What’s funny, is to my understanding, actual Christian belief is tragically lacking throughout Germany.
They may claim Christ, but it seems no more serious than American Jews claim God.
Do you see a nation of Seinfelds keeping to what God says? Neither do I.
Having lived there for 7 years I can confirm that the churches are largely lovely cultural showpieces.
As devout perpetual tourists while there (all of our travels involved an elment of pilgrimage visitin our Christian cultural patrimony) we often observed what you wrote.
Happily there are pockets of hope, but it was so sad to walk through “museums” to the faith, rather then houses of worship.