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Traditions present: Catholicism, Buddhism, Protestantism, Judaism, Islam, Orthodox Christianity

Thirty-eight places written in Germany. Each carries its history, architecture, site and orientation, festivals, and the way to get there.

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All Saints' Church, Wittenberg · Lutherstadt Wittenberg, bang Sachsen-Anhalt · ProtestantismCologne Cathedral · Cologne (Köln), bang Nordrhein-Westfalen · CatholicismAachen Cathedral · Aachen, bang Nordrhein-Westfalen · CatholicismWartburg · Eisenach, bang Thüringen · ProtestantismSt. Thomas Church, Leipzig · Leipzig, bang Sachsen · ProtestantismTrier Cathedral and the Holy Robe · Trier, bang Rheinland-Pfalz · CatholicismShrine of Our Lady of Altötting · Altötting, bang Bayern · CatholicismShrine of Our Lady of Kevelaer · Kevelaer, bang Nordrhein-Westfalen · CatholicismBasilica of the Fourteen Holy Helpers · Bad Staffelstein, bang Bayern · CatholicismAugustinian Monastery, Erfurt · Erfurt, bang Thüringen · ProtestantismFrauenkirche Dresden · Dresden, bang Sachsen · ProtestantismRussian Orthodox Church of Saint Elizabeth, Wiesbaden · Wiesbaden, bang Hessen · Orthodox ChristianityCathedral of the Resurrection of Christ, Berlin · Berlin · Orthodox ChristianityNew Synagogue Berlin · Berlin · JudaismOhel Jakob Synagogue, Munich · München, bang Bayern · JudaismBerlin Mosque, Wilmersdorf · Berlin · IslamŞehitlik Mosque, Berlin · Berlin · IslamCologne Central Mosque · Köln, bang Nordrhein-Westfalen · IslamDas Buddhistische Haus, Berlin-Frohnau · Berlin · BuddhismTibetan Centre Hamburg · Hamburg · BuddhismSpeyer Cathedral · Speyer, bang Rheinland-Pfalz · CatholicismBamberg Cathedral · Bamberg, bang Bayern · CatholicismSt Mary's Cathedral and St Michael's Church, Hildesheim · Hildesheim, bang Niedersachsen · CatholicismMaulbronn Monastery · Maulbronn, bang Baden-Württemberg · CatholicismLorsch Abbey · Lorsch, bang Hessen · CatholicismMonastic Island of Reichenau · Đảo Reichenau, Hồ Constance (Bodensee), bang Baden-Württemberg · CatholicismPilgrimage Church of Wies · Steingaden, vùng Pfaffenwinkel, bang Bayern · CatholicismShUM Sites of Speyer, Worms and Mainz · Speyer, Worms và Mainz, bang Rheinland-Pfalz · JudaismJewish-Medieval Heritage of Erfurt · Erfurt, bang Thüringen · JudaismMoravian Church Settlement of Herrnhut · Herrnhut, vùng Oberlausitz, bang Sachsen · ProtestantismViên Giác Pagoda, Hanover · Hannover, bang Niedersachsen · BuddhismLinh Thuu Pagoda, Berlin · Quận Spandau, Berlin · BuddhismPhat Hue Pagoda, Frankfurt · Frankfurt am Main, bang Hessen · BuddhismBao Quang Pagoda, Hamburg · Hamburg · BuddhismTam Giac Pagoda, Kirchseeon · Gần München, bang Bayern · BuddhismPhuoc Nghiem Pagoda, Leipzig · Leipzig, bang Sachsen · BuddhismVietnamese Catholic Pastoral Centre, St. Arnold · Neuenkirchen, bang Nordrhein-Westfalen · CatholicismVietnamese Catholic Community of Munich · München, bang Bayern · CatholicismGERMANYN

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Protestantism · Lutherstadt Wittenberg, bang Sachsen-Anhalt · 1490All Saints' Church, WittenbergSchlosskirche Wittenberg, Allerheiligenkirche, Wittenberg Castle Church, Reformation Memorial Church, Reformationsgedächtniskirche

All Saints' Church in Wittenberg Castle, consecrated in 1503, where Martin Luther posted the Ninety-five Theses on 31 October 1517 to initiate the Protestant Reformation, housing the tombs of Luther and Melanchthon and an 88-meter tower.

UNESCO World Heritage Site (Luther Memorials in Eisleben and Wittenberg, 1996)Schlossplatz, 06886 Lutherstadt Wittenberg

Photo: Chris06; shifted by Rabanus Flavus, CC0, Wikimedia Commons

Catholicism · Cologne (Köln), bang Nordrhein-Westfalen · 1248Cologne CathedralKölner Dom, Hohe Domkirche Sankt Petrus, Nhà thờ Lớn Cologne, Nhà thờ chính tòa Thánh Phêrô Köln

The Cathedral of St Peter of the Archdiocese of Cologne, begun in 1248 and completed in 1880, rising over 157 meters with twin spires beside the River Rhine and housing the Shrine of the Three Kings since 1164.

