Windows Smashed at 13th‑Century Church

Country: Germany

Date of incident: December 19, 2025


Unknown perpetrators shattered six windowpanes at the historic St. Johann church, prompting a police investigation and public appeals for information.

Police reported that unidentified individuals broke six individual windowpanes belonging to two multi‑section windows at the Totenkirche, the 13th‑century Evangelical parish church of St. Johann in Neckarbischofsheim, sometime between December 1 and December 19. The incident occurred on Waibstadter Straße, and authorities opened an investigation to determine the motive and identify suspects.

Source: Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung, MetropolJournal

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