St. Lukas
St. Lukas—St. Lukas / Lukaskirche—became Munich’s best-known Lutheran landmark because it is the largest Protestant church in the city and, at almost 64 metres, its dome and twin eastern bell towers dominate the Isar skyline. Designed by Albert Schmidt in a Historicism style, the church was built in 1893–96, and the first stone was laid on 29 June 1893. You’re standing on the site where St. Luke’s was originally placed along the river, with the grounds on Mariannenplatz and the main entrance on Steinsdorfstraße, between those points. The building was demolished in 1938 and then rebuilt after the Second World War, so the prominent structure you see today is a reconstruction, not a continuous pre-war presence. Even with its nickname “Dom der Münchner Protestanten,” St. Luke’s is not a bishop’s seat. …
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