Thread by @A_Luckmann

Given the incredible number of 20th-century churches in Northrhine-Westphalia (the topic of my dissertation), I’m going to try to post one every day. #1

#2 Paul Schneider-Esleben, St. Rochus, Düsseldorf (1955)

#3 Denis Boniver, Church of the Resurrection, Bonn-Venusberg (1957)

#4, courtesy of @KarlreMarks: Dieter Georg Baumewerd, Church of the Holy Ghost, Emmerich am Rhein (1966)

#5: Joachim Schürmann, Church of Christ the King, Wuppertal, 1959-60 (Schürmann's first church!)

#6: Gottfried Böhm, Church of the Holy Spirit, Erkrath-Hochdahl (1969-72)

#7: Josef Lehmbrock, St. Albertus Magnus, Leverkusen-Schlebusch (1959)

# 8: Bernhard Rotterdam, St. Engelbert, Leverkusen-Pattscheid, 1929

# 9: Heinz Bienefeld, St. Willibrord, Waldweiler, 1973

(Breaking the rules by going to Rhineland-Palatinate, but Bienefeld was very much a Rhenish architect). All photos by Rita Heyen via strasse-der-moderne.de/kirchen/waldwe…

#10: Alfons Leitl, St. Mariä Himmelfahrt, Mönchengladbach-Neuwerk (1961-64)

Photos by H. Bouwers via mariavondenaposteln.de/ueber-uns/kirc…

#11: Gottfried Böhm, St. Gertrud, Cologne (1961-66)

#12: Fritz Winter and Ingeborg Winter-Bracher, Church of St. Stephen, Cologne-Riehl (1965) (renovated by Zeller Kölmel Architects, 2021)

#13: Karl Band, Church of St. Clement, Cologne-Niehl (1962-64)

Stefan Leuer, St. Gregorius, Aachen-Burtscheid (1967)

Dieter Oesterlen with Heinrich Schmiedeknecht, Church of Christ the King (Protestant), Bochum (1957-59)

#16: Erwin Schiffer, St. Mary of Peace, Odenthal-Eikamp (1972, tower added 1992)

#17: Rudolf Schwarz, Church of the Holy Spirit, Bottrop (1953-57)

#18: Fritz Schaller, Convent Church of the Good Shepherd (now Syrian Orthodox Church of Sts. Peter and Paul), Cologne-Lindenthal, (1962-64)

#19: Fritz Winter and Ingeborg Winter-Bracher, Church and Community Center, Leverkusen-Wiesdorf (1965-70)

Photos from “FG Winter, Bauten und Ziele” (Krefeld 1970)

#20: Karl Band and Werner Fritzen, St. Francis, Bonn (1961); interior renovated c. 2000

#21: Wolfgang Müller-Zantop and Heinz Kalenborn, St. Markus (Protestant), Essen, 1961-62

#22: Alfons Leitl, Church of the Holy Cross, Neuwied (1960-63)

#23: Josef Rikus and Heinz Buchmann, Church of St. John XXIII, Cologne-Sülz (1968-69)

#24: Bernhard and Bernd Rotterdam, Church of the Holy Ghost (Cologne-Weiden), 1966-70

Josef Franke, St. Ludgerus, Bottrop-Fuhlenbrock (1927-29)

#25: Fritz Schaller, St. Remigius, Wuppertal (1973-76)

#26: Josef Franke, Church of the Holy Cross, Gelsenkirchen (1927-29)

#27: Karl Otto Lüfken, St. Andreas, Aachen (1965-69)

#28: Friedhelm Schwingeler, St. Maximilian Kolbe, Witten (1980-81)

All photos via katholisch-in-witten.de/pastoraler-rau…

#29: Gottfried Böhm, St. Rochus, Jülich (1960-65)

#30: Heinrich Otto Vogel, St. Luke the Evangelist (Protestant), Münster, 1961

#31: Eduard Frieling, Church of the Birth of Christ, Cologne-Bocklemünd (1969-71)

#32: Hans Tietmann and Karl Haake, St. Bruno, Düsseldorf (1927-28); rebuilt by Heinz Thoma (1949-55)

#33: Josef Lehmbrock, St. Suitbert, Essen-Überruhr (1963-66)

#34: Dominikus and Gottfried Böhm, St. Elisabeth, Koblenz (1953-54)

#35: Heinz Bienefeld, St. Bonifatius, Wildbergerhütte-Reichsdorf

#36: Carl Moritz, Church of Christ the King (known as Erpho-Church), Münster, 1928-30

#37: Hel Haparta, St. Juliana, Duisburg-Wehofen (1963-65)

#38: Otto Bartning, Church of the Resurrection (Protestant), Essen, 1929-30

#39: Günter Schulte, Mary the Queen, Iserlohn-Lasbeck (1964-5)

#40: Gottfried Böhm, St. Adelheid, Troisdorf-Müllekoven (1961-66)

#41: Alfred Fischer, St. Anthony of Padua, Castrop-Rauxel (1922-25)

#42: Nikolaus Rosiny, St. Anna, Düsseldorf-Niederkassel (1967-68, demolished 2021)

#43: Dominikus and Gottfried Böhm, St. Ursula, Hürth-Kalscheuren (1957-58). Repurposed into the “Böhm Chapel” gallery in 2010

#44: Johannes Reuter, St. Michael, Brilon-Gudenhagen (1968-70)

#45: Paul Georg Hopmann, St. Adelheid, Cologne-Neubrück (1968-69)

#46: Denis Boniver, Protestant Church of the Old City, Gelsenkirchen (1955-56)

More (better) interior photos at baukunst-nrw.de/objekte/Evange…

#47: Georg Rasch and Winfried Wolsky, Church of the Resurrection, Cologne-Buchforst-Buchheim (1967-68)

#48: Ernst Petersen and Walter Köngeter, Klarenbach Church, Düsseldorf-Holthausen (1953-55)

#49: Otto Bartning and Otto Dörzbach, Church of Christ, Bonn-Bad Godesberg (1952-53)

#50: Gerhard Langmaack, Protestant Church of Thomas, Espelkamp (1960-63)

#51: Toni Hermann, Church of the Virgin, Duisburg (1958-61)

#52: Karl Band, St. Brictius, Cologne-Merkenich (1963, with Romanesque tower from 13th century)

#53: Chapel of Maria of Rest, Düren-Arnoldsweiler (1960; built by retirees in Düren)

#54: Klaus Heubel, Church of Christ (Protestant), Dormagen (1960-63)

#55: Matthias Kleuters, Church of St. Joseph, Bauchem (1974), demolished 2013