Churches in Landshut
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This list contains the churches in Landshut , including the incorporated districts. For the sake of clarity, the churches are sorted alphabetically and provided with a reference to the district. When sorting alphabetically, the consecration name (in Catholic churches) is relevant and not the nickname.
Catholic churches
In the Roman Catholic Church there is a special feature that the city of Landshut is divided between two dioceses . The districts to the right (south) of the Isar belong to the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising , the districts to the left (north) of the Isar belong to the Diocese of Regensburg . This demarcation was laid down in 1157. The only exception in the urban area of Landshut is the parish of St. Vinzenz von Paul in Auloh with the subsidiary churches of the Visitation of Mary in Frauenberg and St. Michael in Schweinbach, which is on the right of the Isar, but is still part of the diocese of Regensburg. Since Landshut's old town is to the right of the Isar or on the island between the Kleiner and Großer Isar, most of the significant historical church buildings belong to the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising.
Afrakapelle, Nikola
The Afra chapel (formerly Johanniskapelle ) belonging to the Seligenthal monastery is older than the abbey church of the Assumption of Mary. Before it was completed, the masses of the monastic community were probably celebrated in the Afra chapel. This must have been built quickly after the monastery was founded in 1232, since the monastery founder Ludmilla of Bohemia was buried here as early as 1240 . In the Afra Chapel there is a late Renaissance altarpiece from 1613, which contains Gothic figures of Mary with the baby Jesus , John the Baptist and the Evangelist John .
Diocese: Regensburg
Coordinates: 48 ° 32 '35.2 " N , 12 ° 8' 50.8" E
Former Dominican Church of St. Blaise, old town
The so-called Dominican Church, today a side church of the parish of St. Jodok, was built in the 14th century in the Gothic style. Its present appearance she received at a transformation in the style of Rococo by Johann Baptist Zimmermann from 1747 to 1749. The west facade was in 1805 neoclassical redesigned. Since the secularization of the Dominican monastery in 1802, the church has been owned by the state. The ornate baroque choir stalls are particularly worth seeing . In addition to the weekly Sunday church service, the organ concerts and the Landshut Nativity Path in particular attract many visitors during Advent and Christmas.
Diocese: Munich and Freising
Coordinates: 48 ° 32 ′ 13.9 " N , 12 ° 9 ′ 23" E
Holy blood, mountain
The Heilig Blut parish church is the spiritual center of the Berg ob Landshut district, which was incorporated in 1928 . The Gothic building from the 15th century is best known for its round towers, which are unique in old Bavaria . There is still an old village cemetery around the church.
Diocese: Munich and Freising
Coordinates: 48 ° 31 '44.6 " N , 12 ° 9' 54.4" E
Holy Spirit, old town
The Holy Spirit Church is next to St. Martin and St. Jodok the third major representative of the Landshut brick Gothic . The church was built between 1407 and 1461. Until his death in 1432, the famous Hans von Burghausen , founder of the Landshut construction works , acted as master builder. The interior of the church, which is illuminated by high windows, is unusually bright and, with its ambulatory, is one of the most remarkable late-Gothic spatial creations in old Bavaria. Today the church is mainly used as an exhibition space for the museums of the city of Landshut . In the adjoining church of the parish of St. Martin, only the patronage service takes place on Whit Monday.
Diocese: Munich and Freising
Coordinates: 48 ° 32 '19.3 " N , 12 ° 9' 9.4" E
Former Jesuit Church of St. Ignatius, old town
The so-called Jesuit Church at the upper end of the Neustadt street is an impressive church building that is stylistically somewhere between Renaissance and Baroque . The towerless church was built from 1629 to 1641 during the turmoil of the Thirty Years' War . The lush stucco in the interior was created between 1640 and 1647 by the Wessobrunn master Mathias Schmuzer. The Jesuit Church today belongs to the parish of St. Martin and is regarded as the main church of the Marian Men's Congregation for Landshut and the surrounding area. Extensive renovation measures have been ongoing in the church since 2007, the end of which is not yet in sight (as of August 2016).
