List of religious buildings in Bielefeld

The list of sacred buildings in Bielefeld includes church buildings (not parishes), mosques and synagogues in what is today the city of Bielefeld . Chapels as well as church services in meeting houses, hospitals, homes etc. are not taken into account.

The burial places in Bielefeld are in the list of cemeteries in Bielefeld .

Protestant churches

Church building of the regional church

Most of the churches of the Evangelical Church of Westphalia in the city of Bielefeld belong to the Bielefeld parish , some to the Gütersloh parish .

	Surname	local community	place	City district Kirchenkreis	construction time	particularities
	Old Town Nicolaikirche	Ev. Old town Nicolai parish	Bielefeld Niedernstrasse	District middle KKr Bielefeld	14th Century	Gothic hall church with three aisles, first Protestant church services in 1541, Protestant in 1632, heavily destroyed in 1945 and rebuilt in contemporary style
	Andreas Church	Ev.-luth. Babenhausen parish	Babenhausen Babenhauser Strasse	District Dornberg KKr Bielefeld	1966/67
	Apostle Church	Ev.-luth. Apostle parish	Bielefeld Brueckenstrasse	District middle KKr Bielefeld	1952-54	Strictly directed nave construction with a raised chancel
	Noah's Ark Church	Ev.-luth. Parish Schröttinghausen	Schröttinghausen Horstkotterheide	District Dornberg KKr Bielefeld	1979
	Church of the Resurrection	Ev.-luth. Reconciliation parish Jöllenbeck	Theesen Theesener Strasse	District Jöllenbeck KKr Bielefeld	1951
	Bartholomäuskirche	Ev.-luth. Bartholomäus parish of Brackwede	Brackwede main street	District Brackwede KKr Gütersloh	1892	first church in the 11th century, Protestant since 1533, today's church built as a cruciform church in neo-Gothic style, badly destroyed by fire in 1990 and rebuilt
	Bodelschwingh Church	Ev.-luth. Dietrich Bonhoeffer Community	Gellershagen Voltmannstrasse	Districts Dornberg and Schildesche KKr Bielefeld
	Christ Church	Ev. Emmaus parish Senne	Windelsbleiche Buschkampstr.	District Senne KKr Gütersloh	circa 1960
	Eckardt Church	Zion Church Bethel	Eckardtsheim Eckardtsheimer Strasse	District Sennestadt KKr Bielefeld		Subsidiary church of the Zion congregation
	Epiphany Church	Ev.-luth. Reconciliation parish Jöllenbeck	Vilsendorf Vilsendorfer Strasse	District Jöllenbeck KKr Bielefeld	1963	Brutalism architecture style
	Church of the Redeemer	Ev.-luth. Lydia parish / youth pastoral office of the Bielefeld church district	Schildesche Gunststrasse	District Schildesche KKr Bielefeld		used since 2009 as youth church "luca"
	Evangelical Church Brake	Ev.-luth. Parish. Brake	Brake Braker Street	District Heepen KKr Bielefeld	1909
	Evangelical Church Milse	Ev.-luth. Parish Milse	Milse community path	District Heepen KKr Bielefeld
	Evangelical Church of Stieghorst	Ev.-luth. Parish of Stieghorst	Stieghorst Reichenbergerstrasse	District of Stieghorst KKr Bielefeld	1893	first construction of a chapel, which was extended to a church, 1908 addition of a bell tower
	Evangelical Church Ubbedissen	Ev. Parish of Ubbedissen	Ubbedissen Detmolder Strasse 706	District of Stieghorst KKr Bielefeld	1865	neo-Gothic, draft of the Prussian state building administration under Friedrich August Stüler , vault installation 1877–1878, under monument protection
	Evangelical Church Ummeln	Ev. Parish Ummeln	Ummeln Queller Straße	District Brackwede KKr Gütersloh	1897
	Friedenskirche	Ev. Emmaus parish Senne	Senne Schopenhauerweg	District Senne KKr Gütersloh	circa 1960
	James Church	Ev.-luth. James Congregation	Bielefeld Jakobusstrasse	District middle KKr Bielefeld	1912	Mixture of Art Nouveau and reform architecture ( Bauhaus elements )
	Jesus Christ Church	Ev. Sennestadt parish	Sennestadt Fuldaweg	District Sennestadt KKr Gütersloh	circa 1960
	Johanneskirche	Ev.-luth. Parish Altenhagen	Altenhagen Kanzelstrasse	District Heepen KKr Bielefeld	1970
