List of religious buildings in Viersen

The list of sacred buildings in Viersen lists current and former sacred buildings in the North Rhine-Westphalian city of Viersen . In addition, meeting houses and rooms (etc.) of religious communities from Viersen as well as mourning halls in cemeteries are listed here, which are not sacred buildings in the narrower sense.

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Alt-Viersen

Illustration	District	Affiliation	Name / designation	Location	construction time	description
	City center	Bahaitum	Bahá'í Viersen	Dülkener Strasse 107, 41747 Viersen
	City center	Roman Catholic community	St. Remigius Viersen	Goetersstrasse 8, 41747 Viersen	8/9 Century / 1181/1484	Main article : St. Remigius (Viersen) Already in Carolingian times in the 8th / 9th A stone church was built in Viersen in the 17th century. It was a Franconian hall church that was converted into a three-aisled Romanesque pillar basilica around 1181 . From the 14th century, the church began to be converted into an early Gothic church. Today's late Gothic church was built in 1484.
	Helenabrunn	Roman Catholic community	St. Helena Viersen	Heimerstraße 8, 41747 Viersen	1636/1666/1843 to 1852	Main article : St. Helena (Helenabrunn) A chapel is mentioned here for the first time in 1636, which was replaced by a larger new building 30 years later. In 1800 the two honors Heimer and Ummer were separated from St. Remigius and the chapel was elevated to a parish church . The church was built from 1843 to 1852 according to plans by Lüdke and consecrated on June 11, 1852 by Archbishop Johann Anton Friedrich Baudri .
	Rintgen	Roman Catholic community	Church of the Holy Sepulcher St. Joseph Viersen	At the Josefskirche 15, 41747 Viersen	1889 to 1891/2012	Main article : St. Joseph (Viersen) On March 19, 1889, the groundbreaking ceremony for a new Catholic church in what was then the district of Rintgen was laid. The solemn consecration was carried out on November 17, 1891 (by Archbishop Philipp Krementz ). After an eventful history with fires, destruction and renovations, the church was converted to the Holy Sepulcher in mid-2012 .
	Hamm	Roman Catholic community	St. Marien Viersen	Pastor-Grünig-Platz 1, 41748 Viersen	1951 to 1955	Main article : St. Marien Church_ (Viersen-Hamm) The catholic church could be built between 1951 and 1955 according to the plans of Adam Dickmann .
	Rakers	Roman Catholic community	St. Notburga Viersen	Notburgastraße 1, 41748 Viersen	1929	Main article : List of architectural monuments in Viersen (A – F) #St. Notburga Viersen In 1909 a church building association was founded. In 1914 a design for a new Romanesque church was drawn up (based on plans by Josef Kleesattel ), but it had to be abandoned due to the First World War . After the revival of the church building association, the foundation stone for a new church was laid on June 29, 1928 (according to the plans of Paul Sültenfuß and Kuno Seidel). The solemn inauguration by the auxiliary bishop Hermann Joseph Sträter took place on September 15, 1929. In the following years further redesigns took place.
	Bockert	Roman Catholic community	St. Peter Viersen	Pastor-Lennartz-Platz 1 41748 Viersen	1890 to 1891	Main article : St. Peter (Viersen-Bockert) The design for the Church of St. Peter comes from the Haaren architect Heinrich van Kann . The first cut of the spade was made on April 28, 1890 by Pastor Stroux, and the inauguration took place on November 19, 1891 (by Archbishop Philipp Krementz ). The church is built as a three-aisled basilica in the neo-Gothic style . It has a west tower, a transept and a choir. The church interior is bright during the day, because the clever arrangement of the windows also floods the vaults with light. The church was last renovated from July 1998 to Pentecost Sunday in May 1999.
	Rintgen	Evangelical regional church community	Kreuzkirche Viersen	Hauptstrasse 124, 41747 Viersen	1718/1780/1877 to 1879	Main article : List of architectural monuments in Viersen (G – L) #Kreuzkirche Viersen There is first evidence of Protestant Christians in Viersen for the year 1580, after 1629 a Protestant congregation was gradually formed here. In 1718 a preaching house was built, which (against the resistance of the Catholic community) was rebuilt in 1780 (bell tower, pulpit, organ). In 1877 the construction of a new house of God in neo-Gothic style could begin and it could be consecrated on May 27, 1879. After interim restoration measures (due to the two world wars ), the church was given the name "Kreuzkirche" (previously unnamed) in 1994.
Image wanted Wikipedia would like a picture of the place with these coordinates at this point51.265098 6.40373. Motive: Jehovah's Witnesses Viersen If you want to help, the instructions explain how to do it. BW	Rakers	Jehovah's Witnesses	Jehovah's Witnesses Viersen	Gerberstrasse 95, 41748 Viersen
	City center	Judaism	Prayer room Viersen	Rektoratstrasse 10, 41747 Viersen	1860	The first Jewish citizens in Viersen are documented in the 18th century, the community did not have its own synagogue building. Services were held in rented private rooms until around 1860 a house on Rektoratstraße could be bought. A Jewish school could be set up on the ground floor and a prayer room on the upper floor. Between 1939 and 1940 the Jewish property was expropriated, the prayer house and the cemetery passed into the hands of the city. In the mid-1980s, a memorial plaque was attached to the building on Rektoratstrasse in which the Jewish prayer room was located (see photo).
	Rakers	Islam	Turkish Islamic Union Viersen	Süchtelner Strasse 16, 41747 Viersen
	City center	Cemetery Chapel (Roman Catholic Church)	Former Cemetery chapel at St. Remigius Viersen	Dechant-Frenken-Platz 3, 41747 Viersen	1842	Main article : List of architectural monuments in Viersen (A – F) #Ehem. Cemetery chapel at St. Remigius Viersen The cemetery and cruciform chapel was built in 1842 by the master mason Johann Schnitzler, more or less exactly on the axis of the Remigius Church.
	City center	Cemetery Chapel (Roman Catholic Church)	Former Viersen Catholic cemetery chapel	Hoserkirchweg 45, 41747 Viersen	1868	The (former) Catholic cemetery chapel, built in 1868 and used today as a columbarium, can be found in the cemetery on Löhweg .
	City center	Friedhofskapelle (Evangelical Church)	Former Protestant cemetery chapel Viersen	Hoserkirchweg 45, 41747 Viersen	1868	The (former) Protestant cemetery chapel, which was built in 1895 and is now used as a columbarium, can be found in the cemetery on Löhweg .
	City center	Urban mourning hall	Viersen cemetery hall	Hoserkirchweg 45, 41747 Viersen		In a central location on the cemetery on Löhweg there is a cemetery hall, which consists of several parts of the building (mortuary hall, administration rooms, cemetery office).