UNESCO World Heritage Site (1996)Domkloster 4, 50667 Köln

Photo: Raimond Spekking, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

Catholicism · Aachen, bang Nordrhein-Westfalen · khoảng 793 tới 813 dựng nhà nguyện Palatine theo UNESCO và Britannica (có nguồn ghi khởi công năm 786), cung hiến năm 805Aachen CathedralAachener Dom, Hoher Dom zu Aachen, Kaiserdom, Palatine Chapel (Pfalzkapelle), St. Mary's Church Aachen

Cathedral of the Diocese of Aachen, centered on the octagonal Carolingian Palatine Chapel commissioned by Charlemagne in the late eighth to early ninth century to the design of Odo of Metz, where Charlemagne was buried in 814. From 936 to 1531 it served as the coronation church of German kings, and in 1978 it became Germany's first UNESCO World Heritage site.

UNESCO World Heritage Site (1978)Domhof, 52062 Aachen (văn phòng nhà thờ: Klosterplatz 2, 52062 Aachen)

Photo: Leonhard Lenz, CC0, Wikimedia Commons

Protestantism · Eisenach, bang Thüringen · khoảng 1067 theo truyền thống (Ludwig der Springer), Britannica ghi đồi đã có thành lũy từ năm 1080WartburgWartburg, Die Wartburg, Wartburg Castle

Hilltop castle overlooking Eisenach, featuring the Romanesque palace (Palas) of the Landgraves of Thuringia built around 1157, where Saint Elisabeth of Hungary lived and practiced charity. From May 1521 to March 1522 Martin Luther stayed here in hiding and translated the New Testament from Greek into German, the castle was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1999.

UNESCO World Heritage Site (1999)Auf der Wartburg 1, 99817 Eisenach

Photo: Krzysztof Golik, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

Protestantism · Leipzig, bang Sachsen · 1496St. Thomas Church, LeipzigThomaskirche, Thomaskirche Leipzig, St. Thomas Church, Church of St. Thomas

Lutheran church in central Leipzig, originating as an Augustinian canons' monastery founded in 1212, with the present late-Gothic hall church consecrated in 1496 and a 68-meter tower. Johann Sebastian Bach served here as Thomaskantor from 1723 to 1750 and rests in the chancel, where the Thomanerchor continues to sing.

Cultural Heritage Monument of Saxony (Kulturdenkmal no. 09290637)Thomaskirchhof, 04109 Leipzig

Photo: Lukas Beck, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

Catholicism · Trier, bang Rheinland-Pfalz · Khoảng 326Trier Cathedral and the Holy RobeHohe Domkirche St. Peter zu Trier, Trierer Dom, Dom St. Peter, Heiliger Rock (Tunica Christi)

The oldest cathedral in Germany, standing in the former Roman imperial capital of Augusta Treverorum (Trier) and begun around AD 326 under Emperor Constantine the Great and Bishop Agritius. Preserving 4th-century Roman brick walls up to 30 meters high in its central Quadratbau and expanded in the 11th-century Salian Romanesque style with double choirs and six stone towers, it enshrines the Seamless Robe of Jesus (Heiliger Rock) traditionally brought from Jerusalem by Saint Helena.

UNESCO World Heritage Site (1986)Liebfrauenstraße 12 (Domfreihof), 54290 Trier, Rheinland-Pfalz (Hohe Domkirche St. Peter)

Photo: Berthold Werner, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

Catholicism · Altötting, bang Bayern · Thế kỷ 8 tới thế kỷ 9 (hành hương 1489)Shrine of Our Lady of AltöttingGnadenkapelle Altötting, Heilige Kapelle, Schwarze Madonna von Altötting, Herz Bayerns

The foremost Marian pilgrimage shrine in Germany, known as the Heart of Bavaria on the Kapellplatz in Altötting. Centered on the octagonal Carolingian Chapel of Grace (Gnadenkapelle) dating from the 8th to 9th centuries, it enshrines the limewood Black Madonna sculpted around 1330, preserves 28 silver urns holding the hearts of Bavarian Wittelsbach rulers and displays over 2,000 votive panels offered since two miraculous healings in 1489.

National Shrine of Bavaria (Bayerisches Nationalheiligtum) and Protected Architectural Monument of BavariaKapellplatz 1, 84503 Altötting, Bayern (Gnadenkapelle Altötting)

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Catholicism · Kevelaer, bang Nordrhein-Westfalen · 1642 (Nhà nguyện Ân Sủng 1654)Shrine of Our Lady of KevelaerWallfahrtsort Kevelaer, Gnadenkapelle Kevelaer, Consolatrix Afflictorum (Trösterin der Betrübten)

The largest Marian pilgrimage sanctuary in northwestern Europe and the second largest in Germany after Altötting, situated in the Lower Rhine town of Kevelaer near the Dutch border. Originating from a mysterious voice heard three times by merchant Hendrick Busman at Christmas 1641 and his wife Mechel Schrouse's 1642 vision of a small copperplate engraving of Our Lady, Comforter of the Afflicted (Consolatrix Afflictorum), the Kapellenplatz ensemble comprises the Candle Chapel (1643 to 1645), the hexagonal Chapel of Grace (1654) and the Neo-Gothic Basilica of St. Mary (1858 to 1864).