	Johanneskirche	Ev.-luth. Johannes church parish Quelle-Brock	Source Carl-Severing-Strasse	District Brackwede KKr Gütersloh	1955/56	Hall with tent-like wooden roof, detached bell tower demolished in 1996 and rebuilt
	Johanniskirche	Ev.-luth. Lydia parish	Bielefeld Johanniskirchplatz 1	District middle KKr Bielefeld	1899-1901	Architect: Alex Trappen (Bielefeld); under monument protection since 1985
	Kreuzkirche	Ev. Sennestadt parish	Sennestadt Paderborner Strasse	District Sennestadt KKr Gütersloh	1894
	Lukas Church	Ev.-luth. Oldentrup parish	Oldentrup Siekstrasse	District Heepen KKr Bielefeld	1972
	Luther Church	Ev. Markus parish	Bielefeld Martin-Luther-Platz	District of Stieghorst KKr Bielefeld	1906-1908	Architect: Karl Siebold ; Cross-shaped, centralized building in free-historicizing design ("imperial and castle style"), tower construction 1960
	Luther Church	Ev. Emmaus parish Senne	Wind flute Tulpenweg	District Senne KKr Gütersloh	1965
	Marienkirche	Ev.-luth. Reconciliation parish Jöllenbeck	Jöllenbeck Schwagerstrasse	District Jöllenbeck KKr Bielefeld	1852-54	first church building in the Bielefeld area since the Reformation; 1877 Demolition of the old 13th century church
	St. Mark's Church	Ev.-luth. Hoberge-Uerentrup parish	Hoberge-Uerentrup Markuskirchweg	District Dornberg KKr Bielefeld	1963
	Matthew Church	Ev.-luth. Dietrich Bonhoeffer Community	Bielefeld Am Brodhagen	Districts Dornberg and Schildesche KKr Bielefeld	1961
	Neustädter Marienkirche	Ev.-luth. Neustädter Marien parish	Bielefeld Kreuzstrasse	District middle KKr Bielefeld	1293 start of construction	late Romanesque-early Gothic hall church with two towers, collegiate church, Protestant since approx. 1554, tower roofs rebuilt after being destroyed in the war in 1966
	Pauluskirche	Ev.-luth. Paul parish	Bielefeld Paulusplatz	District middle KKr Bielefeld	1880-83	representative neo-Gothic building in cross shape; first church building in the city since the Reformation
	Peter and Paul Church	Ev.-luth. Heepen parish	Heepen Heeper Street	District Heepen KKr Bielefeld	11th century	Single-nave cruciform church, expanded from 1835 to 1837 to the current three-aisle shape
	Peterskirche	Ev.-luth. Parish Dornberg	Kirchdornberg Am Thie	District Dornberg KKr Bielefeld	14/11 century	Gothic hall church, Romanesque church tower, Protestant since 1523
	Petrikirche	Ev. Petri parish	Bielefeld Petristraße	District middle KKr Bielefeld	1954	Architect: Werner March (Minden)
	Stephanuskirche	Ev.-luth. Martini community	Gadderbaum Pellaweg	District Gadderbaum KKr Bielefeld
	Collegiate church	Ev.-luth. Schildesche collegiate church	Schildesche Johannisstrasse	District Schildesche KKr Bielefeld	13th Century	Cross-shaped hall church of an imperial monastery for aristocratic women from 939 , tower from 1869, biconfessional from the Reformation to 1810
	Süsterkirche	Protestant Reformed parish of Bielefeld	Bielefeld Güsenstrasse	District middle KKr Bielefeld	from 1491	Built as a late-Gothic single-nave monastery church for Augustinian nuns , parish church of the Evangelical Reformed congregation since 1657, neo-Gothic extension to include the choir and transept in 1892, heavily destroyed in 1945 and rebuilt
	Zion Church	Ev. Zion Church Bethel	Bielefeld-Gadderbaum Am Zionswald	District Gadderbaum KKr Bielefeld	1883/84	Brick church in neo-Romanesque-Prussian arched style

See also: List of churches in the Bielefeld parish and Bielefeld churches in the Gütersloh parish

Other evangelical churches and free churches

	Surname	local community	place	construction time	particularities
		Free evangelical community	Stieghorst Lipper Hellweg	1974
	Trinity Church	Independent Evangelical Lutheran Church	Middle of Schatenstrasse
	Kreuzkirche	Methodist Church	Schildesche Schildescher Strasse	1962	In 1980 the church was bought from the Protestant to the Methodist congregation.