Boisheim

Illustration	District	Affiliation	Name / designation	Location	Coordinates	construction time	description
	Boisheim	Roman Catholic community	St. Peter	To St. Peter 13, 41751 Viersen		1258 to 1291/1487/1898	Main article : St. Peter (Boisheim) The first documentary evidence of a chapel at this location can be found between 1258 and 1291, the church standing here was built in 1487 (according to the inscription on the north side). A larger extension took place (according to the plans of the architects Carl Rüdell and Richard Odenthal) in 1898, from 1901 to 1902 the interior was painted by Jacob Rensing from Cologne. After damage during the Second World War , the church was restored in 1952. As a result, further renovations took place, the last time the exterior was restored in 1976.
	Boisheim	Roman Catholic Chapel	St. Lucia Chapel	Kapellenstrasse, 41751 Viersen		1629/1893	Main article : List of architectural monuments in Viersen (G – L) #St. Lucia Chapel Boisheim In the "Directory of Parishes, Monasteries and Chapels in the District of Christianity zu Süchteln", St. Lucia is named as the year of construction of the chapel, but the year above the door mentions 1629. In 1893 a thorough restoration was carried out.

Dulken

Illustration	District	Religious community / type	Affiliation	Location	construction time	description
	Dulken	Roman Catholic community	St. Cornelius	Old Market, 41751 Viersen	1279/1478/1871/1908	Main article : List of architectural monuments in Viersen (A – F) #St. Cornelius Dulken On December 3, 1135 to Cologne Archbishop Bruno II for the first time a church in Dülken have mentioned, the first documentary evidence but the admonition of the parishioners of Dülken I. Hermann ( Abbey of St. Vitus in Gladbach ) from the year 1210. On 14 October 1279, Archbishop Siegfried of Cologne enforces the removal of the fortifications around the church tower (which is also the defense and watchtower). For June 15, 1453 there is a lay judge's letter for the construction of a new Gothic church (staggered church with a tower on four floors), in 1478 the church could be consecrated to the saints St. Cornelius and St. Udalricus . In 1593 the bell vault collapsed and a fire on June 19, 1723 destroyed the church (and 40 houses). In 1729 the church was restored as a three-aisled stepped hall with four bays with groin vaults on round pillars, 2 choir bays and a 3/8 end. After the tower tower was destroyed on February 22nd, 1799 (which could be restored on June 1st, 1827), the foundation stone for the third church building was laid on June 16th, 1871 (according to plans by the architect Heinrich Wiethase ). The first construction phase (choir, transept, two eastern bays) can be completed and consecrated on June 8, 1874. The second construction phase was started by Wiethase's nephew Heinrich Renard on October 6, 1903. The construction work was completed in 1908. Several restorations took place after the Second World War .
Image wanted Wikipedia would like a picture of the place with these coordinates at this point51.2416 6.33503. Motif: St. Ulrich Dülken If you would like to help, the instructions explain how it works. BW	bush	Roman Catholic community	Ortisei	To St. Ulrich, 41751 Viersen	1967	After the south of Dülken was increasingly populated in the early 1960s, the need for another Catholic church arose. For this purpose, a church building association was founded on June 1, 1962. On March 12, 1967, the church (built according to the plans of the Mönchengladbach architecture office Willy Decker) was ceremoniously consecrated.
	Dulken	Roman Catholic community	Heart of jesus	Kreyenbergstrasse 2a, 41751 Viersen		The pastoral care district “Dülken-Nord” was separated from the main parish of St. Cornelius in 1927 , and a warehouse was acquired as the basis for the church. After the renovation, the emergency church could be designated December 13, 1931. The building was destroyed in an air raid on February 24, 1945, and the new building (based on plans by Karl Schlueter ) was consecrated on October 31, 1954.
