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German Church Buildings: Architecture

Religious Building Developments in Germany – Neue Deutsche Architektur

post updated 1 January 2025

German Church Architecture – latest additions to this page, arranged chronologically:

29 Sep 2018
Chapel Ruhewald Schloss Tambach in Coburg, Weitramsdorf, Coburg, Bavaria, southern Germany
Design: Sacher.Locicero.Architects

photograph : Sebastian Kolm
Chapel Ruhewald Schloss Tambach in Coburg
The chapel has a floor space of about 36 square meters and is constructed as a wooden construction. Seven wooden arches rising upwards form the inner space. Starting with the lower arch at the entrance side, whose height of 4.79m is exactly the width of the chapel, up to the highest arch, whose height of 7.75m corresponds exactly to the length of the chapel.

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German Church Buildings News

20 Sep 2013
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Bavaria, Nuremberg, southern Germany
Design: gmp · von Gerkan, Marg and Partners · Architects

photo © Heiner Leiskat
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Bavaria
The Evangelical Lutheran State Church of Bavaria is inaugurating its new archive in Nuremberg with a special ceremony. The new building, which was designed by architects von Gerkan, Marg and Partners (gmp), took three years to build and is located on a former factory site in the direct vicinity of the existing main building.

German Church Architecture

Key German Church Buildings online, alphabetical:

Berliner Dom, Berlin

photo © Adrian Welch
Berliner Dom
In 1944 a bomb entered the roof lantern of the dome. The fire could not be extinguished at that unreachable section of the dome. So the lantern burnt out and collapsed into the main floor. A temporary roof was built to enclose the building between 1949 and 1953.

Field Chapel, Mechernich-Wachendorf, Eifel
Date built: 2007
Design: Peter Zumthor

photograph Studio Red
Bruder Klaus Kapelle
The Scheidtweiler family came into contact with Peter Zumthor when he was building the Kolumba diocesan art museum in Cologne. The chapel was consecrated on May 19, 2007 by Cologne Auxiliary Bishop Heiner Koch.

Frankfurt Dom – Cathedral

photo © Adrian Welch
Frankfurt Cathedral

Französischer Dom, Berlin

photo © Adrian Welch

Kaiser Wilhelm Gedächtniskirche, Berlin

photo © Adrian Welch
Kaiser Wilhelm Gedächtniskirche

Kölner Dom – Cologne Cathedral

photos © webbaviation

Nikolaikirche, Berlin

photo © Adrian Welch
Nikolaikirche

Paul-Gerhardt-Kirche, Berlin

photo © Adrian Welch
Paul-Gerhardt-Kirche, Berlin

Wuensdorf Church, Wuensdorf, near Berlin, north east Germany
Design: GRAFT

picture : graft
Berlin church : Design Competition winner
Until the fall of the Iron Curtain, the Russian Army’s headquarters in Germany occupied the vast territory in and around Wuensdorf. Closed to the public for decades, the area was left with contaminated soil but also beautiful landscapes where nature had been left alone to flourish.