Christuskirche, Protestant church in Mainz, Germany

Christuskirche is a Protestant church on the Kaiserstraße in Mainz, built from 1896 to 1903 to designs by city architect Eduard Kreyßig in a style modelled on the Italian High Renaissance. Its 80-metre dome rises above the surrounding buildings of the inner city. The interior was reorganised after 1945: a weekday church occupies the former nave, followed by a central room closed to the west by a gallery and to the east by a neo-Romanesque choir wall with windows by Hans Gottfried von Stockhausen.

The building emerged between 1896 and 1903 as an expression of growing Protestant faith in the city. Following severe damage during the Second World War, it was comprehensively restored in the early 1950s.

The church is home to the Bach Choir and Bach Orchestra Mainz, founded here in 1954 by Diethard Hellmann, which regularly perform Bach cantatas. The university's opening services for the semester are traditionally held here, and the annual Colours of Gospel concerts draw gospel music fans.

The church sits in the middle of the Kaiserstraße, a twin-lined boulevard laid out through the Mainz-Neustadt, so it is reached on foot or by tram along that axis. The 80-metre dome makes it easy to orient yourself from the surrounding streets. Visitors should time a look inside around services, concerts and the university opening services held at the start of term.

The design draws inspiration from Italian Renaissance buildings and displays these influences clearly in its form. The structure reflects an internationally oriented architectural style that differs from typical German church traditions.