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Building Number 6 in the printed brochure
"Historic buildings in Münchberg".

The sign is on the left, next to the entry door.

Almost all of northernost Upper Franconia was pure protestant for many centuries. The few Münchberg Catholics had a three-hour walk every Sunday and holiday in order to attend church services at Marienweiher.

With the railroad and the the post house in mid 19th century many Catholic employees came here, so that in 1893 the “Catholic Church Society” was formed from the young Catholic parish in Münchberg with the goal of erecting their own church. Already in 1894 the prayer house, which serves as the rectory today, was built in neo - romantic style for 23,709.99 Marks and consecrated. Here were also the lodgings for the first permanent ministerial office of the curator Heinrich Schneider. With that the right to register in the Münchberg diocese began on November 1, 1895. The hall on the first floor served as a prayer hall until the consecration of the new church. On February 16, 1896 the first baptism entry was made with the son of the Helmbrechts post office clerk. The first baptism from Münchberg itself was Augusta Margareta, the daughter of the pharmacist Hermann Jaeger, on March 3.

The train brought industrial stimulus and more Catholic workers to the region. That resulted in the founding of the Catholic Workers Union in 1898. The borders of the Münchberg diocese established on March 8, 1904 encompassed the Catholic rectory of Münchberg until 1965, and extended over 234 square kilometers, approximately in the area of the old Münchberg district.

The numerical growth made the creation of a rectory, “pastor’s home”, necessary. For that reason St. Barbara’s Catholic Youth Center with a youth hostel was opened 1953. Here the parish young people met, along with other clubs in the city. Until 1970 baths and showers were made available here for all Münchbergers, since until that time not everyone had a shower in his dwelling.