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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
editImage | Building | Place | Type | Date | Notes | |
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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 |
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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 |
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Lichtenthal Abbey | Lichtental | Domestic
Religious |
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Markgröningen Town Hall | Markgröningen | Civic | ||||
Maulbronn Monastery | Maulbronn | Domestic
Religious |
Formerly known as the Imperial Monastery of Maulbronn. | |||
Reichenau Abbey | Reichenau Island | Domestic
Religious |
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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
editImage | Building | Place | Type | Date | Notes | |
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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
editImage | Building | Place | Type | Date | Notes | |
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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 |
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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
editImage | Building | Place | Type | Date | Notes | |
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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
editImage | Building | Place | Type | Date | Notes | |
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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
editImage | Building | Place | Type | Date | Notes | |
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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
editImage | Building | Place | Type | Date | Notes | |
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Altenberg Abbey | Solms | Domestic
Religious |
45099 | |||
Eberbach Abbey | Eltville | Domestic
Religious |
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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
editMecklenburg-Vorpommern
editImage | Building | Place | Type | Date | Notes | |
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Doberan Abbey | Bad Doberan | Domestic
Religious |
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Malchow Abbey | Malchow | Domestic
Religious |
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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
editImage | Building | Place | Type | Date | Notes | |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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
editImage | Building | Place | Type | Date | Notes | |
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Alte Nahebrücke | Bad Kreuznach | Civic
Domestic |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Worms Synagogue | Worms | Religious |
Saarland
editImage | Building | Place | Type | Date | Notes | |
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Aschbachkirche | Saarbrücken | Religious | Ruins. | |||
Basilica of St Wendelin | Sankt Wendel | Religious | ||||
Commandery of St Elizabeth | Saarbrücken | Domestic
Military Religious |
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St Arnulf's Abbey | Saarbrücken | Domestic
Religious |
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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 |
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Wintringer Chapel | Kleinblittersdorf | Religious |
Saxony
editImage | Building | Place | Type | Date | Notes | |
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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 |
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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
editImage | Building | Place | Type | Date | Notes | |
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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
editImage | Building | Place | Type | Date | Notes | |
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Holstentor | Altstadt, Lübeck | Civic
Military |
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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
editImage | Building | Place | Type | Date | Notes | |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Wartburg | Eisenach |
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