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The Protestant Church of St. Nicholas was built between 1864 and 1866 in the neo-Romanesque style by the architect Friedrich August Stüler on behalf of King Friedrich Wilhelm IV (1840-1861). It replaced a previous one, which had stood there since 1796, on the site of the Baroque church destroyed in the great city fire (1788) and donated by the electress Louise Henriette d'Orange. After being destroyed during the Second World War, the church was rebuilt in its present form in 1952.

The church of St. Nicholas is Catholic and dates from the mid 15th century. In 1880-81, the church was extended by two bays to the east in neo-gothic style. Since then it has had a closed choir on three sides with a single nave. On 10 December 2006, it was reopened after several years of renovation.

The church of St. Nicholas, founded in the 14th century, is the only one of the city's three large parish churches that survived World War II. Its central nave, 37 metres high, is the second highest Gothic brick church in the world after the Lübeck Marienkirche.

The parish church of St. Paul dates back to 1050, making it the oldest parish church in Passau. After being destroyed by fire in 1512 and 1662, the present building was built in 1678. After reconstruction in the 19th century, the only tower of the church stood much higher in the sky of Passau. However, due to the dangerous condition of the tower, it was demolished in 1950 and rebuilt with about a third of its height.

The Church of St. Peter and Paul has been a Lutheran temple practically since the beginning of the Reformation (1525). There was a first church on this site, built between 1245 and 1249, but which disappeared in a fire in 12992, and of which only the foundations remain. A second church was severely hit by fire in 1424. The present building dates back to a Flamboyant Gothic Hall Church, built between 1498 and 1500.

The Catholic Church of St. Petrus Canisius was built between 1927 and 1928 according to a design by Hugo Schlösser and Wilhelm Friedrich Laur. In 1938, the church was raised to the status of an independent parish church. The structure is an ostentatious three-nave basilica in the expressionist architectural style.

The church of St. Sebastian is the oldest Catholic parish church in Mannheim, dating from the 18th century. It was first used as a court church by the Elector and was decorated by artists such as Bibiena, Verschaffelt and Egell. The furniture was damaged by alterations in the 19th century and by damage during the Second World War.

The Church of St. Victor is commonly called Xanten Cathedral because of its importance and size, although it was never an Episcopal church. It owes its name to the martyr and member of the Theban legion, Viktor of Xanten, who was allegedly executed in the 4th century. The foundation stone for the present building was laid in 1263 by Friedrich and Konrad von Hochstaden. The construction took 281 years and was finally completed with the consecration of the Chapel of the Holy Spirit in 1544.

The Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary was first mentioned in 754, when Bishop Chrodegang of Metz attributed it to Gorze Abbey. The present building dates from the 18th century after the church was burnt down in 1689 during the War of the Palatinate Succession. When the church was divided into Catholic and Protestant denominations in 1705, it was still in ruins. Nevertheless, the Reformed community was given the nave, while the Catholic community was granted the choir room. The church tower remains the property of the community. During the reconstruction from 1708 to 1721 (the reformed part) and until 1789 (the catholic part), the separation of the two parts of the church was achieved by a wall without a passage. Both parts of the church were given their own entrances.

The Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Epiphany was built from 1929 according to the plans of the Castrop-Rauxel architect Wilhelm Tiefenbach. In 2010 the church became the first motorway church in a large city and was included in the Industrial Heritage Route in 2011. The church was built in the Bauhaus style, with the typical simple and strictly geometrical forms.