The church of St Paul (the Pauluskirche) and the neighbouring vicarage were built to the plans of the architect Friedrich Puetzer between 1905 and1907. The Pauluskirche, Paulusplatz and the building of the Landeshypothekenbank (which today houses the church administration of the evangelist church in Hessen and Nassau) form the centre of the Paulusviertel neighbourhood of Darmstadt.

From an architectural viewpoint, the Pauluskirche is indebted to the reform architecture. Friedrich Pützer was looking for a new design style to delineate his work from historicism (neo-romantic, neo-gothic).

Although he used traditional elements, for example from Roman and Gothic churches, also from the castle architecture of the middle-ages, he combined it all in a playfully modern form.

Inside, the church contains a rich collection of sculptures and stained-glass. It is used for numerous concerts and other events. The Schuke-Organ in its barrel-vaulted location is famous well beyond Darmstadt, with concerts by organists from all over the world.