It is a Romanesque Revival basilica with a transept and a facade with double towers, which was designed by Ludwig Maier and built between 1899 and 1903.
The church is part of the parish of Philipp Neri in the pastoral unit of Heidelberg within the deaconate of Heidelberg-Weinheim, in the Archdiocese of Freiburg.
The exterior is structured around the interaction between red buntsandstein blocks and light limestone masonry.
The decorated and painted coffered ceiling is modelled on that of St. Michael's Church in Hildesheim and covers the main nave, the octagon at the crossing, the choir and the transepts.
The fifth and smallest bell is made of bronze and was created by Friedrich Wilhelm Schilling [de] in 1952.