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628: 604: 580: 616: 38: 88: 652: 664: 568: 592: 58: 640: 95: 65: 867: 447:, between the Steinsdorfstraße and Mariannenplatz. The address of the grounds is on Mariannenplatz (Mariannenplatz 3), while the main entrance is on the Steinsdorfstraße. The two eastern bell towers and the almost 64-meter high dome are prominent features. Although the large church is nicknamed 500:
in another location. The second Protestant church, St Mark's, was inaugurated in 1877. By the last decades of the 19th century, Munich's Lutherans were in need of a third, and larger church. But the Bavarian royal family was concerned to protect the Catholic character of the city, therefore the
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Those windows were destroyed irretrievably during the great air raid of 6/7 September 1943. The lost windows of the chancel were replaced by new ones by Hermann Kaspar in 1946. The altar painting is a work of the artist Gustav Adolf Goldberg, which is dedicated to the
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In 1826, there were already 6,000 Lutheran parishioners in the city. The first Protestant church, St. Matthew, was inaugurated in 1833. It was demolished in 1938 by the Nazis and rebuilt after the
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Lutherans were given land on the banks of the river Isar to build St. Luke's. The first stone was laid on 29 June 1893 and the church was consecrated on the first
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The history of Protestant churches in Munich is comparatively recent. The first Protestant groups early in the 16th century were banned and suppressed. The
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Two bells hung are only on loan, one, the Inscriptions Bell, cast in 1862 on behalf of the presbytery of the then Lutheran
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St. Luke's had some artistically outstanding stained glass windows from 1896–99, which had been created by the
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styles in order to please the Roman Catholic city rulers: The exterior architecture is built in
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St. Luke's with the Roman Catholic church of St John the Baptist in the background
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based on the geometric shape of a Greek cross. In the east there is a three-sided
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The organ was built in 1932 by the G.F. Steinmeyer & Co. (Oettingen).
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forms, while the interior is reminiscent of the early Rhenish
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building remaining in the historic section of central Munich.
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782:. Prestel Guides (in German). Prestel-Verlag. p. 154. 529:, the western facade is seven-sided and has square towers. 185: 848:, which is licensed in a way that permits reuse under the 839: 540:, one of the best-renowned glass painter of his time. 384: 367: 355: 350: 342: 330: 319: 307: 302: 279: 269: 257: 247: 239: 234: 223: 211: 201: 196: 180: 168: 160: 150: 23: 473:was predominantly Catholic under the reigning 94: 64: 8: 390: 374: 717:"St Lukas: Munich's oldest Lutheran church" 429:. It was built in 1893–96, and designed by 513:The architect Albert Schmidt has used pre- 443:St. Luke's is located on the banks of the 36: 20: 914:20th-century Lutheran churches in Germany 904:19th-century Lutheran churches in Germany 817:(in German). 21 June 2003. Archived from 708: 680: 563: 856:. All relevant terms must be followed. 573:Weir on the River Isar with St. Luke's 919:Cultural heritage monuments in Munich 7: 776:Schacherl, L.; Biller, J.H. 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Isar
St. Luke's Church is located in Bavaria
St. Luke's Church is located in Germany
48°08′06″N 11°35′14″E / 48.13500°N 11.58722°E / 48.13500; 11.58722
Munich
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Lutheran Church in Bavaria
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Protestant
Munich

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