St. Peter und Paul, Weimar

St. Peter und Paul (Herderkirche)
St. Peter und Paul, from the southeast
Religion
Affiliation	Lutheran
Ecclesiastical or organizational status	Parish church of the Church in Middle Germany
Location
Location	Weimar, Germany
Geographic coordinates	50°58′52″N 11°19′45″E / 50.98111°N 11.32917°E / 50.98111; 11.32917
Architecture
Type	Hall church
Style	Gothic
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Official name: Classical Weimar
Type	Cultural
Criteria	iii, vi
Designated	1998[1]
Reference no.	846
State Party	Germany
Region	Europe and North America
Website
www.ek-weimar.de

200m
220yds

St. Peter und Paul, Weimar

  

St. Peter und Paul, Weimar

The church of St Peter and Paul in Weimar, Germany, is also known as Herderkirche (Herder Church) after Johann Gottfried Herder. It is the most important church building of the town, and is called Stadtkirche (town church), opposed to the courtly Schloßkirche (court chapel). It has been the church of a Lutheran parish since 1525, after the Reformation. The church is part of the World Heritage Site Classical Weimar, together with other sites affiliated with the Weimar Classicism movement.^[2] Inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1998, these sites bear testimony to the cultural importance of Weimar during the late 18th and 19th centuries and the outstanding architecture that arose in response to the cultural values of the time.^[3]