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	St George's German Lutheran Church 55 Alie St E1 8EB London (Tower Hamlets (Whitechapel)) United Kingdom
Denomination:	Lutheran
Congregation:	The Historic Chapels Trust
Geogr. Coordinates:	51.51415° N, 0.07044° W
Reference year:	1763
Architectural style:	Neo-classical
Building type:	Single-nave church
Description:	Neo-classical single-nave church; oldest remaining German church in Great Britain
Name derivation:	From St George


Organ	Built in 1886 by the German family Walcker, restored in 1937 and 2004
Noteworthy	Original interior from the 18th century

History:

1763:	Built at the instigation of Dederich Beckmann (German sugar baker)
1996:	End of use as a congregation church and handover to the Historic Chapels Trust
2004:	Comprehensively restored during six years, since then in use as a venue for lectures and concerts and occasional services by the German congregations from in and around London

Important persons:

Organ builder:	E. F. Walcker & Cie. (Organ builders, originally in Ludwigsburg, Germany, founded in 1854 by Eberhard Friedrich Walcker)
Patron:	George (?–305, martyr, one of the Fourteen Holy Helpers)

Sources

Historic Chapels Trust: Web-Site der Kirche, http://www.stgeorgesgermanchurch.org.uk/, retrieved 25/10/2017

Tucker, Tony: City of London Churches, Guidelines Books, Stoke-on-Trent 2013, p. 108