Annenkapelle, Gothic church in Görlitz, Germany.

Annenkapelle is a white-plastered Gothic chapel with a steep red tile roof, its five-sided east end pierced by tall pointed-arch windows with stone tracery. Three large windows sit above two smaller ones, flanked by two slim dark stone pinnacles. Seven sandstone figures stand on the exterior, among them Anna selbdritt, Joachim, Mary with the Child, Joseph, John the Baptist, the blessing Christ and Lawrence.

Construction began in 1508 under master builder Albrecht Stieglitzer, commissioned by merchant Hans Frenzel as a memorial chapel. The project faced unexpected difficulties when workers uncovered an old filled-in water ditch during the building process.

The chapel is closely connected to the adjacent Annenschule and now serves as a gathering space for school events. Inside, both students and visitors experience how the religious space has been repurposed to support education and community activities.

The chapel stands on Marienplatz at the southwestern city wall, opposite the Frauenturm. Since 1871 a ceiling divides the interior: the ground floor serves as the Annenschule gymnasium, the upper room as its auditorium. Visits are therefore tied to school use rather than regular opening hours.

The chapel's dimensions match those of a full church, which may explain why it was called a chapel: such a designation was probably easier to get approved than a church. It is one of only two large-scale private church foundations in Germany of that period, alongside the Fugger Chapel in Augsburg.