Papal Minor Basilica (1923) and Protected Historical Monument of North Rhine-WestphaliaKapellenplatz, 47623 Kevelaer, Nordrhein-Westfalen (Wallfahrtsort Kevelaer)

Photo: Thomas Schoch, CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikimedia Commons

Catholicism · Bad Staffelstein, bang Bayern · 1743Basilica of the Fourteen Holy HelpersBasilika Vierzehnheiligen

A late Baroque and Rococo Catholic pilgrimage basilica designed by Balthasar Neumann on the hillside of Bad Staffelstein in Upper Franconia, erected between 1743 and 1772 on the spot where the shepherd Hermann Leicht beheld visions of the Christ Child surrounded by the Fourteen Holy Helpers in 1445 and 1446.

Minor Basilica (1897), Protected Monument of Bavaria (D-4-78-165-292)Vierzehnheiligen 1, 96231 Bad Staffelstein, Bayern, Germany (Basilika Vierzehnheiligen)

Photo: Ermell, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

Protestantism · Erfurt, bang Thüringen · 1277Augustinian Monastery, ErfurtEvangelisches Augustinerkloster zu Erfurt

A medieval Gothic mendicant monastery begun in 1277 near the Gera river in Erfurt, where the reformer Martin Luther lived as an Augustinian friar from 1505 to 1511 and was ordained to the priesthood before launching the Protestant Reformation.

Monument of Special National Cultural Significance (2004), UNESCO Tentative List (2016)Augustinerstraße 10, 99084 Erfurt, Thüringen, Germany

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Protestantism · Dresden, bang Sachsen · 1726 tới 1743Frauenkirche DresdenFrauenkirche Dresden (Kirche Unserer Lieben Frauen)

A Baroque Protestant church near the Elbe river built between 1726 and 1743 by George Bähr with a 91-meter sandstone Stone Bell dome, which collapsed in February 1945 and was archaeologically reconstructed between 1994 and 2005 integrating 3,539 charred original stones as a global symbol of reconciliation.

Cultural Monument of Saxony (09213916)Neumarkt, 01067 Dresden, Sachsen, Germany

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Orthodox Christianity · Wiesbaden, bang Hessen · 1847 tới 1855Russian Orthodox Church of Saint Elizabeth, WiesbadenRussisch-Orthodoxe Kirche der heiligen Elisabeth (Griechische Kapelle)

A five-domed Russian Orthodox funerary church on the Neroberg hill in Wiesbaden, built between 1847 and 1855 by Duke Adolf of Nassau after plans by Philipp Hoffmann as the final resting place of his young wife, Grand Duchess Elizabeth Mikhailovna Romanova of Russia.

Cultural Monument of HesseChristian-Spielmann-Weg 1, Neroberg, 65193 Wiesbaden, Hessen, Germany

Photo: Oliver Carl, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

Orthodox Christianity · Berlin · 1936 tới 1938Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ, BerlinChristi-Auferstehungs-Kathedrale (Кафедральный собор Воскресения Христова в Берлине)

The cathedral of the Diocese of Berlin and Germany of the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate), erected between 1936 and 1938 in Berlin-Wilmersdorf in the medieval Novgorod style with a gilded central dome, four star-spangled blue corner cupolas, and a nineteenth-century carved oak iconostasis.

Architectural Monument of Berlin (09046375)Hohenzollerndamm 166, 10713 Berlin-Wilmersdorf, Germany

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Judaism · Berlin · 1859 tới 1866New Synagogue BerlinNeue Synagoge Berlin (Centrum Judaicum)

A Moorish Revival grand synagogue on Oranienburger Straße in central Berlin, constructed between 1859 and 1866 after designs by Eduard Knoblauch and Friedrich August Stüler with a 50.21-meter gilded ribbed dome, originally seating 3,000 worshippers and serving today as the Centrum Judaicum.

Architectural Monument of Berlin (09080249)Oranienburger Straße 28-30, 10117 Berlin-Mitte, Germany

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Judaism · München, bang Bayern · 2006Ohel Jakob Synagogue, MunichSynagoge Ohel Jakob München, Hauptsynagoge Ohel Jakob, אֹהֶל יַעֲקֹב, Jacob's Tent Synagogue Munich

The main synagogue of the Jewish Community of Munich and Upper Bavaria at St.-Jakobs-Platz, inheriting the name Ohel Jakob (Jacob's Tent) from the 1892 Orthodox synagogue on Herzog-Rudolf-Straße burned down during Kristallnacht on 9 November 1938. Designed by architects Rena Wandel-Hoefer and Wolfgang Lorch and inaugurated on 9 November 2006, it features a windowless travertine stone base evoking the Western Wall in Jerusalem topped by a glass cube veiled in bronze Star of David mesh, linked to the subterranean Corridor of Memory bearing the names of over 4,500 murdered Munich Jews.

German Architecture Prize (Deutscher Architekturpreis, 2007), Main Synagogue of the Jewish Community of Munich and Upper BavariaSt.-Jakobs-Platz 18, 80331 München, Bayern, Germany (Jüdisches Zentrum Jakobsplatz)

Photo: Flocci Nivis, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

Islam · Berlin · 1924Berlin Mosque, WilmersdorfWilmersdorfer Moschee, Berliner Moschee, Ahmadiyya-Moschee Berlin, Indische Moschee Berlin

The oldest surviving mosque in Germany, located on Brienner Straße in Berlin-Wilmersdorf, built between 1924 and 1928 by the Lahore Ahmadiyya Movement (AAIIL) under the leadership of scholar Maulana Sadr-ud-Din. Designed by Berlin architect Karl Alfred Herrmann after the Mughal style of the Taj Mahal with a 26-meter onion dome and twin 32-meter white minarets set in a tranquil garden, it served as an intellectual bridge between Islam and Europe during the Weimar Republic and has been listed as a protected Berlin heritage monument since 1993.

