St. Martin's church, Memmingen

The listed city parish church of Saint Martin in Memmingen is one of the oldest churches in Upper Swabia. The church is a landmark of the city. It is located on the edge of the northwestern old town, in the old Protestant church district in front of the old abandoned cemetery on a rise of the Memminger Achtal. Its tower is visible from afar and, at about 65 meters, is the tallest building in the city.

Its history can be traced back to the 9th century. It was a scene of the Memmingen Reformation in the 16th century, which radiated to Upper Swabia and the Allgäu. The reformer was the preacher Christoph Schappeler.

The three-nave basilica, begun in its present form around 1325 and completed around 1500, is the main church of the Protestant-Lutheran church district of Memmingen, a regular place of preaching for the Memmingen dean and the center of one of the city's four Protestant-Lutheran parishes. The basilica, financed by the citizens, was the largest Gothic town church between Lake Constance and the Lech River when it was completed. It houses many works of art, including the choir stalls, which are over 500 years old, are among the best late Gothic carvings in southern Germany, and are considered the city's greatest artistic treasure.