Impressive Churches

They are time windows of history, architecture, music and society: in addition to castles and palaces, churches shape the cultural landscape of Thuringia. History was written from Thuringia: Musically and socially, Thuringia was the epicenter of far-reaching changes. Even today, the history of the Reformation or the life of the Bach family can be traced in numerous cities in authentic locations.

A modern and creative use of sacred buildings integrates the church into daily life and travelers quickly realize that every city and every church has undreamt-of treasures in store.

Tourist Attractions

Gotha

Augustinian Monastery

The Gotha Augustinian Monastery and its church are over 700 years old, and thus belongs to the oldest monasteries in…

Altenburg

Brothers’ Church

On the site of the former Franciscan Monastery, the Brüderkirche (Brothers’ Church) was constructed in Neo-Gothic…

Schmalkalden

CASTLE CHURCH

In the bright and colorful Castle Church of Wilhelmsburg Palace, the altar, pulpit and organ are arranged in one axis,…

Bad Langensalza

Cemetery Church

The Gottesackerkirche (Cemetery Church) St. Trinitatis (Holy Trinity) in today’s Arboretum was built between 1734 and…

Suhl

CHURCH OF THE HOLY CROSS

The Kreuzkirche Suhl is a baroque sacred building and urban architecture highlight of Steinweg Street. It was built…

Weimar

CITY CHURCH ST. PETER AND PAUL

The triptych altarpiece by Lucas Cranach, which is important visual evidence of the history of the Reformation, is a…

Erfurt

Collegium Maius

The Collegium maius was the main building of the Old University in Erfurt. It is situated on Michaelisstrasse, directly…

Erfurt

Dom St. Marien and St. Severikirche

The impressive ensemble of St. Mary’s Cathedral and St. Severus Church is one of Erfurt’s landmarks. The Gothic…

Bad Langensalza

Hill Church

St. Stephani (St. Stephen’s) church, perched on a hill, is the oldest of the two Protestant parish churches here, being…

Arnstadt

Liebfrauenkirche

The Liebfrauenkirche in Arnstadt belongs to the most beautiful Romanesque-Gothic buildings in central Germany. Today,…

Apolda

Luther Church

Erected between 1890 and 1894 in neo-Gothic style, the Luther Church is Apolda’s most impressive structure. From May to…

Mühlhausen

MARIENKIRCHE MUSEUM – MEMORIAL MINT

The spire of the impressive Marienkirche (St. Mary’s Church), the highest church tower in Thuringia, is visible far…

Bad Langensalza

Market Church

St. Bonifacii (St. Boniface), first documented in 1272, was erected using blocks of local travertine and finished in…

Erfurt

Predigerkirche and Predigerkloster

The Predigerkirche, in which many traces of the great theologian and mystic Meister Eckhart can be found today, was…

Altenburg

St. Bartholomew’s Church

The St. Bartholomäikirche (St. Bartholomew’s Church) with its crypt dating from the high Renaissance, is Altenburg’s…

Schmalkalden

ST. GEORGE’S TOWN CHURCH

This church, which dominates the Old Town and was erected between 1437 and 1509, is one of the most beautiful Gothic…

Eisenach

St. Georgs Church

The church, built around 1182, is the nuptial church of Saint Elisabeth of Thuringia. Martin Luther sang from the…

Gotha

St. Margaret's Church and New Market

The late baroque hall church was largely destroyed during World War II and was later rebuilt in simple beauty. Gotha’s…

Meiningen

ST. MARY’S "UNSERE LIEBEN FRAUEN" TOWN CHURCH

The imposing town church presents itself to today's visitor as a successful combination of Gothic (choir), neo-Gothic…

Erfurt

St. Michael’s Church

When the Erfurt university was founded and its main building, the Collegium Maius, was erected across from the…

Jena

ST. MICHAEL’S TOWN CHURCH

The late-Gothic hall church with its imposing ornamented facade and western tower already impressed Luther, who…