List of religious communities in Wuppertal

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The list contains the communities of all religions in Wuppertal as well as their meeting rooms or sacred buildings. The Protestant and Catholic churches are structured according to their parishes or parishes. For details of the places of worship in the congregations, see the list of Wuppertal sacred buildings .

Christianity

Evangelical Church in the Rhineland

The church districts Barmen and Elberfeld merged on January 1, 2005 to form the church district Wuppertal. After Manfred Rekowski (2005–2011), Ilka Federschmidt was elected first superintendent of the Wuppertal church district.

Wuppertal Church District

  • Evangelical Congregation Beyenburg-Laaken: Beyenburg Church (1866) and Laaker Church
  • Community association Gemarke-Wupperfeld
    • United Evangelical Church Congregation Wupperfeld: Old Church Wupperfeld (closed)
    • United Evangelical Church Congregation: Gemarker Church (1888–1890; 1955, this is where the Barmer Declaration was created ).
    • United Evangelical Church Congregation Heidt: Luther Church (1911) and Stephanus Chapel (also cemetery chapel)
    • United Evangelical Church Congregation Heckinghausen: Kirchsaal Ackerstraße (closed since June 2016) and Paul-Gerhardt-Haus
    • Evangelical parish of Hatzfeld: Hatzfeld Church (sold in 2017 contrary to presbytery statement)
  • Evangelical parish of Langerfeld: Old Church (1768–1786) and Beckacker Church (1898) Kreuzkirche (1911), destroyed down to the outer walls in World War II, today a residential building with a public space that can also be used by the community.
  • Evangelical Church Community Schellenbeck-Einern: House of Encounters (1974, architect Dieter Oesterlen )
  • Evangelical parish Unterbarmen: Main church Unterbarmen , Pauluskirche (only a few services), Christ Church (devoted), Rotter Church and Hesselnberg parish hall (closed)
  • Evangelical parish Unterbarmen Süd: Petruskirche (parish hall on Meckelstrasse) and Lichtenplatzer chapel
  • Evangelical parish Wichlinghausen-Nachbarebreck: Church of the Redeemer , Wichlinghauser Church (today the district center, still used occasionally for church services) and Church of Hottenstein
  • Evangelical Church Cronenberg: Reformed Church (1766–1771), Emmaus Church (1856–1857, today community center), Peace Church (1974, converted into a kindergarten), Nicodemus Church (1992)
  • Association of the inner city communities of Elberfeld
    • Protestant parish Elberfeld-Nord: Resurrection Church Cemetery Church , Old Lutheran Church At the Kolk , Community Center On Eckbusch, Katernberger Vereinshaus
    • Evangelical parish Uellendahl-Ostersbaum: Thomaskirche , community center Uellendahl / Menschenhaus and Philippus Church
    • Evangelical church community Elberfeld-Südstadt: Johanneskirche and Christ Church
    • Evangelical parish Elberfeld-West: Michaelskirche (closed since April 30, 2006), New Church and Stephanuskirche (closed since April 29, 2007)
  • Evangelical parish Küllenhahn: Kirchsaal Küllenhahn
  • Evangelical parish of Ronsdorf (formerly Evangelical Lutheran parish of Ronsdorf): Luther Church , and Paul Schneider House (divested, today church district archive)
  • Evangelical Reformed Parish Ronsdorf: Reformed Church (built in 1858)
  • Evangelical parish of Sonnborn: main church and Markuskirche (divorced, today Asfahl dance school)
  • Evangelical parish Vohwinkel: Church Vohwinkel (Gräfrather Straße, built in 1889) and church on Bremkamp (1959, decommissioned), parish hall in the Ev. Retirement home, Kirchsaal Lessingstraße and church in Goerdelerstraße (decommissioned in March 2016 and meanwhile demolished)
  • In the sponsorship of the church district as the city church in Elberfeld: Old Reformed Church
  • In the sponsorship of the Wuppertal city mission: Diakoniekirche (former Kreuzkirche in the Elberfelder Nordstadt, closure by the Diakonie planned)

