The Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. Pauli, or Church of the Cross, was built in 1935-1936 as part of the St. Jakobi Kreuz parish. The building was destroyed during the bombing of the city on the night of 5th March 1945. It was rebuilt in the following years with several modifications. The façade and exterior were rebuilt in the same style it originally had. The interior was interior was redesigned by Chemnitz architects Laudeley and Kornfeld.
The Old Synagogue of Chemnitz was inaugurated in 1899. It operated until its destruction during the Night of Broken Glass in 1938. The building, designed by Wenzel Bürger, had a Neo-Romanesque style with an eight-sided crossing dome. Today, a stele commemorates the place where the historic synagogue once stood.
The Gothic St. Jacob's Church is one of the oldest buildings in Chemnitz. It was built in several stages between 1350 and 1412 on the foundations of an older Romanesque church. In 1945, the church was almost completely destroyed and was rebuilt until 1974 for the exterior and 2009 for the interior.
The Castle Church was built in its first form as early as the 12th century as part of a Benedictine abbey complex. The present church is a reconstruction in late Gothic style from the early 16th century. In 1540 the monastery was dissolved during the Reformation. In 1945 the helmet of the church spire was severely damaged, as well as other parts of the church. The damaged spire helmet was demolished and replaced with the present lower finish between 1946 and 1949. The restoration of the interior took place from 1950 to 1957.
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