St. Johann, Gothic church in Kronberg im Taunus, Germany.

St. Johann is a Gothic church in Kronberg im Taunus featuring pointed arches, ribbed vaults, and a light-filled choir. The interior is shaped by detailed paintings and stone work that express the Gothic style.

A document of 30 July 1355 records Archbishop Gerlach of Mainz consecrating an altar to John the Evangelist and Mary Magdalene in a new chapel below Cronenberg Castle, built by the cousins Frank VIII and Ulrich II von Cronberg. The choir survived the great town fire of 1437, and Frank XII then had the nave and tower built between 1440 and 1450. A dispute with master mason Stephan Steynmetzen led Frank XII in 1443 to request two Frankfurt cathedral masons as arbitrators.

The nave's wooden barrel vault was painted in 1617 by Johann Friedrich Spangenberg with Renaissance ornaments and music-making putti swinging weapons and small flags bearing the emblems of the Kronberg coat of arms. Above the entrance to the choir, a large wall painting depicts the Last Judgment. In 1898 Empress Frederick had the church restored and the twelve apostles painted.

The church stands at Friedrich-Ebert-Straße 18 in Kronberg's old town, below the castle. Visitors are welcome during regular services; outside those times the interior can be viewed. Allow time to examine the painted wooden barrel vault and the many knight epitaphs in the choir.

Two of the bells in the tower date from 1466 and are among the oldest parts of the building. These original bells were removed during World War II but eventually returned to ring from above.