Maria- und Martha-Kirche, Gothic Revival church in Bautzen, Germany

Maria- and Martha-Church is a neo-Gothic red brick church built 1888–1891 to plans by Dresden architect Christian Schramm. Its seven-storey south tower rises 68 metres, flanked by two small stair turrets and topped by a copper-clad spire, with a clock on each side. The main portal has a tympanum relief by Oskar Rassau showing Christ with Mary and Martha, and sandstone statues of the four Evangelists.

A church dedicated to Mary and Martha was first recorded in Bautzen in 1359 on today's Steinstraße, linked in 1382 to a hospital of the same name; both burned in 1488, 1620 and 1686. Around 1870 the council decided to demolish the old church, and the present building was erected between 1888 and 1891 to plans by the Dresden architect Christian Schramm as a catechism and garrison church.

The name refers to the sisters Mary and Martha of Bethany, a dedication documented in Bautzen since 1359. In the tympanum above the main portal, a sandstone relief by Oskar Rassau shows Christ between the two women; the gable above it carries the Lamb of God. The three large windows of the polygonal apse, made in 1971, depict Jesus teaching.

The church stands on August-Bebel-Platz, next to Bautzen's bus station, outside the outer city wall. The main portal with its relief and the four evangelist statues faces the tower side, so start there. The tower was simplified after storm damage in 1975 and now carries a steel-concrete ceiling with two community rooms inside.

The church's tympanum carries a sandstone relief by Oskar Rassau showing Christ between Mary and Martha, with the Lamb of God above in the gable. Four sandstone statues of the evangelists flank the portal: Matthew and Mark by Adolf Rehm, Luke and John by Friedrich Offermann.