Protected Historic Monument of the State of Berlin (Baudenkmal Berlin, 1993)Brienner Straße 7-8, 10713 Berlin-Wilmersdorf, Germany

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Islam · Berlin · 1999Şehitlik Mosque, BerlinŞehitlik-Moschee Berlin, Berlin Türk Şehitlik Camii, Turkish Cemetery Mosque Berlin

The premier Classical Ottoman-style mosque in Berlin, situated on Columbiadamm in Neukölln within the grounds of Germany's oldest Muslim cemetery (the Turkish Cemetery rooted in King Frederick William III of Prussia's 1798 land grant and expanded in 1866). Built between 1999 and 2005 by the Turkish-Islamic Union DITIB to designs by architect Hilmi Şenalp inspired by sixteenth- and seventeenth-century master Mimar Sinan, it features a 21.5-meter central dome, twin 37.1-meter minarets, white Turkish limestone, and hand-painted İznik and Kütahya ceramics.

Protected Historic Monument of the State of Berlin (1866 Turkish Cemetery / Türkischer Friedhof), Premier Ottoman Mosque in BerlinColumbiadamm 128, 10965 Berlin-Neukölln, Germany

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Islam · Köln, bang Nordrhein-Westfalen · 2009Cologne Central MosqueDITIB-Zentralmoschee Köln, Zentralmoschee Köln, Köln Merkez Camii, Đại đền Hồi giáo trung tâm Köln

One of the largest and most modern mosques in Germany and Europe, located at the intersection of Venloer Straße and Innere Kanalstraße in Cologne-Ehrenfeld. Begun by the Turkish-Islamic Union DITIB in 2009, opened for prayer in June 2017, and formally inaugurated on 29 September 2018, it was designed by Pritzker Prize laureate Gottfried Böhm and his son Paul Böhm with sculptural concrete shells curving like an opening flower bud interspersed with expansive glass walls, a 36.5-meter dome, and twin 55-meter minarets.

Federal Headquarters of the Turkish-Islamic Union DITIB in Germany, Landmark Contemporary Mosque in EuropeVenloer Straße 160, 50823 Köln-Ehrenfeld, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

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Buddhism · Berlin · 1924Das Buddhistische Haus, Berlin-FrohnauDas Buddhistische Haus Berlin-Frohnau, Berlin Buddhist Vihara, Tịnh xá Phật giáo Berlin-Frohnau

The oldest and largest Theravada Buddhist monastery (Vihara) complex in Europe, set on a pine-wooded hill along Edelhofdamm in Frohnau at the northern tip of Berlin. Built with personal funds between 1923 and August 1924 by German physician and Pali translator Dr. Paul Dahlke (1865 to 1928) to designs by architect Max Meyer featuring a Sanchi-inspired Elephant Gate and 73 stone steps symbolizing the Noble Eightfold Path, the estate was acquired in 1957 by Asoka Weeraratna's German Dharmaduta Society (Sri Lanka) to establish a resident monastic vihara and was designated a National Heritage Site in 1988.

Protected National Cultural Heritage Monument of Germany (Kulturdenkmal / National Heritage Site, 1988)Edelhofdamm 54, 13465 Berlin-Frohnau (Reinickendorf), Germany

Photo: Ekem, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

Buddhism · Hamburg · 1977Tibetan Centre HamburgTibetisches Zentrum e.V. Hamburg, Học viện Phật giáo Tây Tạng Hamburg

One of Germany's oldest and most academically renowned Tibetan Buddhist study and practice institutes (of the Gelugpa tradition), located on Hermann-Balk-Straße in Hamburg-Rahlstedt (Berne). Founded in 1977 under the direct patronage of the 14th Dalai Lama and shaped for 24 years (from 1979 to 2003) by the eminent Sera Monastery scholar Geshe Thubten Ngawang, the Centre is celebrated for its seven-year Systematic Study of Buddhism program in cooperation with the University of Hamburg, its traditional Tibetan shrine hall, and the Bodhi Stupa in its tranquil garden.

Oldest Tibetan Buddhist Study Institute in Germany under the Patronage of the 14th Dalai LamaHermann-Balk-Straße 106, 22147 Hamburg-Rahlstedt (Berne), Germany

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Catholicism · Speyer, bang Rheinland-Pfalz · 1030Speyer CathedralDomkirche St. Maria und St. Stephan zu Speyer, Kaiserdom zu Speyer, Speyerer Dom, Imperial Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption and St Stephen

The largest surviving Romanesque church in the world, standing on the left bank of the Rhine in the historic city of Speyer. Begun in 1030 under Salian Emperor Conrad II, consecrated in 1061 and vaulted on a monumental scale under Emperor Henry IV (1082 to 1106), the cathedral is renowned for its intact 1041 Imperial Crypt (Krypta), the burial place of eight Holy Roman Emperors and German kings alongside four empresses across nearly three centuries.

