Auferstehungskirche, Protestant church in Südostviertel, Essen, Germany

The Auferstehungskirche is a round central building about 30 metres in diameter and height, its steel skeleton of Krupp steel encased in concrete against corrosion and its bays filled outside with brickwork. Three stacked window rings of roughly 170 square metres carry the glazing, and inside dark grey plaster contrasts with light grey-beige columns and gallery parapets. The copper baptismal font by Professor Wissel stands at the centre of the circular floor plan.

The building was completed in 1930 under architect Otto Bartning and embodies his expressionist star church concept developed in 1922. Construction happened during the global economic depression and the structure underwent repairs following damage from conflict.

The three stacked window rings, about 170 square metres in total, were designed by Johan Thorn Prikker and destroyed in the war; the Hein Derix workshop in Kevelaer rebuilt them from the original documents between 1999 and 2007, funded entirely by donations. The grey glass brightens upwards, carries Christian symbols and key words in the middle ring, and ends in a gold-yellow field. Neighbours call the round building "Tortekirche" (cake church) because of its shape.

The church stands in Essen's Südostviertel; the entrance is on the west side, below the choir and organ gallery. During the 2013–2014 renovation, services continued and the bells were rung from the neighbouring St. Michael am Wasserturm. The four cast-steel bells of 1929 hang in the roof turret and sound b0, d♯1, f♯1 and g♯1.

Architect Wolfgang Jean Stock counts the church among four model buildings of modern church architecture in Europe, and a model of it is displayed at the Deutsches Historisches Museum in Berlin. The 1987 Karl Schuke organ has 21 registers and mechanical action; it is the third organ of the church, not a restored older instrument.