Buggingen - Betberg

Betberg is a little hamlet, belonging to Buggingen. The name "Betberg" sounds like a "program", "bet" means "pray" and "berg" means "mountain". Betberg had of the earliest churches in the area. The church was first mentioned in 789, but brick foundations, found during a renovation in the 1970s date from around 700. The current church was probably built between 1100 and 1145. The tower was erected around the year 1200. Of course, the church underwent numerous alterations, enlargements and renovations over the centuries.

Before the Reformation made this church to a Protestant parish church, it was a place of pilgrimage in honour of Saint Lawrence.