UNESCO World Heritage Site (1981)Tọa lạc ở cuối phía đông đại lộ đi bộ Maximilianstraße ngay trung tâm thành phố Speyer

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Catholicism · Bamberg, bang Bayern · 1004Bamberg CathedralBamberger Dom, Hoher Dom St. Peter und St. Georg zu Bamberg, Imperial Cathedral of Saints Peter and George

A four-towered Imperial Cathedral crowning the Domberg hill above the historic town of Bamberg in Bavaria. Founded in 1004 by Emperor Saint Henry II and Empress Saint Kunigunde (consecrated in 1012 and rebuilt by 1237), it houses the only papal tomb north of the Alps (Pope Clement II), Tilman Riemenschneider's sculpted marble tomb of the canonized imperial couple (1499 to 1513) and the enigmatic 13th-century equestrian statue known as the Bamberg Rider.

UNESCO World Heritage Site (1993)Tọa lạc trên đồi Domberg ở trung tâm khu phố cổ Bamberg

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Catholicism · Hildesheim, bang Niedersachsen · 872St Mary's Cathedral and St Michael's Church, HildesheimDom St. Mariä Himmelfahrt und Michaeliskirche in Hildesheim, Hildesheimer Dom, St. Michael Hildesheim

Two twin masterpieces of 11th-century Ottonian architecture and monumental bronze casting in Hildesheim, shaped by the legacy of Bishop Saint Bernward (960 to 1022). St Mary's Cathedral (begun in 872) preserves the legendary Thousand-Year Rose alongside the bronze Bernward Doors (1015), the Christ Column (c. 1020) and the Hezilo Chandelier, while St Michael's Church (1010 to 1033) exemplifies the symmetrical Pre-Romanesque double-choir basilica and retains its 13th-century painted oak ceiling of the Tree of Jesse.

UNESCO World Heritage Site (1985)Trung tâm thành phố Hildesheim (cách Hannover khoảng 30 km về phía đông nam)

Photo: bph / Werner Kaiser, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

Catholicism · Maulbronn, bang Baden-Württemberg · 1147Maulbronn MonasteryKloster Maulbronn, Maulbronn Monastery Complex, Zisterzienserabtei Maulbronn, Evangelisches Seminar Maulbronn

The most complete and best-preserved medieval Cistercian monastery complex north of the Alps, nestled in a wooded valley of the Stromberg hills in Baden-Württemberg. Founded in 1147 with its abbey church consecrated in 1178, the walled precinct preserves nearly 30 buildings from the 12th to the 16th centuries, including the Early Gothic Paradise narthex (c. 1220), the nine-sided Fountain House and over 20 hydraulic fishponds, and has housed a renowned Protestant seminary since 1556 where Johannes Kepler, Friedrich Hölderlin and Hermann Hesse studied.

UNESCO World Heritage Site (1993)Thị trấn Maulbronn (giữa Karlsruhe và Stuttgart, cách Pforzheim khoảng 18 km về phía đông bắc)

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Catholicism · Lorsch, bang Hessen · 764Lorsch AbbeyKloster Lorsch, Reichsabtei Lorsch, Königshalle / Torhalle Lorsch, Abbey and Altenmünster of Lorsch

One of the most powerful monastic and intellectual centers of the Frankish Empire during the Carolingian Renaissance in Lorsch (Hesse), founded in 764 and consecrated in the presence of Emperor Charlemagne on 1 September 774. Serving as the royal mausoleum of the East Frankish kings and home to the scriptorium that produced the 8th-century Lorsch Pharmacopoeia and the Lorsch Gospels, the site preserves the intact Carolingian Gatehouse (Königshalle / Torhalle) standing for over 1,200 years.

UNESCO World Heritage Site (1991)Tọa lạc ngay trung tâm thị trấn Lorsch (bang Hessen, nằm giữa thành phố Worms và vùng đồi Bergstraße

Photo: Kuebi - Armin Kübelbeck, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

Catholicism · Đảo Reichenau, Hồ Constance (Bodensee), bang Baden-Württemberg · 724Monastic Island of ReichenauKlosterinsel Reichenau, Kloster Reichenau, Monasterium Augiense, Sintlas-Au, Monastic Island of Reichenau

A sacred Benedictine monastic island in the Untersee of Lake Constance (Baden-Württemberg), founded in 724 by Saint Pirmin. Once one of Europe's foremost centers of scholarship and Ottonian illuminated manuscript painting from the 8th to the 11th centuries, the island preserves three Romanesque churches of the 9th to 11th centuries at Mittelzell, Oberzell and Niederzell.

UNESCO World Heritage Site (2000) and UNESCO Memory of the World (2003)Đất liền rồi bắt xe buýt số 7372 chạy qua con đê dài 1,3 cây số vào thẳng trung tâm đảo (Mittelzell)

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Catholicism · Steingaden, vùng Pfaffenwinkel, bang Bayern · 1745 tới 1754Pilgrimage Church of WiesWieskirche, Wallfahrtskirche zum Gegeißelten Heiland auf der Wies, Die Wies, Pilgrimage Church of Wies

The supreme masterpiece of Bavarian Rococo architecture, set in an Alpine meadow in the municipality of Steingaden. Originating from the miracle of tears seen on a wooden statue of the Scourged Savior on 14 June 1738, the church was built from 1745 to 1754 by the brothers Dominikus Zimmermann and Johann Baptist Zimmermann with a light-filled oval plan and an illusionistic ceiling fresco opening onto the Heaven of Mercy.