Church district Niederberg

  • Evangelical parish Dönberg: Church Dönberg, Höhenstraße (1847)
  • Evangelical Reformed Church Community Schöller: Parish Church Schöller (12th century), no new appointment of the pastor and association with the Evangelical Reformed Church Community Gruiten expected in mid-2018

Free associations close to the Evangelical Church

  • Regional Church Community Wuppertal Elberfeld: Community House Varresbecker Strasse 26
  • Evangelical Society for Germany / City Mission : House of the City Mission, Elberfeld, Else-Lasker-Schüler-Strasse (dissolved in 2007, house now a residential building)
  • Wuppertal City Mission: Heinrich-Böll-Straße 188 (Evangeliumshalle) and Diakoniekirche (former Kreuzkirche)

Roman Catholic Church

Deanery Barmen in the City Deanery Wuppertal

Deanery Elberfeld in the City Deanery Wuppertal

  • Parish Association Elberfeld-Nord
    • St. Maria Hilf Dönberg (1985, portal from 1865)
    • Christ König Katernberg (1960)
    • Church of the Heart of Jesus Elberfeld
    • St. Michael Uellendahl and the branch church of St. John the Evangelist (Roncallizentrum)
  • Parish Association of Wuppertal West
  • Parish Association Elberfeld-Mitte
  • Parish Association of Wuppertaler Südhöhen
    • St. Christophorus Barmen-Lichtenplatz
    • St. Ewalde Cronenberg (1939/1952)
    • St. Hedwig Cronenberg-Hahnerberg (1959)
    • St. Joseph Ronsdorf

Parish of St. Maximin Wülfrath-Düssel

  • St. Mary's Conception Chapel in the tower of the Schöller Manor (there are no more public services)

Foreign-language Catholic parishes

  • Catholic Italian Mission in Wuppertal (Missione Cattolica Italiana): Sankt Antonius (Barmen), Bernhard-Letterhaus-Straße 11
  • Mission for Croatian-speaking Catholics in Wuppertal (Hrvatska Katolicka Misija): Herz Hesu (Elberfeld), Am Deckershäuschen 94
  • Mission for Polish-speaking Catholics in Wuppertal (Polska Misja Katolicka): Sankt Antonius (Barmen), Bernhard-Letterhaus-Straße 11
  • Mission for Spanish-speaking Catholics in Wuppertal (Misión Católica Espanola): Sankt Joseph (Elberfeld) (dissolved for years, around 2003, mission merged with Remscheid)

Orthodox churches

Old denominational churches

Independent Evangelical Lutheran Church

Former name of the church: Evangelical Lutheran (Old Lutheran) Church

  • Evangelical Lutheran Church Congregation Sankt Michaelis Barmen: Sankt Michaelis, Werléstraße 58
  • Evangelical Lutheran Church Community Sankt Petri Wuppertal Elberfeld: Sankt Petri, Paradestrasse 41

Evangelical Old Reformed Church

  • Dutch Reformed Congregation - Dutch Reformed Church at Katernberger Strasse 63

Evangelical Free Churches

Federation of Free Protestant Congregations in Germany (BFeG)

  • Free evangelical community Wuppertal-Barmen, founded in 1854 by Hermann Heinrich Grafe : community center Unterdörnen 77
  • Free Protestant Congregation Wuppertal-Beyenburg: Gerstenkamp parish hall 9
  • Free Protestant Congregation Wuppertal-Elberfeld: Congregation House Bergstrasse 40/42
  • Free Protestant Congregation Wuppertal-Ronsdorf: Community building Bandwirerstraße 28–30
  • Free Protestant Congregation Wuppertal-Vohwinkel: Community Hall Westring 74

Federation of Evangelical Free Churches (BEFG)

  • Baptists
    • Evangelical Free Church Community of Wuppertal-Barmen, founded in 1852 by Julius Köbner : Köbner's Church (Wartburgstrasse 44)
    • Evangelical Free Church Community Wuppertal-Cronenberg: Reconciliation Church (Eich 12)
    • Evangelical Free Church Congregation Wuppertal-Elberfeld: Church on the Mount of Olives (Rolandstraße 15)
  • Churches of the Brethren Movement that belong to the BEFG
    • Evangelical Free Church Congregation Ostersbaum (formerly: Brüdergemeinde Baustraße): Else-Lasker-Schüler-Straße 22
    • Evangelical Free Church Community Wuppertal-Vohwinkel: Mackensenstrasse 16
    • Evangelical Free Church Community Wuppertal-Wichlinghausen: Neanderstraße 9
  • Sister mother house Persis, Funkstr. 46 (Persis Diakonia)

