Lutheran Church of Budavár, Lutheran church in Castle District, Budapest, Hungary.

The Lutheran Church of Budavár is an eclectic neobaroque church built in 1895 at Vienna Gate Square, designed by Mór Kallina. Its neobaroque facade has an entrance flanked by two Corinthian-like columns, and a tall, slim square tower with a neobaroque steeple rises above it. A double loft sits over the entrance, and the interior is covered by a simple barrel vault.

The first Lutheran church of Buda was built in 1846 on Dísz tér with the support of Duchess Maria Dorothea, third wife of Palatine Joseph. When the Ministry of Defence took over that site, the congregation moved to Vienna Gate Square, where Mór Kallina designed the present church, consecrated in 1895 by Bishop Sámuel Sárkány. A bomb hit during the 1945 Siege of Budapest destroyed the interior; Lóránt Friedrich and Jr Gyula Bretz planned the reconstruction, and Bishop Lajos Ordass consecrated it on Palm Sunday 1948.

The church is the centre of liturgical life for the Lutheran Diocese of Budavár, with several services every Sunday and on holidays. The German-speaking Lutheran congregation of Budapest also has its centre in the adjoining wing. A bronze tablet on the wall commemorates vicar Gábor Sztehlo.

The church sits at Bécsi kapu tér in the Castle District and is reachable by public transportation from central Budapest. Visitors should know that services are open to all, while touring outside of worship times requires advance notice or timing your visit during open hours.

The pulpit that once stood here came from the first Lutheran church on Dísz tér: its upper part was moved to this building before the old church was demolished. Its middle panel showed The Sower as a Hungarian peasant among trees and fields, and the hexagonal canopy carried the Tablets of Stone on silvery clouds. It was lost with the furniture in 1945.