The Church of St. Thomas is one of the oldest churches of Leipzig, which is known by the fact that in 1539 this majestic building was preaching Martin Luther, the "father" of the Reformation. In the XVIII century for the last thirty years there he served as cantor of the choir of the local well-known German composer Johann Sebastian Bach. Here is his pleading - the remains of the great composer was moved here in 1949 and buried under a bronze tombstone.

As a result of previous archaeological excavations, it was found that in place of the Church of St. Thomas previously housed the Romanesque church arose in the XII century. Its some fragments represented parts of the foundation date back to the year 1160 and kept in the chancel of the church. In 1355, the ancient temple was rebuilt in the Gothic style.

After the church waited several reconstructions, but at the end of the XV century and during the four years she has remained unchanged, with the exception of one of the towers, which was rebuilt in 1702. The roof of the church has a fairly steep angle of inclination, reaching 63 degrees, including interior decoration is nothing left of the baroque interior, the reconstruction of the XIX century it was replaced by a neo-Gothic decor.

Inside the church of St. Thomas is a marble baptismal font depicting various biblical scenes, made by Franz Dёteberom. On the walls of the altar are old portraits pastors of the city, the earliest of which date back to 1614 year. The carved wooden pulpit - one of the few things that survived from the time of Bach's life. The temple also has tombstones era XV-XVI centuries, the oldest of which belongs to the knight Hermann von Harras.

As a result of the military action of 40-ies of XX century Church of St. Thomas is almost not affected. It was lost only one stained-glass window of the temple, which was replaced in 2000 by a new one, created by the architect Hans Gottfried von Stockhausen.