Closed brothers and sisters

  • Elberfeld, Hochstrasse 47
  • Barmen, Zur Scheuren 6 a
  • Vohwinkel, Im Kirschsiepen 9
  • Ronsdorf, Schenkstrasse 32

Free Brethren Churches

  • Christian community Wuppertal-Barmen, Heckinghauser Strasse 71a

Federation of Free Church Pentecostal Congregations (BFP)

  • Free Gospel Church “Zion”, Wuppertal (Barmen): Westkotter Straße 64
  • Family church Barmen in the Christian Ecclesia parish: Parish hall Winklerstrasse 40 (Barmen)
  • Credo Church: Campus Oberbarmen in Windhukstraße 102, Campus Elberfeld in Hofkamp 171 ( "Wunderbau" , former "Christ Congregation BFP" / "Pentecostal Church" / "Christian Center", church services in the Rex cinema) and Campus Solingen at Oststraße 32
  • Christian community of God's word: Otto-Hausmann-Ring 184 (formerly New Apostolic Church Varresbeck)

Methodist Church (UMC)

  • Community of Wuppertal-Barmen: Zionskirche, Eintrachtstraße 45
  • Community of Wuppertal-Elberfeld: Bethesda Church, Nevigeser Straße 20
  • Congregation of the Bethesda Deaconesses (Deaconess Sisterhood of Bethesda): Hainstrasse 41

Salvation Army

Seventh-day Adventist Free Church

  • Barmen: Adventhaus ("House of Advent Hope"), Mühlenweg 3–5
  • Elberfeld: Nevigeser Straße 90

Foreign language Protestant congregations

  • African communities
    • International Missionary Church (English and German) Klophausstr. 25th
    • African Christian International (Baptist): currently the Church on the Mount of Olives (EFG), Rolandstrasse 15
    • Amazing Grace Global Outreach: currently Bethesda Church (UMC), Nevigeserstrasse 20
    • Assemblé de Dieu de Wuppertal (charismatic): currently Church of Peace, Briller Strasse 16
    • Assemblé de Dieu Vivant: Heckinghauser Strasse 43 a
    • Blessed Baptist Church: currently the Church of Hottenstein (Protestant Church), next Brack
    • Christ Foundation Ministry (Pentecostal Church): currently Zionskirche (UMC), Eintrachtstrasse 45
    • Church of Pentecost (COP): currently Protestant Community Center Uellendahl, Röttgen 102
    • Communauté Chretienne Evangélique Champ-Nouveau: currently Church of Peace, Briller Strasse 16
    • Deeper Christian Life: currently the Dutch Reformed Congregation, Katernberger Strasse 63
    • Eglise Internationale de la Sanctification, Klophausstrasse 25
    • English Speaking Fellowship of the Evangelical Church Community in Heckinghausen: Paul-Gerhardt-Haus, Rübenstrasse 25
    • Eritrean Evangelical Congregation, Unterdörnen 77
    • Grace Temple Church (believers from Ghana and Cameroon): Nommensenweg 3
    • Holy Ghost Hour Prayer Ministry (Pentecostal Church), Windhukstraße 102
    • International Baptist and Bible Ministry: currently meeting house Westkotter Strasse 198 (formerly Wichlinghauser Church )
    • La Maison de la Foi et dé Temoignage: currently FeG Elberfeld, Bergstrasse 40/42
    • Mission Evangelique La Porte de l'Esperance: currently Luther Church Heidt
    • World Alive Ministries (believers from Ghana): Church on the Mount of Olives of the Baptists
  • Greek Evangelical Congregation: Neanderstraße (Evangelical Free Church Congregation)
  • Evangelical Korean Mission Church Congregation Wuppertal (Evangelical-Free Church): Congregation House Hellerstraße
  • Italian Protestant Congregation: Eich 12
  • Vietnamese Tin Lanh community Wuppertal: Pülsöhder Church in Wuppertal-Langerfeld
  • Church of Peace (in German and English, formerly Andreas-Murray-Kirche / Jesus-Zentrum): parish hall Briller Straße 16
  • Chiesa Evangelica Italiana Wuppertal e. V. (Pentecostal Church), Thomaskirche (Protestant Church), Opphofer Strasse 60
  • Polska Spolecznosc Chrzescijanska Wuppertal (charismatic), Winklerstraße 40
  • Christian community for Latinos, Hofkamp 171
  • God of Difference Healing and Deliverance Church, Nevigeser Str. 20

