Erlöserkirche, Protestant church in Münster, Germany

The Erlöserkirche is a plain, single-nave brick church built in 1949–1950 to Otto Bartning's Notkirche design, standing on the foundations of its neo-Romanesque predecessor destroyed in the Second World War. Suggested side aisles, unusual for such emergency churches, give the interior a basilican character. Inside, a terracotta-coloured floor and a simple wooden ceiling dominate; a 15 m stump of the old bell tower stands alongside, holding three cast-steel bells tuned to the Te-Deum motif h°–d′–e′.

The building was designed by architect Otto Bartning between 1949 and 1950 as part of a church reconstruction program following World War II. It represented early efforts to develop new methods and materials for rebuilding religious buildings across damaged cities.

The name Erlöserkirche ("Saviour Church") was already used by the neo-Romanesque predecessor built in 1898–1900, and the congregation kept it for Otto Bartning's 1949–1950 replacement. The surviving 15-metre tower stump, set beside the new brick nave, still holds three cast-steel bells tuned to the Te-Deum motif h°–d′–e′. Inside, the 1998–1999 organ by Patrick Collon of Brussels carries French, south German, central German, Italian and Spanish stops.

The church stands on the foundations of its 1898–1900 predecessor, and the surviving 15-metre tower stump with its three cast-steel bells is attached to the side of the nave, so look for the older brick tower beside the 1949–1950 building. The interior is plain, with a terracotta-coloured floor and a simple wooden ceiling, and the large Collon organ of 1998–1999 has 38 stops on two manuals and pedal.

The church stands on the foundations of its neo-Romanesque predecessor of 1898–1900 by Karl Siebold, destroyed in the Second World War. Only a roughly 15-metre stump of the old bell tower survives, set beside the church, and it holds three cast-steel bells tuned to the Te-Deum motif h°-d'-e'.