Sacred Heart of Jesus Church (Herz-Jesu-Kirche)

The three-story campanile made of reinforced concrete panes heralds already from afar the building of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Church. The church is entered from an atrium courtyard, which is rectangularly enclosed by arcades. It was designed as a high hall building, which stands axially symmetrical on a heptagonal ground plan. The pillars of the reinforced concrete truss structure are shown without a cladding. They lead over to the ribbed ceiling, which finds its highest point above the central point of the church, the altar. The surrounding walls are created by inserting white wall panels inbetween the supports framed by colorful window tracks. The interior space is full of symbolism: for example, 12 columns on which the tabletop of the altar rests symbolize the twelve apostles, and the seven supporting pillars of the church walls symbolize the seven sacraments. To the left and right of the pillars, the fourteen stations of the Stations of the Cross are depicted in the stained glass windows. The church replaced an emergency church built in 1950, which was then converted into a parish home.