Sankt Suitbertus, Catholic church in Südstadt, Wuppertal, Germany.
Sankt Suitbertus is a church with a distinctive double tower facade on its western side, inspired by the design of Limburg Cathedral. Red brick walls form its structure, while a semicircular apse concludes the building at the east end.
Construction of this church took place between 1896 and 1899, but it was heavily damaged during an air raid in 1943. Only the exterior walls remained standing until rebuilding was completed in 1954.
The church is dedicated to Saint Suitbert, the "Apostle of the Bergisches Land", and was consecrated to him on 11 May 1899. The building is oriented to the east, and its westwork with twin towers follows the facade of Limburg Cathedral, while the interior was modelled on elements of Bonn Minster.
The church stands on Kölner Straße in the Südstadt of Elberfeld, south of the Wupper. It is geosted, so the twin-tower west front faces the street and the apse lies to the east. The building was entered in the Wuppertal monument list in 1994.
Two bells survive in the tower: the dis′ bell cast by Otto in 1899 and the e′ bell by Schilling from 1925, representing Germany's two largest bronze bell foundries of the 19th and 20th centuries. In 2017 a fis′ bell from the Herz-Jesu community was added, tuned to the other two.
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