Apostolic Churches
  • New Apostolic Church
    • New Apostolic Church Wuppertal-Barmen, Kleine Flurstr. 11
    • New Apostolic Church Wuppertal-Cronenberg, Auf dem Eigen 10
    • New Apostolic Church Wuppertal-Elberfeld, Hardtstr. 14th
    • New Apostolic Church Wuppertal-Hatzfeld, Hatzfelder Str. 96
    • New Apostolic Church Wuppertal-Ost, Am Timpen 23
    • New Apostolic Church Wuppertal-Ronsdorf, Geranienstr, 24 (The congregation merged with the congregation in Remscheid-Lüttringhausen in September 2016, the church in Ronsdorf was closed.)
    • New Apostolic Church Wuppertal-Vohwinkel, Schlieffenstr. 5
  • Apostolic Community : Community of Wuppertal, Hellerstraße 12 (the community was dissolved in mid-October 2017 due to aging)

Jehovah's Witness

  • German speaking meetings
    • Assembly Wuppertal-Nord, Lüntenbecker Weg 6
    • Assembly Wuppertal-Süd, Lüntenbecker Weg 6
    • Assembly Wuppertal-West, Lüntenbecker Weg 6
    • Assembly Wuppertal-Barmen, Klippe 15
  • Foreign language meetings
    • Assembly Wuppertal- English , Lüntenbecker Weg 6
    • Assembly Wuppertal - Italian , Lüntenbecker Weg 6
    • Assembly Wuppertal- Turkish , Lüntenbecker Weg 6
    • Wuppertal Russian Assembly , Lüntenbecker Weg 6
    • Assembly Wuppertal- Polish , Lüntenbecker Weg 6
    • Assembly Wuppertal- Croatian / Serbian , cliff 15
  • Foreign language groups
    • Group Wuppertal- French (part of the Wuppertal-Barmen assembly), Klippe 15
    • Group Wuppertal- Pidgin (West Africa) (part of the Wuppertal-English assembly), Lüntenbecker Weg 6
    • Group Wuppertal- Tamil (belonging to the Wuppertal-West assembly), Lüntenbecker Weg 6
    • Group Wuppertal- Hindi (belonging to the Wuppertal-English assembly), Lüntenbecker Weg 6
    • Group Wuppertal- Romani (Macedonia) (belonging to the Wuppertal-Croatian / Serbian assembly), Klippe 15

Other churches

  • The Christian community : Wuppertal parish: Markus Church, Schloßstrasse 35
  • Christian Science : First Church Wuppertal: Siegensstraße 166 (since April 2017, previously since 1957: Döppersberg 24)
  • Community of Confessing Christians : Wuppertal Meeting Center, Nevigeser Straße 316 (until 2015 Gräfrather Straße)
  • Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints : Wuppertal Parish, Martin-Luther-Straße 6
  • Lay home mission movement Keeper of the teachings of Pastor Russell and Pastor Johnson : Parish Wuppertal: Am Brögel 19-19a
  • Biblical Researcher Wuppertal (free Christian community, affiliated to the LHMB): On the Bleiche, church services in the Lazarus House nursing home
  • Maranatha - Missionsbund for the expansion of the early Christian gospel: Wuppertal parish, Friedrich-Engels-Allee 191
  • Religious Society of Friends ( Quakers ) - Wuppertal prayer group (Alte Feuerwache, Gathe)
  • Independent Evangelical-Reformatory Congregation: Mühlenweg 41 (in the former "Friedensheim")
  • Iglesia ni Cristo - Wuppertal municipality, Friedrich-Bayer-Straße (main municipality in Dortmund)
  • WERA congregation Wuppertal (formerly evangelical church of the faith generation): Im Hölken 10 (formerly New Apostolic Church next breck)
  • Evangelical Christians -Baptists ( Gospel Christians ), Carnaper Strasse 12 a
  • The house church (mother church is the UBF, University Bible Fellowship [University Bible Fellowship] ), fir Straße 31
  • Shelter "Hauskirche" (in the rooms of the childcare "KribbelKrabbel"), Wormser Str. 32

