At the market place in Babenhausen there is a remarkable building
directly opposite the former catholic church St. Nikolaus - today a town
church. House no. 24 on Fahrstraße dates from 1544. When the Reformation arose
in Babenhausen, the Catholic Fischbein family, who lived there, defended their
faith against the new ideas for a long time. To this day the Latin saying
"nusquam tuta fides" ("Nowhere is faith safe") can be read
on an oriel. It shows how the family felt under the new conditions. The family
was later Protestant, however, and at the beginning of the 17th century was
even elevated to the nobility.
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