Church of Providence, Heidelberg

When the city was sacked during the War of the Palatine Succession in 1693, it was completely destroyed, but it was rebuilt between 1715 and 1721 under the management of Johann Jakob Rischer [de].

Between 1878 and 1885, the interior was completely remodelled by Hermann Behagel [de], to create a lighter nave in the Renaissance Revival style.

The white plastered surrounding walls with bow windows and oval openings survived the 1693 destruction, as did the gable on the north side.

After the choir gallery was separated off in 1852 and the baroque organ was installed in the north gallery, a new central window was placed on the site of the organ in the choir, with a figure of Christ making a blessing in the Nazarene style, probably from the workshop of Heinrich Beiler the Elder, the leading Heidelberg historicist glass painter.

[4] In a second phase of renovation between 1878 and 1885, the architect and church building inspector Hermann Behaghel remodelled the space in the neo-renaissance style in which it remains to this day.

In the tower of the church, there is a five-note set of bells, which were cast in Heidelberg by Friedrich Wilhelm Schilling [de] in 1955.