Emir-Sultan-Moschee, Islamic mosque in Darmstadt, Germany
The Emir Sultan Mosque is an Islamic place of worship in Darmstadt featuring two 27-meter minarets and a dedicated women's gallery inside the building. The structure brings together these functional elements in its overall layout.
The Turkish Islamic community in Darmstadt was founded in 1974 and established its current presence after construction began in 1996. The building was completed and occupied in 1999 on Mainzer Street.
This mosque serves as a central gathering place for Darmstadt's Turkish community and hosts regular meetings and cultural events. The interior spaces are designed specifically for communal prayer and social activities.
The mosque stands at Mainzer Straße 31, where the community moved in 1999 after leaving its backyard prayer room on Bleichstraße. The plot was granted by the city of Darmstadt as a hereditary building right (Erbbaurecht), so the land remains municipal property. It is an active house of prayer, and the small Bosnian-Muslim congregation also uses it alongside the Turkish-Islamic centre.
The mosque is the first and so far only new mosque building of the Avrupa Türk-İslam Birliği (ATIB) in Germany. Its name comes from the Emir Sultan Mosque in Bursa, a sister city of Darmstadt. The land was granted by the city of Darmstadt as a hereditary building right (Erbbaurecht).
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