Mariä Himmelfahrt, church building in Kempten, Swabia, Germany
Mariä Himmelfahrt is a neobauque church in Kempten-Kottern, Bavaria, with a rounded front facade, a porch, and two polygonal towers at the entrance. The building was constructed in the early 1920s from designs by Munich architect Erwin Müller, and a modern steel bell tower with large glass windows was added in the 1950s.
The site was purchased in 1906, but construction did not begin until 1921 with a ceremonial groundbreaking, as designs from before World War I were initially not carried out. The church was completed in late 1922 and has remained an established building in the city since then.
The church takes its name from the Assumption of Mary, a subject depicted in a large ceiling painting inside the building. It has served the local community as a place of worship and gathering for nearly a century.
The church is located in the Kottern neighborhood and is easy to reach, with the two distinctive towers visible from a distance. The interior is open to visitors outside of services, and there are stations of the cross and confession benches for private moments.
The steel bell tower added in the 1950s was an unusual step for its time, showing how postwar architecture found a place alongside the older neobauque style. The large automatically opening glass windows in the tower allow the bell sounds to carry clearly outward.
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