List of churches in Offenbach am Main

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This list of churches in Offenbach am Main is intended to give an overview of the churches, their denominations, construction times and locations of the city of Offenbach am Main .

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Churches

designation Location Denomination construction time Others
French Ref. church
French Reformed Church
Center
Herrnstrasse
French reformed Built:
1717/1718
Evangelical town church
Evangelical town church
Center
Herrnstrasse
evangelical 1739-1749 It used to be the only Lutheran church in the reformed Offenbach. It is the oldest surviving Lutheran church in the city.
St. Paul
St. Paul
Center
Kaiserstraße
Catholic Built:
1953
Architect:
Carl Müller

First Catholic church in the core city of Offenbach since the introduction of the Reformation. Previous building destroyed in the same place during World War II.

Marienkirche
Marienkirche
Mathildenviertel
Bieberer Strasse
Catholic Built:
1911
Forms the parish association Offenbach Innenstadt with St. Peter and St. Paul. Also church of the Italian Catholic community Offenbach . In terms of pitch, it has the lowest ringing in town. Second Catholic church after St. Paul in the center of Offenbach after the Reformation.
Christ Church
Christ Church
Center
Otto-Steinwachs-Weg
Old Catholic Built:
1910
Luther Church
Luther Church
Lindenfeld
forest road
evangelical Built:
August 18, 1912,
inauguration:
March 15, 1914
Architect:
Friedrich Pützer
New Apostolic Church Lindenfeld
Tempelseestrasse
New Apostolic Inauguration:
November 29, 1952
Castle Church
Castle Church
Mathildenviertel
Arthur-Zitscher-Straße
evangelical Inauguration:
November 29, 1952
The old castle church stood in the former old town of Offenbach, at Kirchgasse 15, near Isenburg Castle . The church was destroyed in World War II. Only the tower remained as a ruin. The new church was built about a kilometer further east on Arthur-Zitscher-Straße.
Free religious community
Free religious community
Center
Schillerplatz
free religious Inauguration:
May 9, 1858,
reconstruction:
1954
Friedenskirche
Friedenskirche
Westend
Geleitsstrasse
evangelical Inauguration:
1912
Architect:
Friedrich Pützer
Luther Church Bieber
Ev.  Bieber parish
Bieber
Aschaffenburger Strasse
evangelical Inauguration:
July 28, 1935
Congregation was founded in 1869 in the originally Catholic Bieber. In the same year the "Gustav Adolf Chapel" was built on the site of today's church. This was put down for reasons of space in order to make room for today's church. Church bears the name Luther Church. Since there is already a Luther Church on Waldstrasse in Offenbach, the congregation has appeared as the "Evangelical Bieber Parish" since Bieber's incorporation.
St. Nicholas
Catholic parish church St. Nikolaus in Bieber
Bieber
Rathausgasse
Catholic Built:
1936
Architects:
Ludwig Becker and
Anton Falkowski

Independent parish since 1307. Predecessor churches stood in the same place. The church, which was laid down in 1936, was built in 1701–1708 and expanded considerably in 1878/1879. The tower of this church dates back to the Middle Ages. A church for Bieber is mentioned as early as 1270. Oldest continuously existing parish in the city. Largest Catholic parish in the city. Together with the Holy Trinity (Buchhügel) forms the parish association "Bieberer Berg".

Gustav Adolf Church
Gustav Adolf Church in Bürgel
Bürgel
Langstrasse
evangelical Inauguration:
1903
Architect:
Ludwig Hofmann ?
Holy Spirit Church
Catholic Holy Spirit Church in Rumpenheim
Rumpenheim
Edelsheimer Strasse
Catholic Built:
1930
Forms the "Pfarrgruppe Ost" together with St. Pankratius (Bürgel) and Hl. Kreuz (Waldheim).
Redeemer Church
Church of the Redeemer
Waldheim
Bischofsheimer Weg
evangelical Offenbach's newest church building.
Holy Trinity
Trinity Church
Buchhügel
Obere Grenzstrasse
Catholic Built: 1968. The parish was formed in 1965 from the parish of St. Marien. Today the Bieberer Berg parish association with St. Nikolaus in Bieber.
St. Conrad
St. Conrad
Carl-Ulrich-Siedlung
Waldstrasse
Catholic Forms the parish association Offenbach Südstadt with St. Elisabeth and St. Josef. Former parish church on Brunnenweg is today's Greek Orthodox Church.
St. Joseph
St. Joseph

Brothers-Grimm-Strasse musicians' quarter
Catholic Forms the parish association "Offenbach Südstadt" with St. Elisabeth and St. Konrad.
St. Elisabeth
St. Elisabeth
Lauterborn
Richard-Wagner-Strasse
Catholic Built: 1992–1993 Forms the parish association "Offenbach Südstadt" with St. Josef and St. Konrad. Parish was founded on August 1st, 1966. Before that, there was an emergency church from 1968–1992.
St. Peter
St. Peter
Westend
Berliner Strasse
Catholic Forms the parish association "Offenbach Innenstadt" with St. Paul and St. Marien. Also the church of the Polish community in Offenbach.
St. Pancras
St. Pancras
Bürgel
Stiftstrasse
Catholic Built: 1896–1897

Tower: 1492

Forms the parish group "Offenbach Ost" with the Holy Cross (Waldheim) and Holy Spirit (Rumpenheim). Predecessor church already mentioned in 880. The church tower is the oldest surviving structure in the city.
Holy Cross
Holy Cross Church
Waldheim
Am Wiesengrund
Catholic Built: 1956 Forms the parish group "Offenbach Ost" with St. Pankratius (Bürgel) and Hl. Geist (Rumpenheim). As a special feature, the "Rote Warte" settlement in the Mühlheim city area was also part of the municipality until 2012. First new church after the Second World War in the Diocese of Mainz.

Architect: Helmut Bilek

House of St. Hildegard
House of St. Hildegard
Bieber
Am Storchsrain / Markwaldstrasse (Waldhof)
Catholic Built: 1982 Belongs to the parish of St. Nikolaus in Bieber
Rumpenheim Castle Church
Rumpenheim Castle Church
Rumpenheim evangelical
Lukas Church
Lukas Church
Tempelsee
Brunnenweg
evangelical Inauguration:
1903
Architect:
Ludwig Hofmann
All Saints Day
Greek Orthodox Church
Tempelsee
Brunnenweg
Greek Orthodox Inauguration:
1947
Architect:
Carl Müller . Used by the Catholic Church of St. Konrad until it was rebuilt in the 1970s.
Johanneskirche
Offenbach, Johanneskirche
Nordend
Ludwigstrasse
evangelical Highest church tower in Offenbach
St. Mark's Church
St. Mark's Church
Bieberer Berg
Obere Grenzstrasse
evangelical
Paul Gerhard Church
Lortzingstrasse musicians' quarter
evangelical
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Offenbach am Main
Mathildenviertel
Arthur-Zitscher-Straße
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Web links

Commons : Churches in Offenbach am Main  - collection of images, videos and audio files
  • Places of faith. (PDF; 3.11 MB) In: offenbach.de. Offenbach am Main City Administration, November 7, 2013, accessed on August 11, 2017 .

Individual evidence

  1. Parish homepage Holy Trinity
  2. ^ Parish homepage St. Elisabeth
  3. Parish homepage St. Pankratius
  4. Parish homepage Holy Spirit
  5. ^ Parish homepage St. Nikolaus ( Memento from October 22, 2011 in the Internet Archive )