St. Ludgeruskirche, Filial church in Essen, Germany.

St. Ludgeruskirche is a Catholic place of worship in Essen, outfitted with traditional architectural forms and religious artwork. The interior layout combines older structural elements with functional spaces for community gatherings and private devotion.

The first church on the corner of Wegenerstraße and Wehmenkamp was built in 1889–1890 as a neo-Romanesque building, consecrated on 13 July 1890; the independent parish was founded on 16 September 1894 and consecrated by auxiliary bishop Hermann Joseph Schmitz a month later. In 1932–1933 the Essen architect Johann Kunz added a wider front section in the New Objectivity style, more than doubling capacity to about 2,000 seats; services moved to Hall 6 of the Messe Essen during the work. Bombing on 26 September 1944 largely destroyed the church, and reconstruction was completed only in 1950.

The church is dedicated to St. Ludgerus, whose veneration runs deep in this region and shapes the faith life of the local community. The dedication connects visitors to a long tradition of Catholic belief in Essen.

The church stands at the corner of Wegenerstraße and Wehmenkamp in Rüttenscheid. During the 1932–33 expansion, services were held in Hall 6 of the Messe Essen, and the entrance to the underground car park beside the church bears a tympanon showing Bishop Ludgerus with a picture of the original church. The organ from 2000 has 39 stops on three manuals and a pedal.

The four bronze bells in the tower were cast by the Otto foundry after the Second World War and sound the notes f′, as′, b′ and c″. Only the smallest bell, the c″ bell delivered in 1937, survived the wartime confiscation of bells; the earlier set from 1911 had already been melted down in the First World War.