St. Adalbert-Kirche, Roman Catholic church in Mitte, Germany.
St. Adalbert-Kirche is a red-brown brick church set behind the housing row at Torstraße 168, with its rounded apse fitted symmetrically into the street facade. The curved centre holds three tall arched windows above a dark cross, while the flat side walls have narrow windows with green panels bearing gold letters. It is an expressionist-influenced hall church without a bell tower.
St. Adalbert parish was founded in 1927 with about 7,000 members, then part of St. Sebastian parish; Mass was held in a nearby school gym until the Torstraße plot was bought in 1932. The foundation stone was laid on 18 September 1932, and Bishop Nikolaus Bares consecrated the church built to Clemens Holzmeister's design on 22 April 1934. Fire bombs damaged benches and the organ in 1943, a second bomb in 1945 ruined the altar area, and from May 1945 the Red Army used the church as a horse stable before restoration in 1946–1948.
The patron Adalbert, bishop of Prague canonised in 999, was chosen because many founding parishioners came from Silesia, East and West Prussia, where he was venerated; his feast day is 23 April. Since 2004 the Chemin Neuf community has run the ecumenical centre Net for God here, offering prayer, training and meetings. Mass is celebrated Sundays and holy days at 9 a.m., and at 10:30 a.m. in the 1962 liturgy.
The entrance is at Torstraße 168, marked only by bronze letters above the courtyard gateway; most of the church stands back on the courtyard. A second entrance opens from Linienstraße, where the building reads clearly as a church. There is no bell tower to look for. Mass is held Sundays and holy days at 9 a.m., and at 10:30 a.m. in the 1962 liturgy.
The church has no bell tower, and its round apse is set symmetrically into the row of apartment buildings on Torstraße; from the street only bronze letters above the courtyard entrance mark it. A large wooden cross inside was carved by the Tyrolean woodcarver Adlhardt as a film prop for the movie Der Rebell, then given to the parish.
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