St. Anne's Church, Annaberg-Buchholz

St Anne's Church
Annenkirche
St Anne's Church in Annaberg-Buchholz
St Anne's Church is located in Saxony
St Anne's Church
St Anne's Church
St Anne's Church is located in Germany
St Anne's Church
St Anne's Church
50°34′43″N 13°00′19″E / 50.57861°N 13.00528°E / 50.57861; 13.00528
CountryGermany
DenominationLutheran
Previous denominationRoman Catholic
Websitewww.annenkirche.de
History
StatusParish church
DedicationSaint Anne

St. Anne's Church (German: St.-Annen-Kirche) in Annaberg-Buchholz is a hall church in the Free State of Saxony, Germany, whose architectural style is on the boundary between the Late Gothic and Saxon Renaissance. With a length of 65 metres (213 ft) and width of 40 metres (130 ft), it is the largest, true hall church of the Late Gothic in Saxony. Its tower is 78 metres (256 ft) high, the interior of the church 28 metres (92 ft) high. It is the emblem of the town and visible from a long way off. Saint Anne's was originally built in 1499 as a Roman Catholic church, but became Lutheran in 1539.

St. Anne's Church is visible from a long way off (view from Frohnau in the Sehma valley)
St. Anne's Church, view from the west