List of sacred buildings in Duisburg

The list of sacred buildings in Duisburg includes places of worship sponsored by Christian denominations and other religious communities.

Roman Catholic sacred buildings

The parishes and parishes that already belonged to the city of Duisburg in 1958 have been added to the diocese of Essen . The parishes, the area of ​​which was incorporated later, still belong to the diocese of Münster .

Financial problems force the sponsors to close the church, especially in the Ruhr diocese . Some of the Catholic churches have already been de-dedicated and then even demolished. The Diocese of Essen has listed such buildings as "other churches" since 2005. 15 churches are affected.

Surname	image	district	Establishment	status	carrier	Remarks
St. Dionysius		Old Walsum	1880-1883	Parish church	Parish of St. Dionysius	Architect: Heinrich Wiethase ; under monument protection since 1985
St. Ludgerus		Aldenrade	1960–1962	Branch church	Parish of St. Dionysius
Heart of jesus		Overbreak	1954	Branch church	Parish of St. Dionysius
St. Juliana		Wehofen	1963-1965	Branch church	Parish of St. Dionysius	Architect: Hel Haparta; under monument protection since 2008
St. Elisabeth		Vierlinden	1950	Branch church	Parish of St. Dionysius	under monument protection since 1998
St. Joseph		Aldenrade	1914-1915; after 1945	Branch church	Parish of St. Dionysius	Architect: Josef Franke ; under monument protection since 1997; The west facade and interior were rebuilt in a very different way after being destroyed in the war
St. Joseph		Duisburg-Dellviertel	1871-1874, 1947-1950, 1954	Parish church	Parish of Our Lady	Architects: Heinrich Wiethase (1874), Dominikus Böhm (1950/1954); from 2021 also the seat of the Tabgha youth church; Monument protection since 1985
Dear women		Old Town (at König-Heinrich-Platz)	1958-1960	“Another church”; Upper church profaned	Parish of Our Lady	Architect: Toni Hermanns ; former parish church of the parish of Liebfrauen; The previous church originally stood on Duisburg Burgplatz and was the Roman Catholic church of the old city of Duisburg. It is now “another church” of the parish of St. Joseph, seat of the “Burning Bush” foundation, spiritual and cultural center, lower church continues to be used as a place of worship for the inner city parish; Furnishings from the Vatican Church at the Brussels World Exhibition in 1958; Monument protection since 2005
Holy Cross Church		Neuenkamp	1977	"Another church"	Parish of Our Lady	“Another church” of the parish of St. Joseph, last service was in June 2017; Uncertain future
St. Clement		Kasslerfeld	1960-1961	canceled	Parish of Our Lady	Architects: Emil Steffann and Nikolaus Rosiny ; “Another church” of the parish of St. Joseph, rededicated in May 2005, demolished in June 2009
Mother of the Good Council called: Carmel Church		Duisburg inner harbor	1315/1961	Parish church (personal parish)	Parish of Our Lady	Parish church of the Carmel parish Mother of the Good Council (parish Liebfrauen), former aisle of the old Liebfrauenkirche destroyed in 1942; The Carmel congregation does not have its own territory, but has the status of a personal congregation; Monument protection since 1994
St. Ludgerus		Neudorf	1897-1898, 1951	Parish church	Parish of Our Lady	Architects: Wilhelm Blanke (1898), Walter Kremer (1951); Monument protection since 1985
St. Elisabeth		Duissern	1948-1951	Branch church	Parish of Our Lady	Branch church of the parish of St. Ludger; additionally place of worship of the free church Christ Congregation
Chapel of St. Martin		Duissern-Werthacker		"Another church"	Parish of Our Lady	“Another church” of the parish of St. Ludger; Seat of the Evangelical Free Church “New Generation”; Uncertain future
St. Gabriel		Neudorf	1911	Parish church	Parish of Our Lady
St. Anna		Neudorf	1953-1955	"Another church"	Parish of Our Lady	Architect: Rudolf Schwarz ; under monument protection since 2006; “Another church” of the parish of St. Gabriel; closed since February 2007; should be used in the future for special church services, concerts, etc. Since the end of February 2009, the former sacristy of St. Anne's Church has housed the Catholic university community on the Duisburg university campus.
Christ King		High field	1953	Parish church	Parish of Our Lady	youth pastoral center of the parish of Liebfrauen; Seat of the BDKJ city office; Future of the church building still open
St. Boniface		High field	1911-1912	Coptic Orthodox Church	Parish of Our Lady	Architect: Maximilian Jagielski ; under monument protection since 1985; last church service in March 2017; today the seat of the Coptic Orthodox community
