Cologne Cathedral
Cologne, Germany
The cathedral is free to enter and there is no ticket for the nave, which surprises visitors to Germany's most…
4 tickets & tours
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Best churches to visit in Germany
Germany’s churches range from the twin spires of Cologne Cathedral and the imperial cathedrals of Speyer, Mainz and Aachen to the rebuilt Frauenkirche in Dresden and the bombed Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church in Berlin, kept as a ruin beside its modern replacement. Ulm Minster has the tallest church tower in the world.
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Berlin Cathedral
Berlin, Germany
One ticket covers the church, the Hohenzollern crypt and the dome walk, and there is no cheaper version worth buying,…
3 tickets & tours
Andechs Abbey
Andechs, Germany
Andechs Abbey stands on a hill above the Ammersee lake, about forty kilometres south-west of Munich, Bavaria, and entry…
2 tickets & tours
Mainz Cathedral
Mainz, Germany
Mainz Cathedral, the Cathedral of Saint Martin, stands on the market square in the centre of Mainz, on the Rhine, in…
2 tickets & tours
Speyer Cathedral
Speyer, Germany
Speyer Cathedral stands at the end of the main street, Maximilianstrasse, in the old town of Speyer,…
2 tickets & tours
Aachen Cathedral
Aachen, Germany
Aachen Cathedral stands in the centre of Aachen, Germany, near the borders with Belgium and the Netherlands, and entry…
1 ticket or tour
Frauenkirche, Dresden
Dresden, Germany
Entry to the church is free during opening hours, with a donation box at the door.
1 ticket or tour
Garrison Church, Potsdam
Potsdam, Germany
The Garrison Church stands on the Breite Strasse in the centre of Potsdam, Germany, near the Potsdam Film Museum, and…
1 ticket or tour
Great St Martin Church
Cologne, Germany
The church is free to enter. What costs a small sum is the guided descent into the excavations beneath it, which show…
1 ticket or tour
Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church
Berlin, Germany
Entry to both the ruined tower with its memorial hall and the modern church beside it is free, with a donation box.
1 ticket or tour
Kreuzkirche
Kassel, Germany
The Kreuzkirche is a Protestant church in the Vorderer Westen district of Kassel, Germany, a residential quarter west…
1 ticket or tour
St Thomas Church, Leipzig
Leipzig, Germany
Entry to the church is free with a donation box. The tower climb, 179 steps to a gallery with a view over the city,…
1 ticket or tour
St Thomas’ Church, Erfurt
Erfurt, Germany
The Thomaskirche, St Thomas' Church, is a Protestant church in the neo-Gothic style in the Löbervorstadt district…
1 ticket or tour
St. Michael’s Church, Hamburg
Hamburg, Germany
Saint Michael's Church, known as the Michel, stands in the Neustadt district of Hamburg, a short walk from the…
1 ticket or tour
Ulm Minster
Ulm, Germany
Ulm Minster stands on the Münsterplatz in the centre of Ulm, a city on the Danube in Baden-Württemberg, southern…
1 ticket or tour
Würzburg Cathedral
Wurzburg, Germany
Würzburg Cathedral, the Cathedral of Saint Kilian, stands at the eastern end of the Domstrasse in the centre of…
1 ticket or tour
Alt St Alban
Cologne, Germany
There is nothing to buy: the church is a roofless ruin kept as a war memorial, open to the sky and enclosed by a low…
No online ticket
Bamberg Cathedral
Bamberg, Germany
The cathedral is free to enter with a donation box inside.
No online ticket
Basilica of St Severin, Cologne
Cologne, Germany
Entry is free with a donation box. Nothing inside is ticketed.
No online ticket
Bremen Cathedral
Bremen, Germany
The cathedral stands on the market square, next to the town hall and the Roland statue that together carry the UNESCO…
No online ticket
Church of Saint Peter, Hamburg
Hamburg, Germany
Saint Peter's Church, the Hauptkirche Sankt Petri, stands on the Mönckebergstrasse shopping street in central…
No online ticket
Frauenkirche, Nuremberg
Nuremberg, Germany
The Frauenkirche closes the eastern side of the main market square in Nuremberg and is free to enter.
No online ticket
French Cathedral, Berlin
Berlin, Germany
The French Cathedral stands on the Gendarmenmarkt in Berlin's Mitte district, facing an almost identical domed…
No online ticket
Holy Spirit Church, Heidelberg
Heidelberg, Germany
The Church of the Holy Spirit stands in the market square in the middle of Heidelberg's old town, below the…
No online ticket
Entry to the main nave is usually free, while towers, treasuries and guided roof walks are ticketed. Many churches host organ concerts and evening services, and Christmas markets fill the cathedral squares in December.