	Dulken	Roman Catholic community	Former Kreuzherrenkloster Dülken / Marienkapelle	Kreuzherrenstrasse 29–49, 41751 Viersen	1407/1491	As early as 1407, according to the chronicle of Dr. Hugo Doergens mentions an inn with an attached chapel in Dülken, which was dedicated to St. Sebastian . Further documents from 1452 and 1465 confirm that there is a chapel here (it was restored in 1591 and 1592). On July 4, 1479, Wilhelm von Bocholz (pastor of the parish church in Dülken ) granted permission to set up a monastery of the Kreuzherrn in his parish. After the donation of land, the new church of the Dülkener Kreuzherren was consecrated on September 28, 1491 by the auxiliary bishop Johann Spender , it was (also) dedicated to St. Sebastian . According to the statutes of the Order of the Knights of the Cross, however, their churches and monasteries were to be consecrated to the Holy Cross, but the patronage was retained when an existing sacred building was taken over. On February 9, 1802, the Kreuzherrenkloster in Dülken was closed. In the following years the buildings were used for administrative and school purposes (Kreuzherrenschule). After several years of vacancy, residential and commercial space was created here from 2017. The former Marienkapelle in the monastery garden can be found on the property of the house at Kreuzherrenstraße 29, the old monastery wall of the Kreuzherren monastery still exists along the east wall and part of Hospitalstraße.
	Dulken	Evangelical regional church community	Christ Church	Martin-Luther-Strasse 2, 41751 Viersen	1854	Main article : List of architectural monuments in Viersen (M – S) #Christuskirche Dülken The first mention of an evangelical pastor goes back to 1609, services were held in a factory at the cathedral courtyard. In 1854 the foundation stone for a Protestant church was laid on today's Martin-Luther-Straße, and in 1857 the inauguration was celebrated. Since the evangelical community in Dülken grew steadily after the Second World War , it was necessary to build a new church in the neighborhood (1966). Since the necessary renovation of the (new) tent church could not be borne by the community, it was decided to renovate the old church and demolish the (new) tent church. In October 2018, the parishioners moved from the New Christ Church to the (old) Christ Church, the house of God was consecrated.
Image wanted Wikipedia would like a picture of the place with these coordinates at this point51.255079 6.338544. Motif: New Christ Church Dülken If you want to help, the instructions explain how to do it. BW	Dulken	Evangelical regional church community	New Christ Church	Martin-Luther-Strasse 2, 41751 Viersen	1966	Since the evangelical community in Dülken grew steadily after the Second World War , it was necessary to build a new church here. On October 23, 1966, the New Christ Church, which was built in 1966 as a tent church right next to the (old) Christ Church , was consecrated. The new building was connected to the old church by a foyer. After the necessary renovation could not be financed by the community, it was decided to demolish the tent church and renovate the (old) Christ Church. The New Christ Church was divorced on February 3, 2020, and demolition began a month later.
Image wanted Wikipedia would like a picture of the place with these coordinates at this point51.247244 6.339139. Motive: New Apostolic Church Dülken If you would like to help, the instructions explain how it works. BW	Dulken	New Apostolic Church	New Apostolic Church Dülken	Eintrachtstrasse 54, 41751 Viersen	1971	The congregation in Dülken was founded in 1971, and the church on Eintrachtstrasse was ceremonially consecrated on February 9, 1971.
	Dulken	Evangelical Free Church Congregation ( Baptist Congregation )	Evangelical free church congregation in the Paulussaal	Dammstrasse 45, 41751 Viersen
	Dulken	Urban mourning hall	Former Dülken cemetery hall	Arnoldstrasse 48, 41751 Viersen	1873 to 1876	Main article : List of architectural monuments in Viersen (A – F) #Ehem. Dülken cemetery hall In 1976 (according to the inscription above the portal) a morgue with a gravedigger's apartment was built on the third cemetery in Dülken, which was newly laid out at the end of 1873.

