Trinitatiskirche, Lutheran church in Sondershausen, Germany

The Trinitatiskirche is a Lutheran church in Sondershausen with a six-story west tower topped by a three-tiered Welsh hood. Its nave has a gabled roof and five pointed-arch windows on each side wall; the central window is only half-height because entrances and galleries lie below. A projecting porch with a round-arched portal is reached by stairs from both sides.

A chapel in Sundreshusun is documented in 1174; the predecessor Andreaskirche on this site was demolished in 1608. Peter Sengelaub designed the new church, consecrated in 1620, but the town fire of 3 June 1621 destroyed it. Rebuilding in stages during the second half of the 17th century ended with the reconsecration on 25 November 1691.

The church served both the Schwarzburg court and the townspeople, and its three-tiered princely gallery, added in 1691, shows coats of arms and monograms of the dynasty up to that year. The library holds a manuscript of Johannes Rothe's "Düringische Chronik" from the second half of the 15th century. The building is also used for concerts.

A visit is possible during opening hours, which can be inquired at the church office. The location in the town center makes the building easy to reach and accessible on foot.

The neo-Gothic burial chapel was added east of the choir in 1890/91 to plans by building inspector Heyder, at the wish of Prince Karl Günther. Its octagonal interior has a starry sky painted in 1897 by court decorator Ernst Schedensack. The seven stone sarcophagi, with lion feet and Bible verses, were designed by Otto Erlandsen.