UNESCO World Heritage Site (1983)Từ thành phố München hoặc thành phố Füssen (nơi có lâu đài Neuschwanstein cách Wieskirche khoảng 25 cây số về phía tây nam)

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Judaism · Speyer, Worms và Mainz, bang Rheinland-Pfalz · Thế kỷ 10 tới thế kỷ 13 (Hội đường Worms 1034)ShUM Sites of Speyer, Worms and MainzSchUM-Stätten Speyer, Worms und Mainz, ShUM Sites of Speyer, Worms and Mainz, קהילות שו״ם (Shpira, Warmaisa, Magenza)

The medieval cradle of Ashkenazi Jewish culture, Talmudic scholarship, religious law (Takkanot Shum) and synagogue architecture along the Upper Rhine in Speyer (Shpira), Worms (Warmaisa) and Mainz (Magenza). The serial UNESCO property comprises four core sites: the Speyer Jewry-Court (Judenhof) with its 1128 Mikveh, the Worms Synagogue Compound with the Rashi Yeshiva, the Heiliger Sand Cemetery in Worms and the Judensand Cemetery in Mainz.

UNESCO World Heritage Site (2021)Ba thành phố nằm dọc tuyến đường sắt vùng S-Bahn Rhein-Neckar và tàu Regionalbahn chạy dọc bờ tây sông Rhine: từ Sân bay Quốc tế Frankfurt am Main đi tàu khoảng 25 phút là tới ga chính Mainz Hbf, từ Mainz đi tàu tiếp khoảng 35 phút về phía nam là tới ga Worms Hbf, và từ Worms đi tàu qua Ludwigshafen khoảng 40 phút là tới ga Speyer Hbf

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Judaism · Erfurt, bang Thüringen · Khoảng 1094 tới thế kỷ 14Jewish-Medieval Heritage of ErfurtJüdisch-Mittelalterliches Erbe in Erfurt, Alte Synagoge Erfurt, Jewish-Medieval Heritage of Erfurt

A rare medieval Jewish architectural and spiritual heritage ensemble in the historic center of Erfurt (capital of Thuringia). Comprising three monuments from the late 11th to the mid-14th centuries: the Old Synagogue of Erfurt (ca. 1094, the oldest medieval synagogue in the world preserved up to its roof timbers, exhibiting the 1349 Erfurt Treasure and its Mazel Tov wedding ring), the medieval Mikveh on the Gera River and the 13th-century Stone House.

UNESCO World Heritage Site (2023)Từ ga tàu trung tâm Erfurt (Erfurt Hauptbahnhof, nơi có tàu cao tốc ICE nối trực tiếp với Berlin

Photo: Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

Protestantism · Herrnhut, vùng Oberlausitz, bang Sachsen · 17 tháng 6 năm 1722Moravian Church Settlement of HerrnhutHerrnhuter Brüdergemeine, Siedlung Herrnhut, Unitas Fratrum, Moravian Church Settlement of Herrnhut

The mother settlement and global spiritual center of the renewed Moravian Church (Unitas Fratrum) at the foot of the Hutberg hill in Upper Lusatia, Saxony. Founded on 17 June 1722 under the patronage of Count Nikolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf for Protestant refugees from Moravia, Herrnhut is renowned for its pure white Church Hall (Kirchensaal of 1756), its egalitarian God's Acre cemetery (Gottesacker of 1730), the 100-Year Prayer Watch, the Daily Texts (Losungen) and the 26-pointed Moravian Advent Star.

UNESCO World Heritage Site (2024)Từ thành phố Dresden (thủ phủ bang Sachsen, cách Herrnhut khoảng 85 cây số về phía đông)

Photo: J.-H. Janßen, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

Buddhism · Hannover, bang Niedersachsen · 1978Viên Giác Pagoda, HanoverTổ đình Viên Giác, Viên-Giác-Pagode Hannover

The first, largest and most culturally and academically influential Vietnamese Buddhist monastic complex in Europe, located at Karlsruher Straße 6 in Hanover, capital of Lower Saxony, Federal Republic of Germany. Founded in 1978 by Most Venerable Master Thích Như Điển, built on its current grand scale beginning in 1989 and consecrated in 1993, with Venerable Thích Hạnh Định now serving as Abbot, the complex is renowned for its seven-story Stupa of Ultimate Bliss, its Ten-Thousand-Buddha Main Hall and the Viên Giác journal published continuously since 1979.

Largest Vietnamese Buddhist Patriarchal Temple in GermanyTừ nhà ga trung tâm Hannover (Hannover Hauptbahnhof)

Photo: Axel Hindemith, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons

Buddhism · Quận Spandau, Berlin · 1987Linh Thuu Pagoda, BerlinLinh Thứu Tự, Linh-Thứu-Pagode Berlin

The first and largest Vietnamese Buddhist temple in Berlin, capital of the Federal Republic of Germany, located at Heidereuterstraße 30 in the historic borough of Spandau. Founded as a prayer hall in West Berlin in 1987 by the late Venerable Abbess Thích Nữ Diệu Phước (1936 to 2020), expanded in 1994 after German reunification to unite Vietnamese residents from both East and West Berlin, and inaugurated as a full traditional monastery in 2012, the complex features a Triple Gateway, Main Sanctuary, Four Sacred Sites garden and open-air Avalokiteśvara shrine.