St. Peter		High field	1970	"Another church"	Parish of Our Lady	“Further church” of the community of Christ the King; closed since November 2007; charitable center of the parish of Our Lady
St. Michael		Wanheimerort	1903	Parish church	Parish of Our Lady	Closing planned in the coming years
St. Petrus Canisius		Wanheimerort	1936	Branch church	Parish of Our Lady	Branch church of the parish of St. Michael
Abbey and Provost Church of St. Johann		Hamborn	before 900	Parish church	Parish of St. Johann	Abbey Church of the Premonstratensian Order; Monument protection since 1985
St. Joseph		Hamborn- Wittfeld	1966-1968	Branch church	Parish of St. Johann	Branch church of the parish of St. Johann
St. Francis		Beeck-Ostacker		Branch church	Parish of St. Johann	Branch church of the parish of St. Johann
St. Peter		Marxloh	1909-1911	Branch church	Parish of St. Johann	Branch church of the parish of St. Johann; under monument protection since 1985; until 8 September 2015 parish church of the parish of St. Peter and Paul
Church of Our Lady		Bruckhausen	1912-1915, 1989	"Another church"	Parish of St. Johann	Architect: Aloys Böll; The nave was torn down in 1989 with the exception of a few remains and the transept with the choir was converted into a new church; “Another church” of St. Johann; Catholic services continued to take place until 2018; Church is also the place of worship for the Russian Orthodox community; Monument protection since 1987
St. Conrad		Drive	1953	profaned and sold		Architect: Emil Steffann ; last service in June 2012; Organ (now installed in Herz-Jesu (Neumühl)) since 1990 and church since 2009 under monument protection; Until September 8, 2015 branch church of the parish of St. Peter and Paul
St. Paul		Marxloh	1970, 1982	canceled		formerly “another church” of the parish of St. Peter and Paul; closed on January 6, 2008; planned conversion failed after damage caused by vandalism; canceled in November 2014
Heart of Jesus called: Schmidthorster Cathedral		Neumühl- Schmidthorst	1912-1913	Parish church	Parish of St. Johann	Monument protection since 1985 (organ from St. Konrad since 1990)
St. Norbert		Obermarxloh	1901–1903, after 1945	"Another church"	Parish of St. Johann	“Another church” of the parish of St. Johann; under monument protection since 1985; until 8 September 2015 parish church of the parish of St. Norbert, which was then merged with the parish of St. Johann; Initially, services are to continue to take place in St. Norbert.
St. Martin		Neumühl	1957	canceled		“Further church” of the congregation Herz Jesu; closed on January 6, 2008, canceled in December 2012
St. Hildegard		Obermarxloh		Parish church	Parish of St. Johann
St. George		Drive	1967	"Another church"		“Another church” of the parish of St. Hildegard; closed on January 6, 2008; used by scouts since 2017; Monument protection since 2009
St. Barbara		Röttgersbach	1951/1952	"Another church"	Association of friends and sponsors of the cath. Church of St. Barbara eV	St. Barbara was a parish church until September 8, 2015 and has not received any church tax funds since then. From this point on, the church will be maintained by a development association and continued as a pilot project with episcopal approval. The “project community St. Barbara Röttgersbach” remains part of the parish of St. Johann, but will no longer receive a permanent pastor and will maintain the community structures solely through voluntary commitment.
St. Michael		Meiderich		Parish church	Parish of St. Michael	Monument protection since 1987
St. Matthias		Meiderich-Berg	1898, after 1945	canceled	Parish of St. Michael	“Another church” of the parish of St. Michael; Canceled in 2014
St. Laurence		Beeck	1904-1906	Parish church	Architect: Heinrich Jennen; Parish of St. Michael	Church closure planned for 2020
St. Anthony		Beeckerwerth	1925	"Another church"	Parish of St. Michael	“Another church” of the parish of St. Laurentius; Closed in 2006, but not profaned; Uncertain future
Heart of jesus		Meiderich	1915, 1954	Parish church	Parish of St. Michael	Original church destroyed in 1944; Successor from 1954; Church closure planned for 2020
St. Mary Queen		Obermeiderich- Ratingsee	1961	profane	Parish of St. Michael	Abandoned in 2007 as one of the first churches in the diocese of Essen and profaned in 2009; since then the building has been in decline
Christ Our Peace		Obermeiderich-Hagenshof		Parish church	Parish of St. Michael	Church building, community center and apartments in one building; free-standing tower with detailed reliefs