Catholic churches

Roman Catholic churches

The Roman Catholic parishes belong to the Dean's Office Bielefeld-Lippe in the Archdiocese of Paderborn . In 2006, several parishes were each merged to form a pastoral network with a joint pastoral team.

	Surname	Location	Pastoral Association	construction time	particularities
	St. Bartholomew	Senne Windelsbleicher Strasse	Senne
	St. Boniface	Stieghorst Stieghorster Strasse	Bielefeld-Middle-East	1956-57	1905/06 construction of a Marienkapelle on the Elpke
	Christ the King	Gellershagen Weihestrasse	In the west of Bielefeld	1954-60
	St. Hedwig	Heepen Hillegosser Strasse	Bielefeld East	1955/56
	Holy Spirit Church	Dornberg Spandauer Allee	In the west of Bielefeld	1990-91	Octagonal floor plan. Parish and rectory form a uniform building ensemble; Successor Church of the Holy Spirit ( Wellensiek ) and the Holy Family (Uerentrup)
	Holy Cross Church	Brake Grundstrasse	Bielefeld-Mitte-North-East	1958-59	exceptionally designed choir window
	Sacred Heart Church	Brackwede Mackebenstrasse	Brackwede-Quelle-Ummeln	1953	The old Herz-Jesu-Kirche was built in 1891 and demolished in 1962.
	St. Jodokus	Middle of the monastery square	Bielefeld center	1507-11	Late Gothic hall church, built as a Franciscan church . Despite the Reformation, it remained Catholic throughout and is considered the mother church of all Catholic parishes in Bielefeld after the Reformation. Forms an ensemble with the former Franciscan monastery.
	St. John Baptist	Schildesche Ringenbergstrasse	Schildesche-Jöllenbeck	1911/12	Expanded in 1967 - first chapel built in 1687 - Russian Orthodox church services take place regularly in the St. Johannes Baptist Church .
	St. Joseph	Mid- August-Bebel-Strasse 7	Bielefeld-Mitte-North-East	1908-1910	Architect: Carl Moritz ; Badly damaged by bombs in 1944, rebuilt in 1953, interior redesigned artistically in 2000; Regular services of the Tamil and Hungarian congregations and the deaf chaplaincy
	St. Kunigunde	Sennestadt Hirschweg	Senne	1951
	Liborius Church	Middle of Meindersstrasse	Bielefeld center	1958-59	The first groundbreaking was done by the Chinese Bishop Vitus Chang . In 1981 and 2002 the church was renovated.
	Dear women	Jöllenbeck Wordstrasse	Schildesche-Jöllenbeck
	Church of Our Lady	Middle Fritz-Reuter-Strasse	Bielefeld-Middle-East	1933-34
	Mary Queen	Baumheide Donauschwabenstrasse	Bielefeld-Mitte-North-East	1976-82	In the life of Jesus window , the life of Jesus is shown in six glass panels. Church services in Croatian are also regularly celebrated in the Maria-Königin-Church .
	St. Meinolf	Middle of Meinolfstrasse	Bielefeld East	1957
	St. Michael	Ummeln Am Depenbrocks Hof	Bielefeld center	1958
	St. Pius	Gadderbaum Piusweg	Bielefeld center	1958	The church has been de- dedicated and demolished. Organ, bells and other works of art have been recovered and either sold or stored. The church is to make way for an extension of the Pius Home. In the future, church services will take place in the Marienkapelle of the St. Pius home.
	St. Thomas More	Sennestadt Rheinallee	Senne

Eastern Catholic Churches

	Surname	Location	Denomination	construction time	particularities
	Ukrainian Catholic Church of the Byzantine Rite	Hillegossen at the old Dreisch	ukrainian greek catholic		Partly used by a Ukrainian autonomous Orthodox community.

