Ludwigskirche, Parish and university church in Maxvorstadt, Munich, Germany

Ludwigskirche is a 60 m long and 20 m wide Rundbogenstil church on Ludwigstrasse, built by Friedrich von Gärtner from 1829 and completed in 1844. Its pale stone facade carries two towers 71 m high, and the steep roof is covered in a diamond pattern of yellow, blue and green glazed tiles. Inside, a three-aisled nave with blue star-covered vaults leads to the high altar, above which hangs Peter von Cornelius's Last Judgment fresco, 62 by 38 feet.

King Ludwig I funded the building with 100,000 gulden from his own purse on condition that Friedrich von Gärtner design it and the foundation stone be laid on 25 August 1829, his name day. Munich's magistrate rejected the plan on 5 April 1828 before yielding to the king's threat to move the university. Work halted in 1832 and resumed after the 1835 financial settlement; Archbishop Lothar Anselm von Gebsattel consecrated the church on 8 September 1844.

The name refers to King Ludwig I, who funded the church with 100,000 gulden from his private fortune and set the foundation stone on 25 August 1829, his name day. The first German Vinzenz conference was founded here on 17 May 1845. Since 1997 the remains of theologian Romano Guardini, who preached here from 1948 to 1963, rest in the church.

St. Ludwig stands at Ludwigstrasse 20, where the Schellingstrasse meets it, and has its own exit from the Universität U-Bahn station on lines U3 and U6. The main entrance lies beneath the rounded arch between the two towers; the nave is 60 m long and 20 m wide, with the altar fresco at the far end. The church is an active university parish, so services take priority over visits.

The roof's yellow, blue and green glazed tiles in a diamond pattern reproduce the mosaic decoration Friedrich von Gärtner originally planned; it was only realised when the roof was re-covered between 2007 and 2009. The two towers, 71 metres high, each hold six bells named after patron saints of King Ludwig I's family.