Diocese: Munich and Freising
Coordinates: 48 ° 32 ′ 0.4 ″ N , 12 ° 9 ′ 11.5 ″ E
St. Jodok, old town
The Jodok Church forms the center of the Freyung district, founded in 1338. The Gothic basilica , built in the middle of the 14th century, became Landshut's second parish church after St. Martin in 1369 . After a devastating fire in 1403, the original concept of the building was significantly further developed. The church tower is about 80 meters after the Martin tower is the second highest in the city.
Diocese: Munich and Freising
Coordinates: 48 ° 32 '10.9 " N , 12 ° 9' 27.7" E
Former Ursuline Church of St. Joseph, old town
The Church of St. Joseph was the monastery church of the Ursuline monastery of the same name in Landshut Neustadt , which was dissolved in 2016 . The baroque church was consecrated in 1679 and was a popular pilgrimage destination , especially in the 18th century . The miraculous image of Our Lady with the inclined head was donated in 1680 by a canon of the collegiate monastery of St. Martin and was exhibited on the high altar of the church from 1699 .
Diocese: Munich and Freising
Coordinates: 48 ° 32 '17.7 " N , 12 ° 9' 17.5" E
St. Konrad, Nikola
The parish church of St. Konrad is a modern church building that was built in 1950 and 1951 according to the plans of the Munich architect Friedrich Ferdinand Haindl . As early as February 1952, St. Konrad was elevated to a parish church. The then rapidly growing area of the so-called Schlachthofviertel was split off from the parish of St. Nikola.
Diocese: Regensburg
Coordinates: 48 ° 32 ′ 40.1 ″ N , 12 ° 9 ′ 10.1 ″ E
St. Maria, old town
The so-called women's chapel (also known as the angel's chapel ), consecrated to St. Mary, was built right next to the Martinskirche in the mid-15th century . It was rebuilt in baroque style in 1706 by master mason Wolfgang Ehehamb and stuccoed by Johann Georg Bader from Wessobrunn. On the rococo altar is a Gothic figure of Mary from around 1480, flanked by figures of Saint Joachim and Saint Anna by the Landshut carver Christian Jorhan the Elder. Ä. The Melkite Greek Catholic Church has been celebrating its services in Arabic here since 2015 .
Diocese: Munich and Freising
Coordinates: 48 ° 32 '2.4 " N , 12 ° 9' 4" E
Pilgrimage Church of Maria Bründl, Berg
The Maria Bründl pilgrimage church in the formerly independent district of Berg ob Landshut was built in 1719 in the Baroque style. The origin of the pilgrimage goes back to the spring rediscovered in 1661, which had previously dried up for years. The Landshut Riemer Thomas Amplatz surrounded the spring and first built a wooden chapel . He looked after the pilgrims until his death in 1674. Even the Bavarian Elector Ferdinand Maria joined the crowd of pilgrims in 1663 . The little church is located on the southern outskirts of Landshut and can only be reached on foot. The resting place next to the church, shaded by mighty chestnut trees, offers a wonderful view over the fields and meadows of the so-called Salzdorfer valley .
Diocese: Munich and Freising
Coordinates: 48 ° 31 '21.2 " N , 12 ° 9' 53.4" E
Pilgrimage Church of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary, Frauenberg
The pilgrimage church of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary , a branch church of the parish of St. Vinzenz von Paul in Auloh, is located in the Frauenberg district, which was incorporated in 1974 - the easternmost district of Landshut, which has retained its village structure to this day. The church, visible from afar, is a late Gothic hall church that was built in the middle of the 15th century and later changed to Baroque style. The base of the tower probably comes from a Romanesque predecessor church. The churchyard offers a wonderful view of the Isar valley .
