Erlöserkirche
The Erlöserkirche—Evangelisch-Lutherische Erlöserkirche—marks the shift of Lutheran life from a small prayer house into a full church for Schwabing’s growing population. It was built between 1899 and 1901 on a design by Theodor Fischer, combining historicist structure with Jugendstil decoration, and it was consecrated on 6 October 1901. Fischer’s plan follows the logic of a classical basilica, like St. Anna im Lehel, but retools it for Protestant worship: he conceived the church as, first and foremost, a sermon hall where “the word” would come alive. Inside, the pulpit takes a central role, while a richly decorated apse foregrounds the altar—made from yellowish Verona marble, like the pulpit. …
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