Freudenstadt

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In the 1600s Protestants fleeing religious persecution found the site of what is now Freudenstadt to be an ideal hiding place, but years have passed, and it is now a popular tourist resort in the Black Forest. Its town square is one of the largest imaginable, at least four large square blocks. The arcaded buildings around the square, and the buildings within the next couple of blocks, were quickly re-built after Freudenstadt was nearly destroyed during an air-raid in April 1945, during WW II.

Of special interest is the Stadtkirche, a unique, narrow, corner church, unlike any corner church likely to be seen elsewhere. It is formed like a “carpenter’s square” extending in two directions from the corner, with matching steeples at each end of the church.
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Inside, the narrow church auditorium turns at a right angle, with the pulpit in the corner. The congregation can see the minister and he can see them, but the parishioners in the back pews at each end can’t see each other. Perhaps a picture is needed to figure that out. Come to think of it, just visit Freudenstadt, and see it in person.