron saint of the Catholic parish church. In 1979 it was decided to name the Lutheran church for John, to signal that Lutheran and Catholic Christians are as much brothers and sisters as John and James were brothers.
In the 1950s already the bells of both churches were chosen to harmonise with each other.
