St. Paul's Church stands at the southern tip of an island in the Ill River in Strasbourg. Louis Muller designed it for the Lutheran members of the Imperial German garrison stationed in the city. It was founded in 1892 and built in the Gothic Revival style until 1897. Muller drew on the Elisabeth Church of Marburg. After Alsace returned to France, it passed in 1919 to the Protestant Reformed Church of Alsace and Lorraine.
Its spires rise 76 meters. It has three large rose windows modeled on the one at St. Thomas' Church, and 19 portals, compared with seven at Strasbourg Cathedral. The nave is about 20 meters high. The plan was shortened from a Latin cross to a Greek cross because of foundation costs.
The 1897 organ is a historic monument. The church was designated a monument historique in 1998.
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