Diocese: Regensburg
Coordinates: 48 ° 33 ′ 56.7 ″ N , 12 ° 14 ′ 28 ″ E
Abbey Church of the Assumption, Nikola
The Church of the Assumption of Mary is the abbey church of the Cistercian Abbey of Seligenthal on Bismarckplatz . The essentially Romanesque church, a central building with a cross-shaped floor plan, was consecrated in 1259. The church underwent a profound change in the years 1732 to 1734 when the Landshut court mason Johann Georg Hirschstötter , his Munich colleague Johann Baptist Gunetzrhainer and the Wessobrunn painter and plasterer Johann Baptist Zimmermann carried out a renovation in the early Rococo style. The changes made at that time shape the monastery church to this day.
Diocese: Regensburg
Coordinates: 48 ° 32 '33.4 " N , 12 ° 8' 52.3" E
Alt-St. Margaret, Achdorf
Alt-St. Margaret is the old parish church of the Achdorf district, which was incorporated in 1928 . The late Gothic church was built around 1440 in the style of the famous Landshut construction works and partially redesigned in the baroque period. The high altar figures of Saints Maria , Barbara and Katharina as well as an alabaster figure of Saint Margaret date from the time the church was built. As the village cemetery of Achdorf was once located around the church, old wrought-iron grave crosses can still be found there today . The late Gothic cemetery chapel and the old cemetery wall have also been preserved.
Diocese: Munich and Freising
Coordinates: 48 ° 31 '25.2 " N , 12 ° 8' 31.4" E
New St. Margaret, Achdorf
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Due to the strong growth of the Achdorf district, a new church was urgently needed at the beginning of the 20th century. This was carried out between 1909 and 1911 about 150 meters east of the old parish church. The interior work, which was never completed for financial reasons, dragged on until 1922. In the same year the church was consecrated by Cardinal Faulhaber . Architect of the neo-baroque parish church Neu-St. Margaret was Heinrich Hauberrisser .
Diocese: Munich and Freising
Coordinates: 48 ° 31 '25.3 " N , 12 ° 8' 39.8" E
St. Martin, old town
The so-called Martinskirche is Landshut's main church and, with its 130.1 meter high tower, the highest brick tower in the world, the city's landmark . The hall church, built from around 1385 to 1500 on the remains of a previous Romanesque building, is one of the most important Gothic churches in southern Germany . The architectural sculpture on the portals , the high altar and the pulpit date from the time the church was built . In 1598 the collegiate monastery St. Kastulus was moved from Moosburg to St. Martin. After an interruption from 1803, the collegiate monastery was opened in 1937 at the request of Cardinal Faulhaber by Pope Pius XI. set up again. In 2001 it was elevated to a minor basilica .
Diocese: Munich and Freising
Coordinates: 48 ° 32 '3.3 " N , 12 ° 9' 4.3" E
St. Michael, Schweinbach
The church of St. Michael in the eastern district of Schweinbach is actually a branch church of the parish of St. Vinzenz von Paul in Auloh (Diocese of Regensburg), but has been looked after for years by the parish of St. Peter and Paul in the core city of Landshut (Archdiocese of Munich and Freising) . The little baroque church in the meadow of the wild and romantic Schweinbach valley, which offers space for around 60 worshipers, was probably built around 1775.
Diocese: Regensburg; Pastoral assignment contractually transferred to the parish of St. Peter and Paul (Munich and Freising)
Coordinates: 48 ° 32 '36.6 " N , 12 ° 12' 22.7" E
Alt-St. Nikola, Nikola
The church Alt-St. Nikola was the parish church of the eponymous district in the north of Landshut until 1967. The Romanesque predecessor of the historically significant church was first mentioned in 1157 as a branch church of Ergolding . At the end of the 14th century, the construction of a Gothic church began, which was largely given its present form when it was rebuilt between 1475 and 1481. At Alt-St. Nikola is a three-aisled hall church based on the model of the Holy Spirit Church in Landshut's old town.
Diocese: Regensburg
Coordinates: 48 ° 32 ′ 40.1 ″ N , 12 ° 8 ′ 25.6 ″ E
New St. Nikola, Nikola
The modern parish church Neu-St. Nikola , which is directly connected to the old church via a connecting structure, was built in 1966 and 1967 according to the plans of the Munich architect Hans Döllgast and furnished with restraint by the Altötting sculptor Curt Porzky. The central building has a cross-shaped floor plan.
