Churches in Germany

This magnificent church allows travelers along one of Germany's busiest roadways a chance to rest and reflect.

The last Tsar of Russia constructed this private church just so he could attend services when visiting his wife's hometown.

This concrete church spent a period of its history as a World War II bunker.

This unique medieval artwork featuring the story of the Antichrist remained lost for decades.

This medieval cathedral houses stained-glass windows featuring saints and pretzels.

Seventeen members of the local royal family are interred in this Baroque church in northern Germany.

A carved grave marker from the 2nd century is mounted in the alcove wall of this Bavarian church.

Dancing skeletal figures pay homage to a medieval mural destroyed during World War II.

A stunning two-story timepiece within a medieval Brick Gothic church.

A tiny chapel clings to a precipice above Germany’s gemstone capital.

The medieval institution is home to the precious treasure stolen in World War II in one of the greatest art thefts of the 20th century.

Eight naturally mummified bodies in glass coffins are housed in an underground crypt.

The bells remain in a shattered heap exactly as they fell when the church was bombed in World War II.

A statue honors the local legend that the devil helped build St. Mary's church after being tricked into thinking it was going to be a wine bar.

A century-long search for a church that was never there.

A quaint Russian village in the middle of a German metropolis.