On Sunday morning the bells in the tower ring out across the village calling everyone to worship at a place that had its beginnings as a Roman Watch Tower. The existence of the church is first documented in 1170. In 1609 the building was transformed for worship with another renovation in 1785. In 1936 the choir area was partially remodeled and then, just before the turn of the century, the structure underwent a complete restoration.

Today the church looks much as it did when William attended worship services with his family in the 1870's.   And when William left  for the new world, the sight of the church tower slowly hiding behind a hill would be his last glimpse of Nöttingen.