St. Bernhard		Obermeiderich		Branch church	Parish of St. Michael	Branch church of the community of Christ Our Peace
St. Maximilian		Ruhrort	1845-1847, 1867-1871	Parish church	Parish of St. Michael	Architects: August Soller (1847), Heinrich Johann Freyse and Heinrich Wiethase (1871); Parish church of St. Maximilian and Ewaldi; Monument protection since 1985
St. Ewaldi		Laar	1897–1898, after 1945	Branch church	Parish of St. Michael	Architects: Richard Odenthal and Carl Rüdell ; Branch church of the parish of St. Maximilian and Ewaldi; One of the two spiers was destroyed in World War II and not rebuilt.
St. Jude Thaddaeus		Buchholz	1908-1910	Parish church	Parish of St. Jude Thaddaeus
Holy Spirit		Buchholz		canceled	Parish of St. Jude Thaddaeus	formerly "another church"; Consecrated in 1960, profanation proclaimed on December 9, 2009; canceled in Advent 2010. The former parish area belongs to the parish of St. Judas Thaddäus.
St. Nicholas		Buchholz	1968	"Another church"	Caritas	not profaned (desecrated); used as Caritas Center South since 2008. The former municipality belongs to the municipality of St. Judas Thaddäus.
St. Francis		Great Tree	1909, 1950-1954	Parish church	Parish of St. Jude Thaddaeus
St. Hubertus		cream	1923-1925	Branch church	Parish of St. Jude Thaddaeus	Architect: Franz Schneider ; Monument protection since 1985
St. Peter and Paul		Huckingen	1877-1878, 1892-1893	Parish church	Parish of St. Jude Thaddaeus	Architect: Josef Schrey; Parish church of St. Peter and Paul ; Monument protection since 1985
St. Suitbert		Wanheim	1907, later changed significantly	Branch church	Parish of St. Jude Thaddaeus	Branch church of the parish of St. Peter and Paul; last service announced for June 2020; Sale to the Romanian Orthodox community
St. Dionysius		Mündelheim	1221	Parish church	Parish of St. Jude Thaddaeus	Romanesque column basilica, oldest surviving church in Duisburg; Monument protection since 1985
Heart of jesus		Mündelheim- Serm	1927	Branch church	Parish of St. Jude Thaddaeus	Branch church of the parish of St. Dionysius; Closing planned in the coming years
St. Stephen		Ungelsheim	1957-1958	Parish church	Parish of St. Jude Thaddaeus	Architect: Wilhelm Seidensticker . The church is scheduled to be closed by 2025.
St. Mary of the Assumption		Huettenheim	1958		Parish of St. Jude Thaddaeus	“Another church” of the parish of St. Stephen; Future uncertain (not profaned); under monument protection since 2007
St. Joseph		Wedau	1962	Parish church	Parish of St. Jude Thaddaeus	Closing planned by 2030
St. Raphael		Bissingheim	1933	Branch church	Parish of St. Jude Thaddaeus	Branch church of the parish of St. Joseph; Closing planned by 2030
St. John Baptist		Homberg	1872	Parish church	Parish of St. John Baptist	Monument protection since 2011
St. Peter		Homberg	1976-1977	Parish church	Parish of St. Peter	Erected as a unit of church and community center
Dear women		Homberg- Hochheide		Parish church	Parish of Our Lady	Monument protection since 2006
Christ King		Rheinhausen	1928-1929	Parish church	Parish of St. Peter	Parish Church of the Parish of St. Peter
St. Ludger		Rheinhausen	1970-1973	profane	Parish of St. Peter	The emergency church from 1924 became a parish home after the new church was built; Abandoned in 2010 as a sacred building; It was decided to demolish in favor of a residential development
St. Peter		Rheinhausen	1915	Branch church	Parish of St. Peter	Branch church of the parish of St. Peter
St. Barbara		Rheinhausen	1960-1961; Tower added in 1990	profane	Parish of St. Barbara	Architect: Toni Hermanns ; Abandoned as a church in 2011, the organ went to St. Marien, DU-Rumeln; under monument protection since 2013 (except tower)
St. Joseph		Friemersheim	1907, 1914 (tower), 1948	Parish church	Parish of St. Joseph	Architect: Alfred Tepe . Rebuilt after the 2nd World War, heavily modified due to severe war damage; Monument protection since 1996
St. Laurence		Friemersheim	1931	Profaned	Parish of St. Joseph	Abandoned as a church in 2008; has served as an art museum since 2013; Monument protection since 1996
St. Mary		Rheinhausen	1958	Parish church	Parish of St. Mary
St. Clare		Kaldenhausen	1912	Parish church	Parish of St. Clare
St. Mary		Rumbling	1966-1968	Parish church	Parish of St. Mary
St. Lucia		Baerl	1976	Branch church	Parish of St. Martinus	Branch church of the parish of St. Martinus Moers; In 193 the first chapel for church services was built; today's building combines church and parish rooms under one roof

