Co-sponsored by Lower East Side Preservation Initiative, East Village Community Coalition, and Trinity Lower East Side Lutheran Parish

Undoubtedly the Lower East Side’s religious institutions were and remain among the area’s most beautiful and elaborate structures. The wonderful historic German-American churches that survive — including Church of the Most Holy Redeemer (1851) on East 3rd Street, St. Mark’s Lutheran Church (1847) on East 6th Street, and Our Lady of Sorrows (1867) on Pitt Street — continue to serve as proud beacons for the neighborhood.

What are the stories behind these most historic congregations and their church buildings, each beautiful and significant in its own way? Who were the designers and craftspeople who created them? What are their connections to other congregations of the German immigrant community of the Lower East Side?

Join Dr. Richard Haberstroh for an illustrated talk on the history of the German-American church in Kleindeutschland, followed by an informal reception.

Dr. Richard Haberstroh is a native New Yorker, whose German ancestors arrived in the city between 1835 and 1852 and resided primarily in the Lower East Side’s Kleindeutschland. An accredited genealogist who has been involved in German genealogical research since 1984, Richard has published numerous genealogical articles and is the author of The German Churches of Metropolitan New York: a Research Guide.