German church, which is sometimes called the Church of St. Gertrude, located in Gamla Stan, Stockholm's Old Town. Located between the streets Tyska Brinken, Kindstugatan, Svartmangatan and Prastgatan, it is named after the area where in the Middle Ages, mostly Germans lived. The church dedicated to St. Gertrude (626-659), abbess of the Benedictine monastery Nivelles in Belgium and patron of contemporary travelers.

German Guild of St. Gertrude was founded on the site of the present church in the 14th century. Despite the fact that the guild was founded by German merchants and their Swedish colleagues often honored with an invitation to join its activities. The headquarters of the guild was gradually rebuilt into a church since the 1580s.

Although the number of German merchants and artisans was great in Stockholm in the Middle Ages, they had no place of worship as long as in 1558 King Gustav Vasa did not give them permission to do so. In 1571 King John III authorized the German immigrants in the city to invite priests from Germany, and thus created the first German parish outside Germany, who initially spent his life in a monastery on Riddarholmen, and within the next five years, moved to the former the building of the German guild.

The interior of the German Church is Baroque, large windows contribute to the penetration of a large amount of light that illuminates the white walls and arches of many angels. The building still preserves the wine cellars of the original buildings of the guild. The window depicts St. Gertrude atrium that keeps the bowl in one hand and a model of the church to another. The altar is in the Baroque style, and the so-called "Gallery of the King" is crowned monogram of King Charles XI.

Service in the German language is still held every Sunday at 11 am, and the church is open daily in summer and on weekends in the winter.