First and largest Vietnamese Buddhist temple in BerlinTừ trung tâm Berlin (ga Hauptbahnhof hoặc Alexanderplatz), đi tàu điện ngầm U-Bahn tuyến U7 hoặc tàu S-Bahn tuyến S3

Photo: <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Fridolin_freudenfett" title="User:Fridolin freudenfett">Fridolin freudenfett</a>, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

Buddhism · Frankfurt am Main, bang Hessen · Thập niên 1990Phat Hue Pagoda, FrankfurtThiền viện Phật Huệ, Pagode Phật Huệ Frankfurt

A premier Vietnamese Buddhist and Zen meditation center in the financial capital of Frankfurt am Main in the state of Hesse, central-western Germany, located at Hanauer Landstraße 443 in the Ostend district. Established in the 1990s by Venerable Master Thích Thiện Sơn and the Vietnamese Buddhist Association of Frankfurt, Phat Hue Pagoda preserves traditional northern Vietnamese Mahāyāna liturgy while extending Dharma outreach in German through meditation courses, psychological mindfulness retreats and formal interfaith dialogue with the Frankfurt Council of Religions.

Representative Vietnamese Buddhist and Zen Center of the Rhine-Main RegionTừ nhà ga trung tâm Frankfurt (Frankfurt Hauptbahnhof) hoặc quảng trường Konstablerwache

Photo: <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Dirschne" title="User:Dirschne">Dirk Schneider (ds-foto)</a>, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

Buddhism · Hamburg · 1984Bao Quang Pagoda, HamburgBảo Quang Tự, Pagode Bảo Quang Hamburg

The first and largest Vietnamese Buddhist temple in northern Germany, located at Billbrookdeich 307 in the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, a port city closely bound up with the humanitarian legacy of Dr. Rupert Neudeck's rescue ship Cap Anamur, which saved more than 11,300 Vietnamese boat people in the South China Sea. Founded in 1984 by the Vietnamese Buddhist Association of Hamburg and the late Founding Abbess Thích Nữ Diệu Tâm with the Dharma accompaniment and spiritual witness of Most Venerable Thích Thông Trí and the Unified Vietnamese Buddhist Congregation of Europe, the pagoda features traditional Vietnamese roof architecture and an open-air Avalokiteśvara shrine.

First and largest Vietnamese Buddhist temple in Northern GermanyTừ nhà ga trung tâm Hamburg (Hamburg Hauptbahnhof)

Photo: <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Llez" title="User:Llez">H. Zell</a>, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

Buddhism · Gần München, bang Bayern · 2002Tam Giac Pagoda, KirchseeonTâm Giác Pagode Kirchseeon, Chùa Tâm Giác München

A tranquil Vietnamese Buddhist monastery nestled in the pine-forested town of Kirchseeon east of Munich, established to honor the legacy of the late Most Venerable Thích Tâm Giác and to serve as a spiritual home for the Vietnamese Buddhist community across Bavaria.

Representative Vietnamese Buddhist temple in BavariaTừ ga trung tâm München (München Hauptbahnhof) hoặc ga Ostbahnhof, đi tuyến tàu ngoại ô S-Bahn S4 hoặc S6 (hướng Ebersberg) xuống tại ga Kirchseeon

Photo: Cmcmcm1, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

Buddhism · Leipzig, bang Sachsen · 2004Phuoc Nghiem Pagoda, LeipzigPhước Nghiêm Pagode Leipzig, Niệm Phật Đường Liên Trì

The most vibrant Vietnamese Buddhist monastery in eastern Germany, originating from the Liên Trì Buddha Recitation Hall in 2004 and built across a spacious 5,000-square-meter campus in the Schönefeld-Ost district of Leipzig.

Representative Vietnamese Buddhist temple in SaxonyTừ Ga Trung tâm Leipzig (Leipzig Hauptbahnhof), đi tuyến xe điện (Straßenbahn) số 1 hướng Mockau

Photo: <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Andreas_Wolf_01&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="User:Andreas Wolf 01 (page does not exist)">Andreas Wolf 01</a>, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

Catholicism · Neuenkirchen, bang Nordrhein-Westfalen · 1977Vietnamese Catholic Pastoral Centre, St. ArnoldTrung Tâm Mục Vụ Công Giáo Việt Nam Neuenkirchen, Cộng Đoàn Các Thánh Tử Đạo Việt Nam Liên Giáo Phận Münster và Osnabrück

A historic pastoral, retreat, and pilgrimage center for Vietnamese Catholics in the Federal Republic of Germany, situated beside the Arnold Janssen Missionary House of the Divine Word Missionaries in Neuenkirchen-St. Arnold, North Rhine-Westphalia.

Historic pastoral center of Vietnamese Catholicism in GermanyTừ thành phố Münster hoặc Rheine, đi tàu hỏa vùng (Regionalbahn) đến ga Emsdetten hoặc ga Rheine

Photo: Johannes Kerstiens (<a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Unland&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="User:Unland (page does not exist)">unland</a>), CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

Catholicism · München, bang Bayern · 1979Vietnamese Catholic Community of MunichGiáo xứ Nữ Vương Hòa Bình München, Vietnamesische Katholische Gemeinde München

The largest and oldest Vietnamese Catholic parish community in southern Germany, bearing the titular name Queen of Peace under the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising and sustaining weekly Vietnamese Masses and faith formation for over four decades in the Bavarian capital.

