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.
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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.
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.
Ulm Minster
Ulm, Baden-Württemberg, Germany Christianity
Monumental Protestant minster begun in 1377, famous for Germany’s tallest church tower.
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.
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.
Dresden Frauenkirche
Dresden, Saxony, Germany Christianity
Reconstructed Baroque Lutheran landmark whose ruins and rebuilding became international symbols of war remembrance and reconciliation.
Lorsch Abbey and Altenmünster
Lorsch, Bergstraße, Hesse, Germany Christianity
UNESCO-listed remains of a powerful Carolingian abbey, including one of Germany’s most important surviving pre-Romanesque monuments.
Monastic Island of Reichenau
Reichenau, Konstanz, Baden-Württemberg, Germany Christianity
UNESCO-listed island preserving the remains and churches of an exceptionally influential early medieval Benedictine monastery.
Maulbronn Monastery Complex
Maulbronn, Enzkreis, Baden-Württemberg, Germany Christianity
UNESCO-listed former Cistercian monastery preserving an unusually complete medieval monastic complex.
Maria Laach Abbey
Maria Laach, Glees, Ahrweiler, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany Christianity
Romanesque Benedictine abbey founded in 1093 and an influential center of German Catholic liturgical renewal.
Ettal Abbey
Ettal, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria, Germany Christianity
Benedictine abbey founded in 1330, with a long Marian pilgrimage centered on a small white-marble devotional image.