The Ringkirche was the first Protestant church in Germany to follow the Wiesbadener Programm, which focused on a clear view from every seat to the combined altar, pulpit, organ and choir areas.^[1] It was built between 1892 and 1894 and designed by Johannes Otzen, one of the authors of the Wiesbadener Programm.^[2] The hall is a Zentralbau [de] of a type which became a model for Protestant church buildings until the end of World War I.^[1] It was consecrated in 1894, seating 1,100 people. Its organ was built by Walcker, with a Romantic disposition,^[3] of which 75% is again intact today.^[2] The organ was modified to a neo-Baroque disposition in 1949, but restored to its original disposition by major restoration from 2015, leaving not one of the c. 1,800 pipes untouched. Around a quarter of them were replaced. and the others were repaired.^[4]

The Romanesque Revival church is located on the Ringstraße between the central districts of Westend and Rheingauviertel.^[2] Its twin towers dominate the intersecting Rheinstraße [de].^[2]

A building of the Gründerzeit, the church was declared a German Nationaldenkmal (national monument) in 2002. It demonstrates a uniform style, reminiscent of the period between Romanesque and Gothic architecture, unaltered by destruction in wars or later remodeling.^[2] The building was extensively restored beginning in 2003.^[1] It is used for church concerts, such as a venue of the Rheingau Musik Festival.

• Baedeker Wiesbaden Rheingau, Karl Baedeker GmbH, Ostfildern-Kemnat, 2001
• Gottfried Kiesow, Das verkannte Jahrhundert. Der Historismus am Beispiel Wiesbaden, Deutsche Stiftung Denkmalschutz, 2005
• Ralf-Andreas Gmelin, Der Dom der kleinen Leute – Ein Wiesbadener Geburtsort der Moderne, Ring Edition Wiesbaden, 2004

• Official website
• Ringkirche (in German) kirchen-wiesbaden.de