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This is a list of Gothic architecture in Germany,

All of the following existing buildings are Kulturdenkmaler, irrespective of which German state they belong to.

Baden-Württemberg[edit]

Image Building Place Type Date Notes
Amandus Church Freiberg am Neckar Religious Fortified church.
Bäckerhaus Eppingen Domestic c.1412
Basilica of Sts Peter and Paul Reichenau Island Religious
Bebenhausen Abbey Bebenhausen Domestic

Religious

Also the location of Bebenhausen Palace.
Church of the Holy Spirit Heidelberg Religious
Collegiate Church of St George Tübingen Religious
Freiburg Minster Freiburg im Breisgau Religious Also known as the Cathedral of Our Lady.
Heiligkreuztal Abbey Heiligkreuztal Domestic

Religious

Hirsau Abbey Hirsau Domestic

Religious

Formerly known as Hirschau Abbey.
Hohenzollern Castle Bisingen Domestic

Military

Religious

1454–19th century The first castle was destroyed in 1423; the second castle was mostly destroyed in the mid-18th century. Only the Chapel of St Michael remains complete.

The present structure is a combination of the remains of the second castle and 19th century Neo-Gothic replacements.

Ancestral seat of the House of Hohenzellern.

Inzlingen Castle Inzlingen Domestic

Military

Also known as Reichenstein Castle.
Konstanz Minster Konstanz Religious Also known as the Minster Church of Our Lady.
Lichtenstern Abbey Lichtenstern Domestic

Religious

Lichtenthal Abbey Lichtental Domestic

Religious

Markgröningen Town Hall Markgröningen Civic
Maulbronn Monastery Maulbronn Domestic

Religious

Formerly known as the Imperial Monastery of Maulbronn.
Reichenau Abbey Reichenau Island Domestic

Religious

St Martin's Church Freiburg im Breisgau Religious
Ulm Minster Ulm Religious Also known as the Minster Church of Our Lady in Ulm.

Tallest church in the world.

Weingarten Abbey Weingarten Domestic

Religious

Also known as St Martin's Abbey.
Zähringen Castle Gundelfingen Domestic

Military

Ruins.

Ancestral seat of the House of Zähringen.

* Zum Roten Bären Freiburg im Breisgau Domestic

Bavaria[edit]

Image Building Place Type Date Notes
Abbey of Sts Ulrich and Afra Altstadt, Augsburg Domestic

Religious

D-7-61-000-1033 Includes the Basilica of Sts Ulrich and Afra.
Alter Hof Munich D-1-62-000-220
Augsburg Cathedral Altstadt, Augsburg Religious D-7-61-000-238 Also known as the High Cathedral of the Visitation of Our Lady.
Bamberg Cathedral Bamberg Religious D-4-61-000-94 Also known as the Cathedral Church of St Peter and St George.
Church of St Martin Lauingen Religious D-7-73-144-98
Church of Sts Peter and Paul Detwang, Rothenburg ob der Tauber Religious D-5-71-193-704 Fortified church.
Frauenkirche Munich Religious D-1-62-000-1808 Also known as the Cathedral of Our Lady.
Frauenkirche Nuremberg Religious D-5-64-000-728 Also known as the Church of Our Lady.
Munich City Gates and Walls Munich Military D-1-62-000-6747

D-1-62-000-6485

Some stretches survive.

Surviving gates are Isartor and Sendlinger Tor.

Nuremberg Castle Nuremberg Domestic

Military

Religious

D-5-64-000-305

D-5-64-000-306

D-5-64-000-307

D-5-64-000-309

One of the locations where the Imperial Regalia were kept prior to 1791.
Nuremberg City Hall Nuremberg Civic D-5-64-000-1589
Regensburg Cathedral Regensburg Religious D-3-62-000-313 Also known as St Peter's Cathedral.
Regensburg Old City Hall Regensburg Civic D-3-62-000-956
Old Regensburg Synagogue Regensburg Religious Demolished in 1519.

Most Romanesque, with Gothic portions, including the vestibule.

