Johanneskirche, Protestant church in Hanau, Germany

The Johanneskirche is a Protestant church in Hanau with traditional features of German regional architecture. Its interior shows structural elements typical of religious buildings from this era and place.

The Lutheran Johanneskirche was built after the Lutheran Count Friedrich Casimir inherited the Reformed county of Hanau-Münzenberg in 1642. The foundation stone was laid on 4 June 1658 in the presence of Elector Johann Georg II of Saxony, and the church was consecrated on 17 January 1664. The tower was begun in 1679 and completed in 1691. Damaged in the air raid of 19 March 1945, it was rebuilt in 1956/57.

The name Johanneskirche came only in the early 19th century; before that it was simply the Lutheran Church. The 1908 windows by Frankfurt glass painter Otto Linnemann show Jesus as a friend of children and the disciples at Emmaus, plus a carpet-pattern window. The church now serves the neighbouring Marienkirche congregation, and regular services are no longer held here.

The church is now used by the neighbouring Marienkirche congregation and no regular services are held here. The interior was divided horizontally by a ceiling in 1956/57, so little of the historic room remains visible. The main entrance is on the south side, below the 47 m tower.

The west wall incorporates the medieval town wall of Alt-Hanau, and the 47-metre tower carries a simplified steel replica of its wartime-destroyed spire, added in November 2012. The north-facing choir results from the shape of the available plot.