Nice - Eglise Protestante/Tradition Lutherienne

Philipp Friedrich Mader, a swabian pietist, founded the first protestant parish in Nice in 1856. He cared for the german and swiss housemaids and nobles, as he hold the church services in german language.

10 years later and with the the financial support of William I of Wuerttemberg this church was erected, being the first "german church" in France. During the Franco-Prussian War (1870/71) Mader had to move over the border to France, but continued his work. With the outbreak of WWI, the French State confiscated the church and the parsonage - for some years.

Meanwhile the sunday-services are bilingual (german and french), but the future of the parish is uncertain.