The building, with its round arches called the Rundbogenstil, strongly influenced other church architecture, train stations and synagogues in both Germany and the United States.

The Ludwigskirche is situated in the northern part of the Ludwigstrasse and was built by the architect Friedrich von Gärtner from 1829 onward (completed 1844).

The floor plan shows the church as a model to a three-aisled Byzantine basilica with the basic geometric figure of the cross of tau.

This was followed by St. George's Episcopal Church in New York City by Charles Bresch, and the Bowdoin College Chapel in Brunswick, Maine.

[1] In 1997 the remains of Romano Guardini were moved to the Sankt Ludwig Kirche, the University church, where he had preached from 1948 till 1963.