Christkönig-Kirche, Romanesque Revival church in Hauenstein, Germany

Christkönig-Kirche is a Catholic parish church built of rough red sandstone blocks, with two square towers of unequal height flanking a gabled west front. The taller left tower has a pyramidal red-tiled roof topped by a cross and golden sphere, while the right tower carries a clock face with gold numerals. A three-arch arcade links the left tower to the adjoining parish house.

The parish of Hauenstein outgrew the 1788 Bartholomäus church as the shoe industry raised the population from under 700 in 1886 to 1900 in 1913. After plans to extend it were dropped on 28 November 1927, Albert Boßlet's design for a new church was approved on 15 June 1930. Ground was broken on 2 August 1931, Bishop Ludwig Sebastian laid the foundation stone on 18 October 1931, and the church was consecrated on 20 August 1933.

The central fresco depicts Christ as Pantocrator seated on a globe and surrounded by heavenly figures and saints. This religious imagery defines the visual character of the interior space.

The church stands in the Schellenbängert area of Hauenstein, where the plot was bought in 1928 after three sites were debated. The parish house sits in front of the church and is joined to it by a pillared hall, forming an atrium-like forecourt with the twin-tower westwork. Look for the arcade of three arches beside the left tower.

The choir fresco sits on a blood-red ground and shows Christ as Pantocrator on a globe pierced by the cross, with God the Father above and apostles and a multitude from all peoples below. In 1963 Baumhauer's son Hans brightened the painting during a lighter repainting of the interior.