List of churches in Erlangen

The list of churches in Erlangen lists all church buildings in the Bavarian city of Erlangen in Middle Franconia .

Protestant churches

The majority of Erlangen's population is non-denominational (2011: 35.8%), but the largest religious community is the Evangelical Church (2011: 33.1%). The Lutheran churches belong to the Erlangen deanery in the Ev.-Luth. Church in Bavaria.


Surname	district	Parish	construction time	comment
Old town church (Trinity Church)	center	Erlangen old town	1709-1721	The old town church tower, together with the tower of the Neustadt church and the Huguenot church, shapes the cityscape
Christ Church	Dechsendorf	Martin Luther Congregation	1997
Egidienkirche	Eltersdorf	Eltersdorf	13th Century 1909	The three-storey choir tower dates from the 13th century
Church of the Redeemer	At the Anger	Redeemer Church	1963-1965
German Reformed Church (also Christ Church)	center	profane	1728-1734	From 1922 as Christ Church of the Evangelical Lutheran. Neustädter Gemeinde, from 1954 used as a community center. After renovation since 2016 under the name Kreuz + Quer - House of the Church Erlangen an event location of the deanery.
Huguenot Church (Reformed Church)	center	Ev.-Ref. local community	1683-1693	As a reformed church, it does not belong to the Bavarian regional church, but to the reformed regional church .
Johanneskirche	Ages	Johannes Congregation	1951-1952
St. Johannis	Kriegenbrunn	Frauenaurach	13./14. century	Fortified church
St. Matthew's Monastery Church	Frauenaurach	Frauenaurach	1271	Former Dominican convent church of St. Maria, since the 16th century Evangelical Lutheran parish church of St. Matthew
St. Mary Magdalene	Tennenlohe	Tennenlohe	1464
St. Mark	Erlangen-East	St. Mark's Congregation	1954-1955
St. Martin (Martinsbühler Church)	center	Erlangen old town	1435	Cemetery church of the Old Town Cemetery
Martin Luther Church	Büchenbach	Martin Luther Congregation	1980
St. Matthew	At the Anger	Matthew Congregation	1957-1960	The heaviest and deepest bell in Erlangen hangs in the tower.
Neustadt Church (Holy Spirit Church / University Church )	center	Erlangen-Neustadt	1722-1737	Since 1837 university church of the Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg
St. Peter and Paul	Bruck	Bruck	circa 1400	Fortified church At 61 meters, it is the highest church tower in Erlangen
Thomas Church	Sebaldusviertel	Thomas Parish	1969

Catholic Church

The Catholic churches belong to the Archbishopric of Erlangen in the Archdiocese of Bamberg .


Surname	district	Parish	construction time	comment
St. Albertus Magnus	Frauenaurach	St. Xystus Büchenbach-Dorf	1986
To the Holy Apostles (Apostle Church)	Büchenbach	To the Holy Apostles Büchenbach-Nord	1986-1987
St. Boniface	center	St. Boniface	1927-1928
St. Heinrich	Ages	St. Heinrich Alterlangen	1968-1970
Heart of jesus	center	Heart of jesus	1849-1850	first Catholic church in the city after the Reformation
Holy Family	Tennenlohe	St. Peter and Paul Bruck	1978-1979
Holy Cross	Bruck	Holy cross	1968-1969
St. Joseph	Kosbach	St. Xystus Büchenbach-Dorf	1964	Fallen and Memorial Chapel, is used by Catholics and Protestants
St. Kunigund	Eltersdorf	St. Peter and Paul Bruck	1969-1970
St. Mary	Bruck	St. Peter and Paul Bruck	1981
St. Peter and Paul	Bruck	St. Peter and Paul Bruck	1907-1908
St. Sebald	Sebaldusviertel	St. Sebald Erlangen-Süd	1966-1967
St. Theresa	Sieglitzhof	St. Theresia Sieglitzhof	1973
Our Lady	Dechsendorf	Our dear Ms. Dechsendorf	1962-1963
St. Xystus	Büchenbach	St. Xystus Büchenbach-Dorf	10/11 century	Fortified church, oldest Catholic church in Erlangen

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