Evangelical sacred buildings

	Surname	image	district	Establishment	carrier	Remarks
	Salvator Church		Old town	1316	Evangelical parish Alt-Duisburg	originally Teutonic Order Church ; Monument protection since 1985
	Marienkirche		Old town	1797-1802	Evangelical parish Alt-Duisburg	first church around 1150, originally Johanniterkirche ; Monument protection since 1985
	Luther Church		Duissern	1895	Evangelical parish Alt-Duisburg	Architect: Otto March
	Church of the Resurrection		Ungelsheim		Evangelical Resurrection Congregation Duisburg-Süd
	Community Center Huckingen		Huckingen		Evangelical Resurrection Congregation Duisburg-Süd
	Community center Hüttenheim		Huettenheim		Evangelical Resurrection Congregation Duisburg-Süd
	Emmaushaus		Mündelheim		Evangelical Resurrection Congregation Duisburg-Süd
	Kreuzeskirche		Marxloh	1906	Evangelical Bonhoeffer community in Marxloh – Obermarxloh	under monument protection since 1985
	Luther Church		Obermarxloh		Evangelical Bonhoeffer community in Marxloh – Obermarxloh
	Church of Reconciliation		Great Tree	1963-1965	Evangelical church community in Großenbaum-Rahm	Architect: Dieter Oesterlen ; Monument protection since 2015
	Friedenskirche		Hamborn	1895-1897	Protestant parish Hamborn	Architect: Karl Doflein ; under monument protection since 1985
	Pauluskirche		High field		Evangelical Congregation Duisburg-Hochfeld	Monument protection since 1994
	Evangelical Church Meiderich		Meiderich		Evangelical parish Meiderich	Monument protection since 1985
	Evangelical Church and Community Center on Metzer Strasse		Meiderich		Evangelical parish Meiderich	off-duty
	Evangelical parish hall Neudorf-Ost		Neudorf		Evangelical parish Neudorf-Ost
	Christ Church		Neudorf	1905-1908	Evangelical parish Neudorf-West	Architect: Friedrich Ratzel ; Monument protection since 2013
	Mercy Church		Neumühl	1911	Evangelical parish Neumühl	Monument protection since 1998
	Church on Emilstrasse		Obermeiderich	1961	Protestant parish Obermeiderich	Impressions from our church
	Evangelical Parish Church of Beeck		Beeck		Evangelical parish Ruhrort-Beeck	Monument protection since 1985
	Evangelical Church of Laar		Laar		Evangelical parish Ruhrort-Beeck	off-duty
	St. Mark's Church		Meiderich-Ostacker		Evangelical parish Ruhrort-Beeck	off-duty
	Jesus Christ Church		Buchholz	1964	Evangelical Church Congregation Trinity	Architect: Fritz Kreidt. Renovation in 2010 and 2018 by the architects Kastner / Pichler . For the first renovation phase, the Jesus Christ Church received the 1st Architecture Prize from the Evangelical Church in the Rhineland for church renovations in 2012. In 2015 the rebuilt church was included in the "Atlas of European Architecture".
	Church by the lake		Wedau	1924	Evangelical Church Congregation Trinity	First renovation in 1962; second renovation in 2005 by the soan architects Gido Hülsmann and Dirk Boländer .
