Edith-Stein-Kirche, Catholic filial church in Neuallermöhe, Germany.
Edith-Stein-Kirche is a modern Catholic church with a circular floor plan and reddish-yellow brick exterior in Neuallermöhe. The building features large cross-shaped windows, a gently sloping roof that rises toward the south, and a prominent rooftop cross.
The building was constructed between 1991 and 1992 as part of residential development in Bergedorf. It was consecrated on January 31, 1993 by Auxiliary Bishop Hans-Jochen Jaschke.
The church is dedicated to Edith Stein, a Jewish philosopher and Carmelite nun murdered at Auschwitz in 1942. A painting in the open foyer and a head sculpture in the vestibule depict her. The newly cast bronze bell carries her words as an inscription: "Whoever seeks the truth seeks God."
The church stands in Neuallermöhe, reached from the Nettelnburg S-Bahn station. The complex is enclosed on two sides by parish rooms and on the street side by a wall running into the bell carrier, so the entrance is through the lower brick extension with the grilled doorway. Large cross-shaped windows and openings are the only sources of daylight.
The bronze bell cast for the church bears an image of the Virgin Mary in a radiant mandorla, copied from the only surviving bell of Hamburg Cathedral (Celsa, 1487), now in St. Nicolai in Altengamme. Its inscription quotes Edith Stein: "Whoever seeks the truth seeks God."
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