St Emmeram's Abbey Regensburg Domestic

Religious

D-3-62-000-350 Was divided into St Emmeram's Basilica, St Rupert's Church, and St Emmeram's Palace (also known as Thurn und Taxis Palace).
St James' Church Rothenburg ob der Tauber Religious D-5-71-193-281
St Lawrence's Church Nuremberg Religious D-5-64-000-1217
St Martin's Church Landshut Religious D-2-61-000-637
St Peter's Church Munich Religious D-1-62-000-5245
St Sebaldus' Church Nuremberg Religious D-5-64-000-2163
Schlenkerla Bamberg D-4-61-000-85
Stone Bridge Regensburg Civic D-3-62-000-1165
Trausnitz Castle Landshut D-2-61-000-563
Waldburg Castle Waldburg Ancestral seat of the House of Waldburg.

Berlin[edit]

Image Building Place Type Date Notes
Berlin Courthouse Berlin Civic 09156884
Berlin Old Town Hall Berlin Civic Destroyed in ?
Berlin Palace Cölln Domestic

Military

Religious

Portions of original structure, including the chapel.
Franziskaner-Klosterkirche Alt-Berlin Religious 09011276 Ruins.
Holy Spirit Hospital Berlin
St Anne's Church Dahlem Religious 09075373
St Mary's Church Alt-Berlin Religious 09011280
St Nicholas' Church Alt-Berlin Religious 09010173

09011267

St Nicholas' Church Spandau Religious 09085748
St Peter's Church (2nd Structure) Cölln Religious Destroyed in ?
Stralau Church Stralau Religious 09095043
Supreme Parish Church of Holy Trinity Cölln Religious c.1297–c.1350 Also known as the Collegiate Church, the Black Friars' Church of St Paul, and as the Collegiate Church of Our Lady, the Holy Cross, Sts Peter and Paul, Erasmus, and Nicholas.

Demolished in 1747.

Brandenburg[edit]

Image Building Place Type Date Notes
Brandenburg Cathedral Brandenburg an der Havel Religious 09145180 Also known as the Cathedral of Sts Peter and Paul.
Chorin Abbey Chorin Domestic

Religious

09175005
Lehnin Abbey Kloster Lehnin Domestic

Religious

Bremen[edit]

Image Building Place Type Date Notes
Bremen Cathedral Altstadt, Bremen Religious 0314 Also known as St Peter's Cathedral.
Bremen City Hall Altstadt, Bremen Civic 0066
Church of Our Lady Altstadt, Bremen Religious 00001180
St John's Church Altstadt, Bremen Religious
St Martin's Church Altstadt, Bremen Religious 0875
St Stephen's Church Altstadt, Bremen Religious 1172 Also known as the Collegiate Church of Sts Willehad and Stephen.
Spitzen Gebel Altstadt, Bremen Domestic 0602

Hamburg[edit]

Image Building Place Type Date Notes
Great Tower Neuwerk Neuwerk Civic

Military

13135 Oldest secular building on the German coast.
St Catherine's Church Hamburg Religious
Sinstorf Church Sinstorf Religious 28188

Hesse[edit]

Image Building Place Type Date Notes
Altenberg Abbey Solms Domestic

Religious

45099
Eberbach Abbey Eltville Domestic

Religious

Frankfurt Cathedral Altstadt, Frankfurt Religious 518693 Also known as the Imperial Cathedral of St Bartholomew.
Limburg Cathedral Limburg an der Lahn Religious 53076 Also known as the Cathedral of St George.
Lorsch Abbey Lorsch Domestic

Religious

Also known as the Imperial Abbey of Lorsch.

Partially ruined. Although the vast majority is earlier, the abbey church is Gothic.

Münzenberg Castle Münzenberg Ruins.
Old St Nicholas Church Altstadt, Frankfurt Religious
Römer Altstadt, Frankfurt Civic
St Elizabeth's Church Marburg Religious
St Peter's Church Fritzlar Religious Romanesque with Gothic portions.
Schloss Vollrads Oestrich-Winkel Domestic

Military

Lower Saxony[edit]

Image Building Place Type Date Notes
Brunswick Cathedral Braunschweig Religious Also known as the Collegiate Church of Sts Blaise and John the Baptist.
Church of St James the Greater Göttingen Religious
Church of St John the Baptist Göttingen Religious
Church of Sts Peter and Paul Göttingen Religious
Franciscan Monastery of St Martin Hildesheim Domestic

Religious

Göttingen Old Town Hall Göttingen Civic
Hanover Old Town Hall Hanover Civic
Hildesheim Cathedral Hildesheim Religious Also known as the Cathedral of the Assumption of Mary and as St Mary's Cathedral.

