Jesuitenkirche

The Franciscan Church - one of the few original Gothic churches of Central Switzerland - is one of the oldest churches in the City of Lucerne. It was built from 1270 onwards and in several stages, with its core preserved to this day. This means that its medieval-Gothic room character is still visible and palpable even today. Its interior however has been subject to major changes: The plain wooden ceiling for instance was removed during the Baroque Period, replaced by one made from plaster and decorated with ceiling frescos. Over several centuries, the church served as a minster for the mendicants of the Order of St. Francis. It also served as a venue for services and meetings for the town population. Today it is the parish church of the St. Mary parish for Franciscans.

The Court Church of St. Leodegar, usually called "Hofkirche", was built between 1633 and 1639 partly on the foundations of the Romanesque basilica which burned down in 1633. It is one of the few churches built north of the Alps during the Thirty Years' War (1618-1648) and one of the largest and most valuable churches of the late German Renaissance in terms of art history.

In 1934, the building designed by architect Fritz Metzger was inaugurated as the first concrete church in Central Switzerland. The St. Karl Kirche is thus considered the first work of modern church architecture in Lucerne. The parish itself was founded in 1922 and first met in an emergency church on Spitalstrasse. This was used as a parish hall after the inauguration of the church until it was replaced by today's parish center in 1976.