St. Peter's Church stands at Larslejsstræde 11 in the Latin Quarter of Copenhagen. It is first mentioned in 1304 and was probably founded in the twelfth century. The first church burned in 1380, and the main body was built in the mid-fifteenth century. King Frederick II presented it to the city's German-speaking subjects in 1585, and Christian IV added the transepts in 1631 and 1634.
The layout is cruciform with a Gothic core and Baroque features. Hans van Steenwinckel the Elder renovated it and added an upper floor to the tower. Sepulchral chapels were built between 1648 and 1740.
The Copenhagen Fire of 1728 severely damaged the church, and Johan Cornelius Krieger rebuilt it. Johann Boye Junge designed the Rococo spire, completed in 1757, which survived the bombardment of 1807. The state took over the church in 1994.
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