Gothic portions, especially St Anne's Chapel.

Harzburg Bad Harzburg Ruins.

Imperial castle.

Magdalenenkirche Hildesheim Religious Also known as the Church of St Mary Magdalene.
Magdalenenstift Hildesheim
Marienrode Priory Hildesheim Domestic

Religious

Primarily the Abbey Church of St Michael.
St Alban's Church Göttingen Religious
St Andrew's Church Hildesheim Religious
St James' Church Hildesheim Religious
St Lambert's Church Hildesheim Religious
St Mary's Church Göttingen Religious
St Mauritius' Church Hildesheim Religious Three of the cloisters' ranges are Gothic.
St Michael's Church Hildesheim Religious Gothic southern windows.
St Nicholas' Church Göttingen Religious
St Paul's Abbey Hildesheim Domestic

Religious

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern[edit]

Image Building Place Type Date Notes
Doberan Abbey Bad Doberan Domestic

Religious

Malchow Abbey Malchow Domestic

Religious

Marienkirche Neubrandenburg Religious
Neubrandenburg City Walls Neubrandenburg Military
St Mary's Church Stralsund Religious
St Mary's Church Rostock Religious
St Nicholas Church Stralsund Religious Stralsund, no. 609
St Nicholas Church Wismar Religious

North Rhine-Westphalia[edit]

Image Building Place Type Date Notes
Aachen Cathedral Aachen Religious Also known as the Imperial Cathedral. Formerly known as the Royal Cathedral of St Mary at Aachen.

Oldest cathedral in Northern Europe.

Altenberg Cathedral Altenberg Religious Odenthal no. 36 Also known as Altenberger Dom and as Bergischer Dom. Former abbey church of Altenberg Abbey.
Antoniterkirche Cologne Religious Köln no. 853
Arloff Castle Arloff
Basilica of St Severin Cologne Religious Köln no. 936
Basilica of St Ursula Cologne Religious Köln no. 1012
Bilstein Castle Lennestadt
Church of Sts Mary Magdalene and Lazarus Cologne Religious Köln no. 255
Church of the Assumption of St Mary Cologne Religious Köln no. 870
Cologne Cathedral Cologne Religious Köln no. 911 Also known as the Cathedral Church of St Peter.
Cologne Charterhouse Cologne Domestic

Religious

Köln no. 917

Köln no. 918

Cologne City Hall Cologne Civic Köln no. 914
Cologne City Wall Cologne Military
Gürzenich Cologne Köln no. 93
Hardehausen Abbey Warburg Domestic

Religious

The sole surviving Gothic building is the mortuary chapel cum ossuary.
Haus Saaleck Cologne Köln no. 155
Holy Maccabees Abbey Cologne Domestic

Religious

Demolished in ?
Köln Mediæval Synagogue Cologne Religious Following the expulsion of the Jews from Cologne in 1424, the building became the Chapel of St Mary in Jerusalem.

Destroyed during the bombing of Cologne in World War II.

Includes the oldest surviving mikvah in Europe, which dates to the early 4th century.

Marienfeld Abbey Harsewinkel Domestic

Religious

Minoritenkirche Cologne Religious Köln no. 927 Also known as the Church of the Immaculate Conception.
Münster Cathedral Münster Religious Also known as St Paul's Cathedral.

The walls and their gates have been preserved in their entirety.

Münster Old City Hall Münster Civic
Old St Alban's Church Cologne Religious Köln no. 113 Ruins.
Old St Catherine's Church Cologne Religious Köln no. 1266
Old St Pancras' Chapel Cologne Religious Köln no. 1268
Paderborn Cathedral Paderborn Religious Paderborn-Kernstadt no. 3 Also known as the Cathedral of Sts Mary, Kilian, and Liborius.
Propsteikirche Dortmund Religious Also known as the Provost's Church of St John the Baptist.

Originally part of a Dominican monastery.