Diocese: Regensburg
Coordinates: 48 ° 32 '39.3 " N , 12 ° 8' 23.6" E
St. Ottilia, Salzdorf
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The Church of St. Ottilia in Salzdorf, a small village south of the closed urban area, is a branch church of Heilig Blut. The Romanesque building was rebuilt in Gothic style around 1480. The roof frieze on the choir is characteristic of the so-called Landshuter Bauhütte . Another characteristic is the unplastered tower with a gable roof, inclined by about 60 centimeters to the south . Especially in the 17th to 19th centuries there was a lively pilgrimage to Salzdorf in honor of St. Ottilia , the patroness of eye diseases. The Salzdorfer Kirchweih still exists today, which attracts numerous visitors on the Sunday after Michaelmas (September 29).
Diocese: Munich and Freising
Coordinates: 48 ° 31 '10.7 " N , 12 ° 10' 31.7" E
St. Peter, Münchnerau
The church of St. Peter in Münchnerau, the westernmost district of Landshut, which was incorporated in 1972, is a branch church of the parish of St. Georg in Eugenbach near Altdorf . It is a Romanesque choir tower church from the 12th or 13th century. The nave and the upper tower floors with the pointed helmet date from the Gothic period, the rich interior was acquired in the Baroque period.
Diocese: Regensburg
Coordinates: 48 ° 31 '40.4 " N , 12 ° 4' 50.6" E
St. Peter and Paul, Peter and Paul
The parish church of St. Peter and Paul in the district of the same name east of Landshut's old town was built in 1953 based on the model of the former Franciscan monastery. This existed in Landshut from 1280 until its dissolution in the course of secularization in 1802. Not only the basilica parish church, but also the community center, which forms a kind of cloister around a square inner courtyard, is a reconstruction of the only partially preserved historical monastery complex.
Diocese: Munich and Freising
Coordinates: 48 ° 32 '38 " N , 12 ° 10' 22" E
St. Pius, West
The parish church of St. Pius in the west of Landshut is a modern church that was built between 1961 and 1963 by the Landshut architect Hans Hofbauer. The octagonal campanile set off from the nave is distinctive . Based on the Landshut brick Gothic, the church is built as a brick building. On January 1, 1963, the parish was separated from the mother parish of St. Nikola.
Diocese: Regensburg
Coordinates: 48 ° 32 ′ 2 " N , 12 ° 8 ′ 17" E
St. Sebastian, old town
The Church of St. Sebastian , a subsidiary church of the parish of St. Jodok, is the only historical church building on the island between the two arms of the Isar. It is also the only church in Landshut that is consecrated to the city patron Sebastian (Memorial Day: January 20th). The original Gothic church was built in 1489 and 1490. However, the church underwent a radical Baroque redesign in 1661 and 1662 and was also expanded on this occasion. The furnishings are essentially baroque. The side figures of the high altar, which the apostles Peter and Paul come from the famous Landshut rococo sculptor Christian Jorhan the Elder. Ä.
Diocese: Munich and Freising
Coordinates: 48 ° 32 '26.2 " N , 12 ° 9' 2.2" E
St. Thekla, old town
The so-called Theklakapelle , a side church of the parish St. Martin at the entrance from the old town to Trausnitz Castle , was donated in 1426 and was initially named Maria Ach . Between 1754 and 1759 it was made under the direction of the Landshut sculptor Christian Jorhan the Elder. Ä. Rebuilt in rococo style and furnished with magnificent frescoes and altars.
Diocese: Munich and Freising
Coordinates: 48 ° 31 '52.1 " N , 12 ° 9' 0.5" E
St. Vincent de Paul, Auloh
The modern church of St. Vinzenz von Paul is the parish church of Auloh, a district in the east of Landshut, which gained importance and size mainly due to the large influx of displaced persons after the Second World War . As a result, of course, a new church was necessary, which was carried out in 1961 and 1962. At first, Auloh was a subsidiary of Adlkofen . In 1966 there was then a survey of the expositur , but from the beginning it was occupied by a parish curate . It was not until 2001 that today's parish was established, to which the Church of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary in Frauenberg was assigned as a subsidiary church.
