Erlöserkirche, Munich

The Lutheran congregation in predominantly Catholic Schwabing had only a small Bethaus [de] (prayer house).

A church was planned to accommodate a growing population in the still rural suburb,[2] where Wassily Kandinsky, Paul Klee and Thomas Mann lived.

It was designed by Theodor Fischer who followed the model of a classical basilica such as St. Anna im Lehel.

[3] The style recalls historicism, but includes Jugendstil decoration and shows a tendency to clearer modern structure.

[4] The architect, who designed the first church in his career, planned "eine echt protestantische Kirche, [...] in erster Linie ein[en] Predigtsaal, in dem das Wort lebendig werde" ("a true Protestant church, first of all a hall for the sermon, to make the word come alive").