Marien-Church

image author: Gisela Pape

Marienkirche
Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 8
10178 Berlin-Mitte

+49 (30) 242 44 67

Transport Links:

U2, U5, U8 Alexanderplatz
S3, S5, S7, S9, S75 Alexanderplatz
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 13, 15, 53 Karl-Liebknecht-Str.

100, 200, 147, 157, 257, 348

Opening Times:

01. 11. - 31. 03. daily 10am - 4pm
01. 04. - 31. 10. daily 10am - 9pm

Sightseeing is not possible during the church services and at events - Sat 4.30pm; Sun 10.30am, 6.30pm.

image author: Gisela Pape


The Protestant parish church was built around 1270 in the course of Berlin's enlargement. Apart from the Nikolai-Church it is Berlin's second oldest parish church and was built in the style of the north-German brick gothic. It is the city's only surviving medieval church that is still being used as God's house. The church was in parts destroyed during a city fire in 1380 and restored in 1405. The Marien-Church consists of a three-nave hall of six vault units, a tower hall and a raised single-nave choir. Nave and choir are furnished with cross-ribbed vaults.

image author: Gisela Pape


The tower, completed in 1490, burned down in 1514 and was renewed in 1538. It was then reconstructed in 1663/66 by Matthias Smids after another fire. In 1789/90, the tower received a copper plated head piece after plans by Langhans, who created through the mix of classism and gothic elements in a very original way the Berlin tower solution in the early 18th-century. In 1728/29 the church room was extended on the south side through a council loge next to the gothic vestry. In the course of an extensive restoration in 1893/94 the gable was matched to the vestry. While the historical houses were pulled down after the 2nd World War the Marien-Church ruin has been restored despite severe damages.