Sri Kamadchi Ampal Temple, Hamm
Uentrop, Hamm, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Hinduism
Major Tamil Hindu temple in Hamm, described by the city as the largest purpose-built Tamil temple in Europe.
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Wilmersdorf Mosque
Wilmersdorf, Berlin, Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf, Germany Islam
Germany’s oldest surviving mosque building, created in the 1920s by the Lahore Ahmadiyya movement.
Şehitlik Mosque, Berlin
Columbiadamm, Berlin, Neukölln, Germany Islam
Prominent Berlin mosque built within the historic Turkish cemetery complex on Columbiadamm.
Cologne Central Mosque
Ehrenfeld, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Islam
Major contemporary mosque in Cologne-Ehrenfeld with a 1,200-person prayer hall and a prominent role in Germany’s Muslim public landscape.
Old Jewish Cemetery Judensand, Mainz
Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany Judaism
Ancient Jewish cemetery preserving rare early gravestones and the burial heritage of medieval Mainz.
Holy Sand Jewish Cemetery, Worms
Worms, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany Judaism
Ancient Jewish cemetery at Worms, preserving a dense landscape of medieval and later Hebrew-inscribed gravestones.
Worms Synagogue
Worms, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany Judaism
Historic synagogue complex whose medieval forms influenced later Ashkenazi synagogue architecture across Central Europe.
Speyer Jewry Court
Speyer, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany Judaism
UNESCO-listed medieval Jewish complex preserving synagogue ruins and an exceptional Romanesque ritual bath.
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.
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.
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.
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.