St Andrew's Church Cologne Religious Köln no. 849
St Columba's Church Cologne Religious Köln no. 1016 Ruins encased in a museum.
St Gereon's Basilica Cologne Religious Köln no. 862 Gothic portions.
St Lambert's Church Münster Religious
St Maria Ablass Cologne Religious Köln no. 1018
St Maria ad Gradus Cologne Religious Ruins.
St Maria im Kapitol Cologne Religious Köln no. 850 Gothic portions, mostly the chapels.
St Maria Lyskirchen Cologne Religious Köln no. 908
St Martin's Church Cologne Religious Köln no. 919
St Nicholas' Church Cologne Religious Köln no. 930
St Peter's Church Cologne Religious Köln no. 1017
Steinhaus Monastery Wuppertal Domestic

Religious

Überwasserkirche Münster Religious Also known as the Church of Our Lady Beyond the Water.
Xanten Cathedral Xanten Religious Also known as St Victor's Cathedral.
Zülpich Castle Zülpich Zülpich no. 18 Also known as the Electoral Cologne Sovereign Castle of Zülpich.

Rhineland-Palatinate[edit]

Image Building Place Type Date Notes
Alte Nahebrücke Bad Kreuznach Civic

Domestic

Augustinerkloster Speyer Religious
Basilica of St Castor Koblenz Religious Mostly Romanesque, but with some Gothic additions.
Collegiate Church of St Stephen Mainz Religious
Cusanusstift Bernkastel-Kues Also known as the Hospital of St Nicholas.
Hambach Castle Hambach, Neustadt an der Weinstraße
Lichtenberg Castle Thallichtenberg Domestic

Military

Religious

Liebfrauenkirche Trier Religious Also known as the Church of Our Lady.
Liebfrauenkirche Worms Religious Also known as the Church of Our Lady.
Limburg Abbey Bad Dürkheim Domestic

Religious

One of the locations where the Imperial Regalia were kept prior to 1791.
Mainz City Walls Mainz Military Surviving portions include the Alexander Tower, the Iron Tower, and the Wood Tower.
Nanstein Castle Landstuhl Ruins, partially reconstructed.
Neuleiningen Castle Neuleiningen Ruins.
Old Gate Speyer Military
Reichenstein Castle Trechtingshausen Also known as Falkenburg.
Rheinstein Castle Trechtingshausen
St Anthony's Church Trier Religious
St Augustine's Church Trier Religious
St Christopher's Church Mainz Religious Ruins.
St Gangolf's Church Trier Religious
St Louis' Church Speyer Religious
St Maximin's Abbey Trier Domestic

Religious

St Quintin's Church Speyer Religious
Sooneck Castle Niederheimbach Also known as Saneck Castle and as Sonneck Castle.
Steipe Trier
Stolzenfels Castle Koblenz Domestic

Military

Religious

Worms Synagogue Worms Religious

Saarland[edit]

Image Building Place Type Date Notes
Aschbachkirche Saarbrücken Religious Ruins.
Basilica of St Wendelin Sankt Wendel Religious
Commandery of St Elizabeth Saarbrücken Domestic

Military

Religious

St Arnulf's Abbey Saarbrücken Domestic

Religious

St Margret's Church Niederkirchen Religious
St Martin's Church Köllerbach Religious
St Nicholas' Chapel Saarbrücken Religious
St Willibrord's Chapel Siersburg Religious
Tholey Abbey Tholey Domestic

Religious

Wintringer Chapel Kleinblittersdorf Religious

Saxony[edit]

Image Building Place Type Date Notes
Albrechtsburg Meissen Domestic

Military

Religious

1471–1495 09265666 Birthplace of diamond vaulting.
Church of Sts Peter and Paul Görlitz Religious
Dominican Monastery Leipzig Domestic

Religious

Also known as the Dominican Monastery of St Paul.

Included the Mittelpaulinum (torn down in 1892) and St Paul's Church (torn down in 1968). Became the University of Leipzig.