Native-language parish of the Archdiocese of Munich and FreisingTừ Nhà ga Trung tâm München (München Hauptbahnhof), để tới văn phòng và trung tâm mục vụ tại Landsberger Straße 39

Photo: Rufus46, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

IINext Places In Germany

If you know a place that belongs here for your country, write to thayungkhiem@gmail.com
OrderPlaceTraditionStatus
1All Saints' Church, WittenbergProtestantismwith photo, online
2Cologne CathedralCatholicismwith photo, online
3Aachen CathedralCatholicismwith photo, online
4WartburgProtestantismwith photo, online
5St. Thomas Church, LeipzigProtestantismwith photo, online
6Trier Cathedral and the Holy RobeCatholicismwith photo, online
7Shrine of Our Lady of AltöttingCatholicismwith photo, online
8Shrine of Our Lady of KevelaerCatholicismwith photo, online
9Basilica of the Fourteen Holy HelpersCatholicismwith photo, online
10Augustinian Monastery, ErfurtProtestantismwith photo, online
11Frauenkirche DresdenProtestantismwith photo, online
12Russian Orthodox Church of Saint Elizabeth, WiesbadenOrthodox Christianitywith photo, online
13Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ, BerlinOrthodox Christianitywith photo, online
14New Synagogue BerlinJudaismwith photo, online
15Ohel Jakob Synagogue, MunichJudaismwith photo, online
16Berlin Mosque, WilmersdorfIslamwith photo, online
17Şehitlik Mosque, BerlinIslamwith photo, online
18Cologne Central MosqueIslamwith photo, online
19Das Buddhistische Haus, Berlin-FrohnauBuddhismwith photo, online
20Tibetan Centre HamburgBuddhismwith photo, online
21Speyer CathedralCatholicismwith photo, online
22Bamberg CathedralCatholicismwith photo, online
23St Mary's Cathedral and St Michael's Church, HildesheimCatholicismwith photo, online
24Maulbronn MonasteryCatholicismwith photo, online
25Lorsch AbbeyCatholicismwith photo, online
26Monastic Island of ReichenauCatholicismwith photo, online
27Pilgrimage Church of WiesCatholicismwith photo, online
28ShUM Sites of Speyer, Worms and MainzJudaismwith photo, online
29Jewish-Medieval Heritage of ErfurtJudaismwith photo, online
30Moravian Church Settlement of HerrnhutProtestantismwith photo, online
31Viên Giác Pagoda, HanoverBuddhismwith photo, online
32Linh Thuu Pagoda, BerlinBuddhismwith photo, online
33Phat Hue Pagoda, FrankfurtBuddhismwith photo, online
34Bao Quang Pagoda, HamburgBuddhismwith photo, online
35Tam Giac Pagoda, KirchseeonBuddhismwith photo, online
36Phuoc Nghiem Pagoda, LeipzigBuddhismwith photo, online
37Vietnamese Catholic Pastoral Centre, St. ArnoldCatholicismwith photo, online
38Vietnamese Catholic Community of MunichCatholicismwith photo, online

IIIHelp Us Build This

This library is open and free, and it records its own progress in public. Three things you can help with today:

  1. Name a place we missedA founding temple, a church, a mosque, a shrine the table above does not have. Send the name, the province, and one line on why it belongs.
  2. Send a photograph with an open licenceNothing is published without both the photographer and the licence. Your own photograph with your permission, or an openly licensed one, are both welcome.
  3. Report an errorA wrong date, a wrong original name, a wrong lineage, a wrong address. A library that is wrong once is not trusted again, so corrections are very welcome.

Write to thayungkhiem@gmail.com

IVLog

  • 25/10/2026Completed all 33 sacred places across Steps A, B and C in the world heritage queue for Germany in both Vietnamese and English with geomantic analyses and openly licensed photographs, bringing Germany to 38 sacred places and clearing the remaining queue to 0.
  • 24/10/2026Completed independent source verification and published full English editions for all 5 initial landmark sacred places in Germany.
  • 24/09/2026Completed second-batch monographs and visually verified Wikimedia Commons photographs for three additional sites (Aachen Cathedral, Wartburg, St. Thomas Church, Leipzig), bringing Germany to 5 sacred places.
  • 16/09/2026Articles written, openly licensed photographs obtained and published: Nhà thờ chính tòa Cologne (Kölner Dom), Nhà thờ Lâu đài Wittenberg. The country's own page opened.
  • 15/09/2026Added to the stage 4 roadmap, chosen from the readers-by-country table. A priority list of 3 places drawn up.

?Quick Questions

Why are there no opening hours or ticket prices

Because they change constantly. A library that is wrong once about a practical detail loses its standing on everything else. Check with the place itself before you travel.

Where do the images come from

From Wikimedia Commons under open licences, each credited to its photographer, or photographed by UK MASTER ACADEMY. No image is published without both its author and its licence.

How were these places chosen

Four tests: it is officially listed as a heritage site, it belongs to a tradition this library covers, its site and orientation can be read in feng shui terms, and an openly licensed photograph exists.

Why is my country still grey

The library opens one country at a time, beginning with the countries that have the most readers, and within each country with its most significant places. A grey country is simply one whose turn has not come. Suggestions are welcome through the page of Master Ưng Khiêm.

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