St. Franziskuskirche, Catholic church in Wollishofen, Switzerland

St. Franziskuskirche is a Roman Catholic parish church on Albisstrasse in Zurich-Wollishofen, built in 1927–1928 to plans by architect Joseph Steiner. It takes the form of an early Christian basilica, with a rounded tower and a red-painted exterior, and its interior was rearranged in 1972–1973 and again in 2004.

In 1901 Wollishofen's Catholics rented a modest room at Butzenstrasse/Albisstrasse, nicknamed the Waschhüsli, as an emergency church. By 1911 the community numbered 700, and in 1923 the mother parish bought a 3,000-square-metre plot on Albisstrasse near Morgental. The church was built in 1927–1928 to plans by Joseph Steiner, after earlier designs by Joseph Löhlein and Karl Moser, and was consecrated on 23 September 1928 by Chur's bishop Georg Schmid von Grüneck.

The church is dedicated to Francis of Assisi, chosen in 1926 on the 700th anniversary of his death. From around 1960 the parish ran a boys' choir, the Franziskus Sängerknaben, which in 1976 became today's Zürcher Sängerknaben. The parish counted 4,063 members in 2021.

The church welcomes visitors during regular services, community gatherings, and times set aside for viewing the architecture. Keep in mind that this is an active place of worship where respectful behavior is important.

The church's red colouring was not the architect's choice: Zurich's building authority recommended it while promoting a "colourful city". Research by the city's monument preservation service also showed that the first designs for a street-parallel nave came from Karl Moser in 1926 and were taken over by Joseph Steiner.