The Stiftskirche is Stuttgart's main Protestant church, originally a collegiate church (Stiftskirche) founded in the 12th century and rebuilt repeatedly over the centuries. The building suffered severe damage in the 1944 Allied bombing raids that destroyed much of central Stuttgart, and the current appearance is largely a postwar reconstruction completed in the 1950s and 1960s.
The two towers of the west facade are the most recognizable feature — one Romanesque, one Gothic, different in style because they were built in different centuries and the church never bothered to match them. The interior is plain in the Swabian Protestant tradition, with good 12th-century figures of the counts of Württemberg in the choir. The church faces onto Schillerplatz, Stuttgart's oldest square, making it part of a natural circuit with the Old Palace next door.
The church is open to visitors during the day; services continue to be held, and organ concerts are regularly scheduled. Admission is free.