Church St. Martin, Medieval church in Old Town Chur, Switzerland

Church St. Martin is a late-Gothic church from the 15th century, located at Martinsplatz in the heart of Chur's Old Town in Switzerland. It has a tall nave and a tower that stands clearly above the surrounding rooftops, making it the largest late-Gothic church in the canton of Graubünden.

The church is first mentioned around 800, making it, with the cathedral, one of Chur's oldest places of worship. In 928 Emperor Otto I granted it, along with half the city, to the Bishopric of Chur. A hospital beside St. Martin is recorded in 1070, and the cemetery was enlarged in 1220, the first evidence of its role as a parish church. After the town fire of 1464 damaged it, the nave was extended eastward from 1473 and the late-Gothic building was completed in 1535 with a keeper's dwelling in the tower's top floor.

The church belongs to the Reformed Church of Graubünden and is still used for regular services today. Visitors notice the plain interior typical of Reformed churches, with no altarpieces or statues, only the colored light coming through the windows.

The church is right on Martinsplatz and easy to reach on foot from anywhere in the Old Town. Morning visits tend to be quieter and give the best light through the stained glass windows.

The tower's west wall holds a painted relief panel from around 1480 showing the church's patron, Saint Martin, on horseback cutting his cloak for a beggar. Overpaintings were removed during the last renovation, so the carving is visible again. The five bells by the Theus brothers of Felsberg date from 1898 and are tuned as°, c¹, es¹, as¹, c².