The listed Bergkirche is located on the Goldberg above Osthofen. The church has a tumultuous history and has been expanded and rebuilt repeatedly.
From the chapel and a neighboring estate, a castle complex developed towards the end of the first millennium, which was used by the Vogts for Osthofen. In 1241, this fortification was demolished at the request of the Worms citizens after a dispute between the city of Worms, supported by Bishop Landolf of Hoheneck, and the citizens of Osthofen; however, the church remained intact.
During the Thirty Years' War, the church was destroyed by fire in 1621, and it was subsequently only restored in a makeshift manner.
It was not until 1744 that reconstruction could begin after lengthy legal disputes, which was financed by Elector Karl Theodor as the sovereign, who made the Worms cathedral chapter responsible for it.