Secularized Churches

  • The Immanuelskirche (1869, Ernst Heinrich Glüer) of the former Reformed parish in Wupperfeld was profaned in 1984 and has since been maintained as a concert church by a sponsoring association.
  • The Trinitatiskirche (1878, Heinrich Bramesfeld ), former Lutheran church in the Elberfeld district of Arrenberg, now serves as an exhibition space for a dealer in used organs and pianos.
  • The Pauluskirche (1882, Gerhard August Fischer) designed for the United Evangelical Congregation Unterbarmen, has been rented out since 1991 and used for lectures, concerts and exhibitions, e.g. B. by the Bergische Universität Wuppertal . It is managed by the “Freundeskreis Pauluskirche Unterbarmen”, which rents it out for church services in the community.
  • The Kreuzkirche in the Langerfeld district was converted into a residential building in 2002 and mainly houses single mothers and fathers with their children.

Islam

Sunnis

German-speaking community

  • Schababannur Mosque, Vohwinkel, Eugen-Langen-Straße 5 (Islamic Support and Integration Association Wuppertal)

Turkish speaking communities

Arabic speaking communities

  • Abubakr Mosque (Islamic Community of Wuppertal), Barmen, Wittensteinstrasse 190
  • Anur Mosque, Vohwinkel, Vohwinkler Strasse 44-46
  • Mosque Assalam, Wichlinghausen, Am Diek 40 (Masjid Assalam)
  • Othman Mosque, Uellendahl-Katernberg, Uellendahler Straße 6 a
  • Ambassador of Peace, Mosque: Opphofer Str. 15

Bosnian community

  • Islamic Cultural Center Gazija e. V., Uellendahler Strasse 6 a

Further

  • Alperen Mosque, Kluser Platz 8 (formerly rooms of the Apostolic Community)

Alevis

Judaism

Buddhism

  • Karma Kagyü School ( Diamond Way ): Buddhist Center Wuppertal, Heinkelstrasse 25–27
  • Wat Tham Wuppertal - Association of Thai Buddhists in Wuppertal, Hochstrasse 33
  • Mahayana - Zen Buddhism
    • Zendo Wuppertal eV, Farbmühle 24 (with Franz) (Zazen takes place in the yoga school Athayoga, Wittensteinstr. 91)
    • Yun Hwa Dharma Sah (Lotussangha of World Social Buddhism, Korean) - Buddhist Center Wuppertal, Kohlstrasse 155

Hinduism

  • Sri-Lanka-Tamil community: Sri-Durga-Tempel Wuppertal, Hünefeldstrasse

Bahaitum

The Bahá'i Spiritual Council in Wuppertal - Wuppertal municipality

Other religious communities

Interreligious Dialogue

  • The Society for Christian-Jewish Cooperation in Wuppertal e. V. is dedicated to the Judeo-Christian dialogue.
  • In the interreligious working group “Jews Christians Muslims” Wuppertal , in which the Jewish religious community, the Protestant and Catholic Church and the local Islamic community participate, a Judeo-Christian-Muslim calendar is drawn up and published every year.

literature

Web links

Commons : Religious Buildings in Wuppertal  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Wuppertal sacred buildings as a spherical panorama (is constantly being expanded)

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Special synod on the replacement of the superintendent position
  2. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from March 11, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.bfp.de
  3. ↑ Amalgamation of the municipalities of Wuppertal-Ronsdorf and Remscheid-Lüttringhausen - Wuppertal district. In: www.nak-wuppertal.de. Retrieved October 21, 2016 .
  4. ↑ a b c Meetings :: Jehovah's Witnesses. In: www.jw.org. Retrieved April 13, 2016 .
  5. ^ Society for Christian-Jewish Cooperation