Simultankirche (interconfessional church), Vogelbach
The interconfessional church, built in 1131, is only slightly younger than the Speyer Cathedral. It was under the control of the Benedictine monastery of Wörschweiler. In addition to late Romanesque components it also contains Romanesque, Gothic, Baroque and newer style elements. In the Middle Ages it was an important station along the Route of St. James to the place of pilgrimage Santiago de Compostela in Spain, the burying place of the apostle James. As a hospital church it offered pilgrims a place of rest and medical attention. Since 1986 it has been a "Protected Cultural Assets" according to the Hague Convention.
Information: Touris office Bruchmühlbach-Miesau, phone: 06372/9220106
Abteikirche (Abbey church), Otterberg
The abbey church, Otterberg's landmark built in the Romanesque-Gothic transitional style, has weathered all wars and unrests over the centuries nearly unscathed. The Cistercian monks built the church for their monastery in the 12th and 13th century. In its sobriety and ornamental austerity the building corresponds with the rules of the Cistercian order. Except for remnants of the chapter house and the abbot's house, nothing much is left of the monastery.
The abbey church (74 m interior length) is the largest church in the Palatinate after the Speyer Cathedral.
Information: Tourist office Otterbach-Otterberg, phone: 06301/31504
Kapitelsaal (Chapter house), Otterberg
The chapter house is the only completely preserved room of the monastery's enclosure. It was built around 1185 and is purely Romanesque in style.
Its windows from the High Gothic period were installed while the monastery was still in existence. Guided tours available by prior arrangement.
Information: Tourist office Otterbach-Otterberg, phone: 06301/31504
Stiftskirche (collegiate church), Kaiserslautern
The collegiate church is considered one of the most significant late Gothic hall churches in South-West Germany. Moreover it is the birth place of the "Palatine Union", for it was here that the Lutherans and Reformed of the Palatinate merged in 1818.
Information: Tourist office Kaiserslautern City, phone: 0631/3652317
Church ruins, Aschbacher Hof
1215 is the first documented mention of this church. In 1560 it became the first Lutheran church in the Palatinate. The steeple is all that remains today.
Information: Tourist office Trippstadt, phone: 06306/341
Protestant Stadtkirche (town church), Landstuhl
The Neo-Gothic building from the close of the 19th century was financed by donations collected throughout Germany for the oldest Reformed parish in the country. The portal is adorned with a red sandstone relief of the Sickingen coat of arms dating probably from the 16th century that was found during excavations in the ruins of the former Nanstein castle.
Information: Touristinformation Sickingen-Tourism Landstuhl, phone: 06371/1300012
Protestant church, Alsenborn
The Protestant church dates from 1733. Remarkable are its medieval frescoes.
Information: Tourist office Enkenbach-Alsenborn, phone: 06303/913168
Schlosskirche (Castle church), Neuhemsbach
The Neuhemsbach castle was built in 1715. The castle church followed 25 years later under Count Friedrich Ludwig von Sayn-Wittgenstein. During the revolutionary wars the castle was plundered and set on fire by French troops in 1795. The church was rebuilt at the beginning of the 19th century.
Information: Tourist office Enkenbach-Alsenborn, phone: 06303/913168
St. Martin's church, Kaiserslautern
St. Martin's church (today the Catholic parish church) is considered a good example of a medieval begging order's church.
Constructed at the beginning of the 14th century as a convent church of the Franciscans, it was enlarged in the 15th century. The baroque ceiling dates from the 18th century. Parts of the medieval town wall border the structure to this day
Information: Tourist office Kaiserslautern City, phone: 0631/3652317
Verena chapel ruin, Mittelbrunn
At the edge of the village of Mittelbrunn you can find the ruins of the former village church. Having withstood the Thirty Years' War, it was last used for a service in 1718.
Information: Touristinformation Sickingen tourism Landstuhl, phone: 06371/1300012
Klosterkirche (monastery church), Enkenbach
The monastery church was built in the 13th century in the late Romanesque style for a Premonstratensian convent. Striking is the rich stonemasonry at the portal.
Information: Tourist office Enkenbach-Alsenborn, phone: 06303/913168
Alte Kapelle (Old chapel), Landstuhl
The official name of the building is "Chapel of the Cross", but it is popular known as the "Old chapel". It is the Gothic choir of the old medieval parish church of St. Andrew, embellished with filigree ornamental frescoes. The nave was torn down at the beginning of the 19th century because of its dilapidated condition.
Information: Touristinformation Sickingen tourism Landstuhl, phone: 06371/1300012
Marienkapelle (Lady chapel), Landstuhl
In World War II the residents of Landstuhl vowed to build a chapel, if their town would be spared major damage. The chapel was built in the midst of the forest, overlooking the town.
Information: Touristinformation Sickingen tourism Landstuhl, phone: 06371/1300012
St. Andrew's church, Landstuhl
The Baroque town church houses the tomb of the knight Franz von Sickingen. It shows the knight, in a larger-than-life full relief, in armor and standing on a lion.
Information: Touristinformation Sickingen tourism Landstuhl, phone: 06371/1300012
Protestant church, Olsbrücken
The Jewish architect Ludwig Levy built this church in 1884. He also drew the plans for the synagogue in Berlin. The richly ornamented wooden interior with its wide side galleries is reminiscent of Jewish synagogues.
Information: Tourist office Otterbach, phone: 06301/607260
Catholic church, Weilerbach
The medieval Catholic church from the transitional time from the Romanesque to the Gothic period houses the oldest baptismal font in the Palatinate, dating from the 12th century.
Information: Tourist office Weilerbach, phone: 06374/922131
Protestant parish church, Weilerbach
Built in the years 1897/98, this church is one of the largest village churches in the Palatinate.
Information: Tourist office Weilerbach, phone: 06374/922131
Protestant church, Reichenbach-Steegen
The early Gothic ceiling frescoes in the choir vaults date from the 13th century. The steeple is of Roman origin.
Information: Tourist office Weilerbach, phone: 06374/922131
Baroque church, Heiligenmoschel
This church dates from 1749. On the wooden gallery you can find a baroque organ constructed by Philipp Daniel Schmidt of Meisenheim. It was built in 1782 and renovated in 1893. In 1984 the organ was retuned in the baroque tone and the rococo carvings restored by hand.
Information: Tourist office Otterberg, phone: 06301/31504
Catholic church, Otterbach
The Catholic church was completed in 1889. Because of its imposing organ and special acoustics, the church is frequently used for concerts.
Information: Tourist office Otterbach-Otterberg, phone: 06301/31504