History

In 1752, area of the tower on the old Schierstein church collapsed. Building plans for any new church had recently been discussed in previous a few years suddenly became urgent. Since 1748, the previous Mayor of Frankfurt, merchant and banker Johann Georg Schweitzer Edler von Wiederhold, an affiliate in the Frauenstein Gesellschaft, had allowed the Schierstein curate an accumulation 604 guilders from the Free imperial city, which provided the financial reason for construction on the church.[1] The Chamberlain of Electoral Mainz, privy counsellor and chief architect of Electoral Mainz Anselm Franz von Ritter zu Groenesteyn made the vegetable garden of his country estate available as building terrain.[2] Johann Scheffer, a government official in the duchy of Nassau was in charge of the style of architecture from the building. On 3 May 1752 the soil breaking ceremony was held as well as on 15 September 1754 the newest church was consecrated. In 1962 the choir Schiersteiner Kantorei was founded inside the parish by cantor Johannes Krüger. Since 1974, the choir has been directed by Martin Lutz, who shaped the group of some 40 singers to your large concert choir.[3]