The term was invented by art historian Kurt Gerstenberg in his 1913 work Deutsche Sondergotik, in which he argued that the Late Gothic had  a special expression in Germany (especially the South and the Rhineland) marked by the use of the hall church or Hallenkirche.
In his 1913 work Deutsche Sondergotik, art historian Kurt Gerstenberg introduced the term. He argued that Late Gothic had a distinctive expression in Germany (especially the South and Rhineland) marked by the use of hall churches or Hallenkirches.