Fulda Cathedral
Fulda, Hesse, Germany Christianity
Baroque cathedral whose crypt contains the tomb venerated as that of Saint Boniface, a central figure in the Christianization of German lands.
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Old Synagogue, Erfurt
Erfurt, Thuringia, Germany Judaism
One of Europe’s most important surviving medieval synagogue buildings and a core component of Erfurt’s UNESCO-listed Jewish heritage.
New Synagogue Berlin – Centrum Judaicum
Spandauer Vorstadt, Berlin, Mitte, Germany Judaism
Iconic Berlin synagogue complex, inaugurated in 1866 and today serving as a major center for Jewish history, memory and culture.
Rykestrasse Synagogue
Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin, Pankow, Germany Judaism
Berlin’s largest historic synagogue, consecrated in 1904 and restored for active Jewish worship after surviving the twentieth century.
Ulm Minster
Ulm, Baden-Württemberg, Germany Christianity
Monumental Protestant minster begun in 1377, famous for Germany’s tallest church tower.
Russian Orthodox Church of Saint Elizabeth, Wiesbaden
Neroberg, Wiesbaden, Hesse, Germany Christianity
Landmark Russian Orthodox church built as the burial church of Grand Duchess Elisabeth Mikhailovna and still used by an active congregation.
Castle Church, Wittenberg
Lutherstadt Wittenberg, Wittenberg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany Christianity
Reformation landmark traditionally associated with Luther’s Ninety-Five Theses and containing the graves of Luther and Melanchthon.
Herrnhut Moravian Church Settlement
Herrnhut, Görlitz, Saxony, Germany Christianity
Foundational settlement of the modern Moravian Church and German component of a transnational UNESCO World Heritage property.
Collegiate Church of St. Servatius, Quedlinburg
Quedlinburg, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany Christianity
Romanesque collegiate church above the tomb of King Henry I, central to the Ottonian history of Quedlinburg.
Berlin Cathedral
Museum Island, Berlin, Mitte, Germany Christianity
Major Protestant landmark on Museum Island, notable for its monumental dome and the Hohenzollern dynastic burial crypt.
Dresden Frauenkirche
Dresden, Saxony, Germany Christianity
Reconstructed Baroque Lutheran landmark whose ruins and rebuilding became international symbols of war remembrance and reconciliation.
Maulbronn Monastery Complex
Maulbronn, Enzkreis, Baden-Württemberg, Germany Christianity
UNESCO-listed former Cistercian monastery preserving an unusually complete medieval monastic complex.