Christian's Church is a Rococo church in Christianshavn, Copenhagen, formerly called Frederiks tyske kirke. The German community of Christianshavn commissioned it, after worshipping at the Church of Our Saviour and asking King Christian VI for a church of its own. The king approved the plans, donated a former saltern site and permitted a lottery to fund the building.
Nicolai Eigtved designed it but died in 1754, before construction began. His son-in-law Georg David Anthon supervised the work and designed the spire, added in 1769. It was built from 1754 to 1759. The exterior is yellow brick on a granite plinth, with Ionic pilasters, and the tower is 70 meters high.
The interior is like a theatre, with three tiers of galleries and a royal box above the entrance. It holds about 1,000 people. The crypt is divided into 48 burial chapels.
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