Evangelisch-Lutherische Kirche Zürich

The Evangelisch-Lutherische Kirche Zürich, also known as the Martin-Luther-Kirche, stands as a modern Lutheran church in Zurich.

Its modern concrete structure opened in Zurich in 1958. Franz Steinbrüchel and Ernst Ulrich Krägel designed it, with Stanislaus Gatzka serving as engineer. The church serves an international Lutheran congregation in Zurich. The congregation began in 1891, long before the present building opened for worship. Its architecture draws inspiration from Le Corbusier’s Notre-Dame-du-Haut. A tent-like form expresses the journey of the wandering people of God, while triangles represent the Trinity. Quadrilaterals represent the world and human creation. The street-facing wall combines plastered concrete with coloured glass, whose biblical imagery includes creation, sin, and redemption. A central Christ figure appears among these windows. Finnish, Swedish and Norwegian services complement the regular German-language worship. The church also includes offices and rental apartments within its community centre, and it is a protected municipal object.