The Lutheran Church of St. Mary in the resort town of Yalta - one of the few existing churches of this denomination in Crimea. Religious buildings located opposite Partizansky alley.

Lutheran Church of St. Mary for more than 130 years. The church was built in 1885 with funds donated by the parishioners of the Lutheran faith, as well as Russian and German emperors.

The first information about the existence of the Lutheran parish in the city of Yalta apply to the 70 th years. 19 v., At a time when believers are under the control of the Lutheran Consistory in St. Petersburg. In 1874 the General Council of the consistory asked the Interior Ministry to allocate them land for the construction of the church. Dedicated soon the construction of the church a small piece of land belonged to the famous local architect GF Schreiber. After some time, I began to collect donations for the construction of the church, which was carried out citizens Lutherans. In a short time they have collected about 17 thousand rubles. At the beginning of 1874 Bishop Richter sent a representation of Adjutant-General A. to consider the draft Tomasheva the church, designed by architect G. Schreiber. Having examined the project, the commission building committee returned it for revision making a number of comments.

Lutheran church was built over the 10 years. The building of the Lutheran church architect performed in the Gothic Revival style. In addition to the input lancet arches and windows, the facade was decorated with pointed bell tower in the shape of hexagonal pyramid, which eventually was destroyed.

In 1917. church was closed. After it was located chess club, and only in 1993, the church was returned to the ownership of the Yalta Evangelical Lutheran community. Today, St. Mary's Church in Yalta - the best preserved Lutheran Church Crimea. It is the spiritual center of the German community of Big Yalta.