Orthodox churches

	Surname	Location	Denomination	construction time	particularities
	Apostle Paul Church	Middle Weissenburger Strasse	Greek Orthodox	1961-1963	Built as a Protestant St. Luke Church, used by the Greek Orthodox parish of Apostle Paul since 2002
	Transfiguration Church	Sennestadt Am Beckhof	Russian Orthodox		The building of today's Russian Orthodox Transfiguration Church is a former care center of an old people's home. In 2009 the community moved into the new building. Before that she used the Beckhof Church. The Transfiguration Church will soon have gold-plated domes. See also: The Russian Orthodox Congregation in Sennestadt
	Beckhof Church	Sennestadt Am Beckhof	Serbian Orthodox	1962
	Basilius Church (Bielefeld)	Dornberg	Serbian Orthodox	1939-1944	Until 1991 Roman Catholic Holy Spirit parish church in Wellensiek

Apostolic and New Apostolic Churches

	Community location	construction time	particularities
	Catholic-Apostolic Congregation Bielefeld eV Mercatorstraße 12	circa 1895	The church has no special name and has belonged to this congregation since its establishment. Services are celebrated on Sundays and certain public holidays.
	Brake Naggertstrasse
	Gellershagen Geschwister-Scholl-Strasse
	Heepen Kammerratsheide
	Jöllenbeck Dorfstrasse
	Middle of Bismarckstrasse
	East Taubenstrasse	1968/69	The communities of Stieghorst and Sieker were merged in December 2009 to form the community of Bielefeld-Ost.
	Schildesche Westerfeldstrasse	1688	former Church of the Catholic Canons and Catholic Parish Church
	Sennestadt Schlinghofstrasse
	South Normannenstrasse
	Ummeln Versmolder Straße

Former churches

	Former name	place	construction time	particularities
	Christ Church	Dornberg Wellensiek 108 a		Protestant parish church until 2007, today privately owned (used as an event hall)
	Martini Church	Gadderbaum Arthur-Ladebeck-Strasse 57	1897/1898	Architect: Karl Siebold ; neo-Gothic, redesigned to purify in 1939; Protestant parish church until 1975, then Greek Orthodox church, leased in lease since 2003 and used as a restaurant after renovations and extensions
	New Apostolic Church Stieghorst	Stieghorst Detmolder Strasse / Danziger Strasse	1982	Dedicated in 2009, today a youth meeting and conference center of the New Apostolic Church in North Rhine-Westphalia
	Paul Gerhardt Church	Middle Detmolder Strasse 107	1959	Architect: Denis Boniver ; Protestant parish church until 2007, then extensive conversion to the Beit Tikwa synagogue (= House of Hope ) of the Bielefeld Jewish Community

Synagogues

• Beit Tikwa Synagogue

Mosques

There are around 12 mosques and rooms in Bielefeld.

• Vatan mosque

See also

• Church district of Gütersloh
• List of churches in the parish of Bielefeld
• List of sacred buildings in North Rhine-Westphalia

Web links

• Evangelical Church District Bielefeld
• Evangelical Church District Gütersloh
• Catholic Dean's Office Bielefeld-Lippe
• New Apostolic Church Bielefeld

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Several details on the year of construction and brief characteristics come from: Ulrich Althöfer: Architecture and Art in Times of Large Numbers. Church construction and equipment in the church district of Bielefeld in: Matthias Benad, Hans-Walter Schmuhl (Ed.): Aufbruch in die Moderne. The Evangelical Church District Bielefeld from 1817 to 2006. Verlag für Religionsgeschichte, Bielefeld 2006, ISBN 3-89534-642-X , pp. 163–180.
2. ^ Dehio-Handbuch der Deutschen Kunstdenkmäler, North Rhine-Westphalia II: Westphalia. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich / Berlin 2011.
3. ^ Russian Orthodox Church - Moscow Patriarchate, rokmp-bielefeld.de .
4. ↑ http://www.glueckundseligkeit.de/glueckundseligkeit.html
5. ↑ http://www.moscheesuche.de/moschee/stadt/bielefeld/2756
6. ↑ http://www.vatan-moschee.de/

 Map with all coordinates: OSM | WikiMap