Franciscan Monastery Meissen Domestic

Religious

Also known as the Franciscan Monastery of Sts Peter and Paul.
Frauenkirche Görlitz Religious
Frauenkirche Meissen Religious
Freiberg Cathedral Freiberg Religious Also known as the Cathedral of St Mary.
Kriebstein Castle Kriebstein Domestic

Military

Religious

Leipzig Old Town Hall Leipzig Civic Previous structure and integrated tower house.
Lützschena Castle Chapel Lützschena-Stahmeln, Leipzig
Meissen Cathedral Meissen Religious 09266345 Also known as the Church of St John and St Donatus.
Meissen Granary Meissen
Meissen Provost's House Meissen Domestic
Meissen Town Hall Meissen Civic
Reichenbach Tower Görlitz Military 09282369
St Afra's Monastery Meissen Domestic

Religious

Also known as the Augustinians' Monastery of St Afra.
St Anne's Chapel Görlitz Religious
St Matthew's Church Leipzig Religious Destroyed in a 1943 bombing.
St Nicholas' Church Leipzig Religious
St Thomas Church Leipzig Religious 09290637
St Vincent's Church Hänichen, Leipzig Religious 09258664
Seehausen Church Seehausen, Leipzig Religious
Sophienkirche Dresden Religious Damaged during the bombings of Dresden and destroyed in 1962.

Included the Busmannkapelle.

Originally part of the Franciscan monastery in Dresden.

Was the only Gothic church in Dresden.

The organ is known to have been played by Bach.

Trinity Church Görlitz Religious

Saxony-Anhalt[edit]

Image Building Place Type Date Notes
Jerichow Monastery Jerichow Domestic

Religious

09475980 Towers.
Magdeburg Cathedral Magdeburg Religious 09406290 Also known as the Cathedral of Saints Maurice and Catherine.
Naumburg Cathedral Naumburg Religious 09483830 Also known as the Cathedral of Sts Peter and Paul.
Quedlinburg Abbey Quedlinburg Domestic

Religious

09445933 The church is also known as the Collegiate Church of St Servatius.

Portions are Gothic, mainly the apse.

Schleswig-Holstein[edit]

Image Building Place Type Date Notes
Holstentor Altstadt, Lübeck Civic

Military

Lübeck Cathedral Altstadt, Lübeck Religious 1173–1335 201

202

Also known as the Proto-Cathedral of Sts John the Baptist, Blaise, Mary, and Nicholas.
Lübeck Town Hall Altstadt, Lübeck Civic
St Anne's Priory Altstadt, Lübeck Domestic

Religious

Also known as St Anne's Museum Quarter.
St Mary's Church Altstadt, Lübeck Religious

Thuringia[edit]

Image Building Place Type Date Notes
All Saints' Church Erfurt Religious
Barfüßerkirche Erfurt Religious Also known as the Discalced's Church and as the Church of St John the Baptist.

Partial ruin.

Originally part of a Franciscan friary.

Church of St John the Baptist Erfurt Religious
Erfurt Cathedral Erfurt Religious Also known as the Cathedral Church of St Mary at Erfurt and as St Mary's Cathedral.
Kaufmannskirche Erfurt Religious Also known as the Merchant's Church, as ?
Krämerbrücke Erfurt Civic

Domestic

Magdalene's Chapel Erfurt Religious
Neuwerkskirche Erfurt Religious Also known as Cruciskirche.
Old St Thomas' Church Erfurt Religious Torn down to build New St Thomas' Church in 1903.
Old Synagogue Erfurt Religious c.1094–early-14th century Thought to be the oldest standing synagogue in Europe.
Predigerkirche Erfurt Religious Also known as the Preachers' Church.

Originally part of a Dominican priory.

Reglerkirche Erfurt Religious Also known as the Church of the Regulated and as Augustine's Church.

Originally part of an Augustinian monastery.

St Andrew's Church Erfurt Religious
St Augustine's Monastery Erfurt Domestic

Religious

St Bartholomew's Church Erfurt Religious Only the tower survives.
St Giles' Church Erfurt Religious On the Krämerbrücke.

Originally a bridge chapel.

St Lawrence's Church Erfurt Religious
St Martin's Church Erfurt Religious
St Michael's Church Erfurt Religious
St Nicholas' Church Erfurt Religious
St Severus' Church Erfurt Religious
St Wigbert's Church Erfurt Religious Part of Augustinereremitenkloster.
Schottenkirche Erfurt Religious Also known as the Scotts' Church and as the Church of Saints Nicholas and James the Greater.
Stone House Erfurt Religious c.1223
Ursuline Monastery Erfurt Domestic

Religious

Wartburg Eisenach

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