	Evangelical Church Bissingheim		Bissingheim	1935	Nursing service Medimobil GmbH Krefeld	Monument protection since 1999 (external appearance), decommissioned in 2001, sold in 2014
	Evangelical Church Wanheim		Wanheim-Angerhausen	1902-1903	Evangelical parish of Wanheim	Architect: Heinrich Heidsiek; Monument protection since 1985
	Mercy Church		Wanheimerort	1909	Evangelical parish Wanheimerort	Jewish community center / synagogue
	Evangelical village church		Baerl	12th Century	Evangelical parish of Baerl	Monument protection since 1985
	Evangelical village church Friemersheim		Friemersheim	1907	Protestant parish Friemersheim	Monument protection since 1985
	Clarenbach House		Friemersheim		Protestant parish Friemersheim
	Kreuzkirche		Friemersheim	1964	Protestant parish Friemersheim
	Evangelical Church of Hochheide		Hochheide		Evangelical parish Essenberg-Hochheide	Monument protection since 1997
	Evangelical Church Homberg ("Rheinkirche")		Homberg		Evangelical parish Homberg	off-duty; Monument protection since 1985
	Christ Church		Rheinhausen		Evangelical Christ Church Community Rheinhausen	Monument protection since 1985
	Church of the Redeemer		Rheinhausen		Evangelical Church of the Redeemer Rheinhausen
	Friedenskirche		Rheinhausen		Evangelical Peace Church Community Rheinhausen	Monument protection since 2016
	Church on Friedhofallee		Rumeln-Kaldenhausen		Evangelical parish Rumeln-Kaldenhausen
	Church on Ulmenstrasse		Rumeln-Kaldenhausen		Evangelical parish Rumeln-Kaldenhausen
	Evangelical Church Aldenrade		Aldenrade		Evangelical parish Walsum-Aldenrade	Monument protection since 1997

Independent Evangelical Lutheran Church

Illustration	Surname	District, district, street and location	construction time	Comments, website
	Church of the Resurrection ( SELK )	Duisburg-Mitte Mainstrasse 15		Belongs to the parish of Essen, Duisburg and Oberhausen the SELK

Apostolic Churches

Illustration	Surname	District, district, street and location	construction time	Comments, website
	Apostolic Congregation	Beeck Flottenstrasse 50	1965	The building was given up as a church in spring 2016 and sold to a Turkish association in 2017. The community has moved to Duisburg-Hochheide
	Apostolic Congregation	Hamborn Sterkrader Strasse 82	1969
	Apostolic Congregation	Hochheide Lindenstrasse 47		former New Apostolic Church rented. The former community of DU-Beeck has its new premises here.
	Apostolic Congregation	Wanheimerort Eberstrasse 13-15		converted former supermarket, community closed in 2013
	Apostolic Congregation	Walsum Schulstrasse 46		the community was closed at the end of 2018

The 15 New Apostolic congregations in Duisburg belong to the District Church of North Rhine-Westphalia .

