Peace Church, Protestant church building in Mattenhof, Bern, Switzerland.
The Peace Church is a Protestant church building in the Mattenhof district featuring early twentieth-century architectural characteristics. The structure at Friedensstrasse 9 was built with solid construction methods and functions as a religious center for the neighborhood.
Architect Karl Indermühle designed and completed the building in 1920 as new religious structures were emerging in Bern. The completion occurred during a period when Protestant communities were expanding spatially and organizationally.
The name commemorates the peace settlement after the First World War. Above the portal, reached by a monumental flight of steps, stands a quote from Isaiah 32:17: "The fruit of righteousness will be peace". Since 2023 the buildings have been used as the ecumenical Stadtkloster Frieden, run with the Communauté Don Camillo; services are held only once or twice a month.
The church stands at Friedensstrasse 9 on a hill above the Mattenhof quarter, reached by a monumental flight of steps leading to the portal. Since summer 2024 the Stadtkloster Frieden group has been responsible for the public grounds around the building. Services are now held only once or twice a month, following the merger into the parish Frieden Heiliggeist on 1 January 2026.
The hilltop site was called Pastetenhubel until the mid-19th century, then Vejelihubel; a 1914 street was named Balderstrasse after the Germanic god Balder, thought to have had a sanctuary there. Graves found during the 1917 construction could not be dated. Since 2023 the buildings serve as the ecumenical Stadtkloster Frieden.
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