This is a list of churches in the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg. There are many famous local churches in and around Hamburg. The St. Michaelis church is a famous Hamburg landmark, St. Nikolai church was the tallest building in the world in the 1870s and remains the second tallest structure in Hamburg.
| Name | German name | Year [A] | Location [B] | Image | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Peter's Church | Hauptkirche St. Petri Petrikirche | 1195 1418 (rebuild) 1842 (fire) | Mönckebergstraße, Altstadt |  | Gothic-style building |
| St. Catherine's Church | Hauptkirche Sankt Katharinen | 1256 16th century (rebuild) | Altstadt |  | |
| St. James's Church | Hauptkirche Sankt Jacobi | 1255 1963 (rebuild) | Altstadt |  | |
| St Mary's Church | Kirchengemeinde St. Marien | 1960 | Fuhlsbüttel |  | |
| St. Matthew's Church | Matthäuskirche | 1919 | |||
| St. Michaelis Church | Hauptkirche Sankt Michaelis Michel | 1647 1750 (fire) | Neustadt |  | |
| St. Nikolai | Hauptkirche St. Nikolai | 1874 1943 (fire) | Altstadt |  | world's tallest building from 1874 to 1876. ruins since 1940s |
| Sankt Nikolai | 1951 | Harvestehude |  | Replaced old St. Nikolai | |
| Thomaskirche | Hausbruch |  | |||
| Auferstehungskirche | Lohbruegge |  | |||
| Tonndorfer Kirche | Tonndorf |  | |||
| Herz Jesu Kirche | Hamm |  | |||
| Sankt Erich Kirche | Rothenburgsort |  | |||
| Paul-Gerhardt-Kirche | Bahrenfeld |  | |||
| Kirche der Stille | Altona |  | |||
| Martinskirche | Rahlstedt |  | |||
| Gnadenkirche | St. Pauli |  | Gemeinde des Hl. Johannes von Kronstadt, Russian Orthodox church, former Lutheran church [1] | ||
| St. Maria Magdalena Kirche | Moorburg |  | |||
| St. Nicolai | Altengamme |  | |||
| Russische Kirche des heiligen Prokop |  | Russian Orthodox church [2] | |||
| Neuer Mariendom, former Pfarrkirche St. Marien | St. Georg |  |
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