Diocese: Regensburg
Coordinates: 48 ° 33 ′ 57 ″ N , 12 ° 12 ′ 17.5 ″ E
St. Wolfgang, Wolfgang
The parish church of St. Wolfgang , eponymous for the city district of Wolfgang and so-called Wolfgangsiedlung , is a modern church building that was built in 1956 and 1957 by the Munich architect Friedrich Ferdinand Haindl. This new building was also necessary due to the large influx of displaced persons from the German eastern regions. However, a provisional church building had existed in the workers' housing estate north of Landshut Central Station since 1929 , which was elevated to a parish church in 1942. This old church was used as a parish hall until 2012 and then demolished in favor of a residential development on the so-called St.-Wolfgang-Platz .
Diocese: Regensburg
Coordinates: 48 ° 33 '2.2 " N , 12 ° 8' 5.6" E
Protestant churches
Resurrection Church, Wolfgang
The Church of the Resurrection was built in 1965 in the so-called Wolfgang settlement in the north of the city. The new building had become necessary because after the Second World War numerous evangelical expellees also settled in Landshut.
Coordinates: 48 ° 33 ′ 0.9 ″ N , 12 ° 7 ′ 51.2 ″ E
Christ Church, West
The Christ Church is the oldest still existing Protestant church in Landshut and the main church of the Landshut deanery. It is located directly on the banks of the Isar at the level of the Luitpold Bridge in the West district . The neo-Romanesque church was built from 1895 to 1897 according to the plans of the Munich architect Karl Lemmes and redesigned in 1970 by his colleague Reinhard Riemerschmid , bringing it up to today's standards. Like the important Landshut brick Gothic church buildings, the Christ Church is designed as a bare brick building and represents a central building with a cross-shaped floor plan.
Coordinates: 48 ° 32 '9.2 " N , 12 ° 8" 45.4 " E
Church of the Redeemer, Peter and Paul
The Redeemer Church in the east of the city of Landshut was built in 1963 according to the plans of Hans Döllgast. As early as 1952, an "emergency church" was set up in a barrack in the immediate vicinity of today's church .
Coordinates: 48 ° 32 '49 " N , 12 ° 10' 34.3" E
Mercy Church, Auloh
The Gnadenkirche in the eastern district of Auloh was built in 1959 and 1960 for the numerous evangelical expellees who had settled in the district. Landshut sculptor Karl Reidel played a key role in furnishing the church . The parish of Auloh is today a vicariate of the Erlöserkirche Landshut.
Coordinates: 48 ° 34 ′ 9.2 " N , 12 ° 12 ′ 27.1" E
Orthodox churches
Annunciation, old town
The Romanian Orthodox community of Landshut has been celebrating its services since 2002 in the former monastery church of the Annunciation on Marienplatz east of the Freyung. The Maria Loreto monastery was built by the Capuchin nuns in 1627 and dissolved again in 1802 in the course of secularization. A Franciscan convent lived in the monastery from 1835 to 2002. Under their direction, the neo-Romanesque monastery church was built in 1840 and 1841 , which was devastated in a bomb attack in 1945 and then rebuilt in a different form.
Coordinates: 48 ° 32 '12.1 " N , 12 ° 9' 42.8" E
St. Nicholas, old town
The Russian Orthodox community of Landshut celebrates its services in the St. Nicholas Church, a side chapel of the Dominican Church of St. Blasius.
Coordinates: 48 ° 32 ′ 13.5 ″ N , 12 ° 9 ′ 23.2 ″ E
New Apostolic Churches
New Apostolic Church Landshut, old town
The church of the New Apostolic church in Landshut, founded in 1946, is located on the island between the two arms of the Isar. The church on Johann-Weiß-Weg was built in 1977.
Coordinates: 48 ° 32 '30.7 " N , 12 ° 9' 13.1" E
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