Christkönig-Kirche, Parish church in St. Arnual, Saarbrücken, Germany

Christkönig Church is a three-nave basilica built from unplastered red-yellow sandstone in the St. Arnual district. The structure holds around 1,650 visitors and combines Romanesque and Byzantine design features with a commanding tower.

The Christkönig-Kirche is not derived from the 13th-century St. Nicholas chapel in Saarbrücken, which was replaced in 1476 by the Gothic Schlosskirche. The parish was established in 1920, when Pastor Johann Ludger Schlich asked Trier for a new parish in St. Arnual, where 300 to 400 Catholics had to walk about four kilometres to St. Jakob. Masses were first held in the hall of the Gasthaus Fried, and the city council approved the purchase of the building plot on 6 September 1921.

The parish was cut off from St. Arnual's collegiate church after the Reformation of 1575; from September 1920 Mass was again read in St. Arnual, in the 70-square-metre festival hall of the Gasthaus Fried, after a 345-year interruption. Pastor Johann Ludger Schlich, parish priest of St. Jakob from 1913, pushed for the new parish and bought the 3,235-square-metre plot from the city council on 6 September 1921.

Entry to the church is free, and regular services take place where visitors are welcome. To explore the interior, it is best to arrive outside service times or contact the parish in advance.

The interior displays expressionist interpretations of Romanesque and Byzantine architecture, giving the church an unusual artistic quality. This mix of historical and modern artistic elements makes a visit particularly interesting.