St. Trinitatiskirche, Neo-Gothic church in Bad Elster, Germany

St. Trinitatiskirche is a Neo-Gothic hall church in Bad Elster, built from 1889 to 1892 to plans by Dresden architect Christian Gottfried Schramm. The masonry is natural stone with brick surrounds, the wooden roof is slate-covered, and the 54-metre west tower rises above a 35-metre-long nave. Inside, oak pews, two wooden galleries on eight sandstone columns, and a carved wooden ceiling seat up to 800 people.

A church existed in Elster by 1324, when the village was first documented; Romanesque masonry was found during the demolition of the old St. Peter and Paul church. After the Reformation was introduced around 1533, Michael Schädel became the first Lutheran pastor ordained by Martin Luther in 1540. The old church was repeatedly altered, and on 24 October 1887 the church council decided on a new building. The foundation stone was laid on 1 November 1889, and the Neo-Gothic church by architect Christian Gottfried Schramm was consecrated on 1 June 1892.

The name refers to the Holy Trinity, depicted in the oil painting of around 1734 that came from the predecessor church St. Peter and Paul; after its restoration in 2014 it hangs in the upper left of the chancel. The church also keeps Gothic apostle figures and a Baroque Christ figure from the old building, and the altar crucifix was made in an Oberammergau workshop.

The church is centrally located on Kirchplatz and easily reached on foot while walking through Bad Elster. Access to the interior is generally open, especially during regular services and special events like concerts.

The altar painting of the Holy Trinity, painted around 1734 by an unknown artist during Simon Zeitler's remodelling, hung in the predecessor church of St. Peter and Paul. It was rediscovered in the archive by Géza Németh and, after restoration in 2014, placed in the upper left of the chancel. The Gothic apostle figures and the Baroque Christ figure also came from the old church.