Illustration	Surname	District, district, street and location	construction time	Comments, website
	New Apostolic Church	Beeck Möhlenkampstrasse 3	1964	The church was sold to the Trabzonlular Dernegi mosque association.
	New Apostolic Church	Buchholz Sittardsberger Allee 252	1954
	New Apostolic Church	Fahrn Im Eickelkamp 10	1977-78
	New Apostolic Church	Homberg Lindenstrasse 47	1980	The New Apostolic congregation was given up here. The building is rented to the Apostolic Community (Free Church) .
	New Apostolic Church	Meiderich Reinholdstrasse 71	1964	On September 9, 1998, the municipalities of Duisburg-Obermeiderich and Duisburg-Meiderich-Mitte were merged.
	New Apostolic Church	Duisburg Tiergartenstrasse 55	1950	Eberhard Friedrich Walcker organ from 1950
	New Apostolic Church	Mündelheim Am Seltenreich 52	1996
	New Apostolic Church	Neudorf Schumannstrasse 8	1987
	New Apostolic Church	Neumühl Barbarastraße 95	1925
	New Apostolic Church	Rheinhausen Gerhart-Hauptmann-Str. 25a	1928
	New Apostolic Church	Ruhrort Am Hagenbeckshof 2	1930
	New Apostolic Church	Rumeln-Kaldenhausen Friemersheimer Strasse 1	1978
	New Apostolic Church	Ungelsheim Osteroder Strasse 20a	1972	Demolished in 2016. The property has been sold and is intended for residential development
	New Apostolic Church	Walsum Friedrich-Ebert-Strasse 276	1952
	New Apostolic Church	Wanheim-Angerhausen Steinbrinkstrasse 131	1975

Synagogues

Surname	image	district	Establishment	carrier	Remarks
Duisburg synagogue		Duisburg center	II / 1999	Jewish community Duisburg-Mülheim / Ruhr-Oberhausen, city ​​of Duisburg , city of Mülheim an der Ruhr and city of Oberhausen	Community center and synagogue of the Jewish community Duisburg-Mülheim / Ruhr-Oberhausen

Mosques

Surname	image	district	Establishment	carrier	Remarks
Merkez Mosque in Duisburg		Duisburg- Marxloh	2006-2008	DITIB	DITIB central mosque for Duisburg

See also

• List of sacred buildings in North Rhine-Westphalia
• List of monasteries and monasteries in North Rhine-Westphalia

literature

• Barbara Kahle: Rhenish churches of the 20th century. (= Workbooks of the Landeskonservator Rheinland , Volume 39.) Cologne / Bonn 1985, ISBN 3-7927-0814-0 .
• Thomas Parent: Churches in the Ruhr area 1850–1935. (with photos by Thomas Stachelhaus) Ardey-Verlag, Münster 1993, ISBN 3-87023-034-7 .
• Rüdiger Jordan: Of capitals, pulpits and baptismal fonts. Klartext, Essen 2006, ISBN 3-89861-436-0 .

Web links

Commons : Churches in Duisburg  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• German Association of Cities : Preserving Church Buildings Instead of Demolishing! , April 20, 2006 ( Public hearing of the main committee of the North Rhine-Westphalia state parliament on May 11, 2006: "Preserve church buildings instead of tearing them down!" ( Memento from September 29, 2007 in the Internet Archive ))
• Bruno Schrep: Churches. The wrath of the believers. In: Spiegel , December 22, 2007 ( spiegel.de )

Sources and individual references

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Diocese of Essen: To be ^a living church capable of acting. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on August 10, 2015 ; accessed on August 6, 2015 . 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.  
2. ^ Future of St. Barbara Röttgersbach
3. ^ Christian Balke: The last stroke of the bell for St. Matthias in Meiderich. On: WAZ-online, February 26, 2014 ( derwesten.de ).
4. ^ The demolition of the church in Duisburg-Buchholz has begun
5. ↑ Evangelical Church in the Rhineland: Architecture Prize Documentation 2012. July 2013, accessed on June 29, 2020 (German). 
6. ↑ Markus Sebastian Braun, Chris van Uffelen (Ed.): Atlas of European Architecture . Braun Publishing, January 6, 2015, p. 512 .
7. ^ Residential buildings instead of churches , in: Rheinische Post, August 27, 2016, accessed on August 28, 2016.
8. ↑ Jewish Community Center / Synagogue ( Memento of the original from February 22, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Accessed August 2008)