Alte lutherische Kirche am Kolk, Lutheran church in Elberfeld district, Wuppertal, Germany

The Alte lutherische Kirche am Kolk is a Baroque church on Schöne Gasse in Elberfeld, Wuppertal, built from 1748 to 1752 with 1,294 seats. Its square tower carries a slate-covered onion dome, deliberately built two metres taller than the neighbouring Reformed church. The interior, reduced to 250 seats after fires, has dark wooden pews and a simple organ gallery above the entrance.

The building arose in the 18th century as an expression of religious freedom for the Lutheran congregation in the region. After severe destruction in 1943 during World War II, it underwent extensive reconstruction throughout the 1950s.

The name "am Kolk" refers to the old quarter around the church, where the Lutheran community bought land in 1687, the year of the Elberfeld town fire. Since the interior was rebuilt after 1974, it is plain, with dark wooden pews and a simple organ gallery above the entrance. The church was deconsecrated at the end of September 2024.

The building is easy to identify from outside thanks to its characteristic tower and baroque features in Elberfeld's city center. Visitors can attend the church during concert times or explore the exterior area at any time.

The tower's baroque onion dome, added in 1774, was deliberately built two metres taller than the dome of the neighbouring Alte reformierte Kirche. The first dome was narrower than today's; the copper cladding came in 1912, and after wartime damage the slate-covered dome was restored in 1956.