Michaelskirche (St. Michael´s church)

The Michaelskirche, first mentioned in 1275, is most likely one of the oldest parish churches of this region. The tracery windows in the towers and the nave suggest that this church was erected in the late 15^th or early 16^th century. The church´s interior has been renovated several times, most recently from 1965 to 1966. The organ was inaugurated in 1995.

From 1527, the noble regional ruler of Buttenhausen´s ”reichsunmittelbar” rule (self-governing rule under the Kaiser), possessed the right to patronage, allowing him to influence the appointment of the parish priest. In 1596, after the acquisition of Buttenhausen, the rulers of Gemmingen introduced the Reformation. In the 18^th and 19^th centuries Buttenhausen´s vicarage produced many important civil servants for Wuerttemberg. These included the theologians Gustav Ferdinand (1784-1822) and Gustav Adolf Bockshammer (1815-1900) as well as General Otto von Haldenwang (1829-1897), in whose memory a monument has been erected in the centre of the city.