Addicts

District	Affiliation	Name / designation	Location	construction time	description
Alt addicts	Roman Catholic community	St. Clement	Hochstrasse 8, 41749 Viersen	2nd half of the 15th century / 1612/1856 to 1858	Main article : List of architectural monuments in Viersen (G – L) #St. Clemens Süchteln A Christian place of worship is said to have existed here as early as Carolingian times. There is evidence that the parish was incorporated in 1246 by Archbishop Konrad von Hochstaden , but a pastor is mentioned as early as 1220. The original structural substance no longer exists; a new building was built in the second half of the 15th century. On March 22, 1855, the foundation stone for the extension of the new building was laid (according to the plans of Vincenz Statz ), and the building was completed on April 21, 1858.
Vorst	Roman Catholic community	St. Francis	Grefrather Str. 183, 41749 Viersen	1951 to 1954	Main article : List of architectural monuments in Viersen (G – L) #St. Francis Addicts As early as 1929, an emergency church (a converted hall of Hermann's restaurant) in the Vorst district is mentioned. After the founding of a church building association in 1951, the construction of the new church (according to the plans of Hans Rompelberg) began in the same year in place of a Lady Chapel. The inauguration was celebrated on May 30, 1954.
Thorn bush	Roman Catholic community	St. Mary Help of Christians	Barionstrasse 14, 41749 Viersen	1855 to 1857/1903 to 1909	Main article : List of architectural monuments in Viersen (A – F) #St. Mary help the Christian addicts A chapel (according to the plans of Vincenz Statz ) was built at this point between 1855 and 1857 , and benefited from it on December 1, 1857. In the years 1903 to 1909 the building was extended to a church.
Alt addicts	Roman Catholic Chapel	Irmgardiskapelle	Süchtelner Höhen / Equatorweg, 41749 Viersen	1498/1664	Main article : Irmgardiskapelle As early as 1498 there was a small church on this site, it was completely destroyed in 1589. In 1664, today's chapel was built in honor of the patron saint Irmgard von Süchteln . The abbot of the Benedictine monastery of St. Pantaleon in Cologne , who also donated an altar in 1681, is considered to be the builder .
Alt addicts	Evangelical regional church community	Protestant church	Hindenburgstrasse 3, 41749 Viersen	1669/1681 to 1722	Main article : List of architectural monuments in Viersen (G – L) #Evangelische Kirche Süchteln The new doctrine was announced in Süchteln as early as 1566, and in 1568 the Süchteln community was mentioned at the Wesel convent . In 1608 the congregation was given its own cemetery and school, and the first services with a priest took place in a house on Hochstrasse in mid-1609. In 1644 the congregation was able to purchase a piece of land, and on May 20, 1669 the foundation stone was laid for the preaching house. The church is being built with the rectory and school house in front of it, the first service was celebrated on September 1, 1669. In the years 1681 to 1722, major renovations took place, the last time the interior of the church was redesigned in the years 1967 to 1968.
Alt addicts	Evangelical regional church community	Johanniskirche	Johannisstrasse 88, 41749 Viersen	1904 to 1906	Between 1904 and 1906, the St. John's Church was built on the site of today's LVR Clinic Viersen. The first service was celebrated on April 7, 1907, and the interior was redesigned around 1986. The church contains a crucifix by Hans Franke and a church window by Ernst Otto Köpke .
Alt addicts	Ecumenical movement	Church Orthop. Children's Hospital	Horionstrasse 2, 41749 Viersen	1927	Main article : List of architectural monuments in Viersen (G – L) #Kirche Orthop. Süchteln Children's Hospital As part of the expansion of the "Provinzial-Krüppelanstalt" a Catholic institute church with an integrated Protestant prayer room was built in 1927. In the 1950s / 1960s, the interior was converted.
Alt addicts	Judaism	Synagogue Süchteln	Hindenburgstrasse 3, 41749 Viersen	1810	The synagogue Süchteln is mentioned for the first time in the original cadastre in 1810, but it is said to have been a prayer room on the first floor of a residential building right next to the Evangelical Church in Süchteln . In the pogrom night on November 9, 1938 , only the prayer room on the first floor was destroyed, as a hairdressing salon was run by a non-Jewish person on the ground floor. In 1970 the house was demolished and replaced by a new building. In 1985, a memorial plaque was attached to the new building, commemorating the former synagogue.
Alt addicts	Urban mourning hall	Süchteln cemetery hall	Bergstrasse 91, 41749 Viersen