Maria-Hilf-Kirche, Parish church in Nordost district, Wiesbaden, Germany.
Maria-Hilf-Kirche is a neo-Romanesque pillar basilica built from 1893 to 1895 to designs by Max Meckel. It has a wide transept, a pair of towers with rhombic roofs on the west front, and a small ridge turret above the crossing. Meckel modelled the forms on Limburg Cathedral and the Arnstein monastery church.
Diocesan master builder Max Meckel constructed the church between 1893 and 1895, drawing inspiration from Limburg Cathedral and Arnstein monastery church. The building was erected when Wiesbaden was developing as a spa town and gaining new public structures.
The name refers to Mary, Help of Christians, and echoes the old field name "auf der Hilf" used for this area before the church was built. Since 2005 the interior has also housed the Diocese of Limburg's youth church Kana, which added a sacrament chapel and a confession and conversation room; its tenth anniversary was celebrated in 2015 with Auxiliary Bishop Manfred Grothe.
The church is located at Kellerstraße 37 and can be reached by bus lines 1, 3, 33, or 6, which stop at Röderstraße or Michelsberg. The area is walkable and easily connected to other downtown attractions.
Since 2005 the church has also housed the Jugendkirche Kana of the Diocese of Limburg. For it a sacrament chapel was installed and a confession and conversation room set up inside the building. In 2015 the youth church marked its tenth anniversary with a service led by Auxiliary Bishop Manfred Grothe.
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