Religion
Leonberg used to fall into the bishopric of Speyer and was part of an area governed by archdeacon St. Trinitatis. As an early member of Württemberg, in 1535 Duke Ulrich introduced the Reformation. For many centuries, Leonberg was predominantly protestant. In 1552 the deanery was moved to Leonberg with the Stadtkirche becoming the dekanatskirche. After the Second World War the religious community in Leonberg grew quickly as people moved into the area. The Protestant community in the district of Eltingen also dates back to the Reformation, as it does in Gebersheim, Höfingen and Warmbronn.
Catholicism first arrived in Leonberg in the late 19th century with the first parish set up in 1946 shortly followed by St. Johannes Baptista church in 1950. Today the catholic community belongs to the deanery of Böblingen within the bishopric of Rottenburg-Stuttgart.
Apart from the two main German religions, there are 'free churches' such as the United Methodist Church (Pauluskirche), the Seventh-day Adventist Church and the Immanuel Community of Leonberg. There is also a New Apostolic Church in Leonberg.
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