Evangelisch-Lutherisches Dekanat Castell

About the Deanery

The Evangelical Lutheran Deanery of Castell is a church district of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria (ELKB) and belongs to the Ansbach-Würzburg church circuit. The district comprises 17 congregations with around 10,000 members in the north-east of the district of Kitzingen and the south-west of the district of Schweinfurt. The territory largely corresponds to the historic County of Castell, in which Luther's teachings were introduced in 1545. The deanery is not a manufacturing or industrial organization, but a church administrative unit without production, materials or product-specific value creation. The seat is located at Kirchplatz 3 in Castell. Since 29.11.2025, Martin Voß has been managing dean; from 01.01.2027 the new church circuit of Franconia will come into force, and mergers of deaneries with neighbouring districts are planned.

Site

Castell

Industries

Religious community / regional church – not an industrial company

Location

Castell

DE

Deanery seat

Inside the production

History

1. 1435-1457

   Territorial decline of the County of Castell; allod passes to the Prince-Bishopric of Würzburg (1457)

2. 1545

   Introduction of Luther's teachings in the County of Castell

3. 1810

   Establishment of the inspection of Castell (24.09.1810)

4. 1814

   Continuation as the Bavarian inspection of Rüdenhausen (19.06.1814)

5. 1967

   Relocation of the deanery to Castell

6. 2025

   Martin Voß is inducted as managing dean on 29.11.2025

7. 2027

   From 01.01.2027 the new church circuit of Franconia comes into force; deanery mergers are planned