Friedenskirche, Protestant church in Aue-Zelle, Germany

The Friedenskirche is a Protestant church built 1912–1914 on the slope of the Zeller Berg in Aue-Zelle, designed by Dresden architects Rudolf Schilling and Julius Graebner as a cross-oriented centralised building on a Baroque model. Its 50-metre tower carries a stepped copper hood and a six-metre gilded cross; stone reliefs of the four Evangelists look down from the outer piers between the large windows.

The church was designed by architects Rudolf Schilling and Julius Graebner and constructed between 1912 and 1914 during a period of regional growth. This building project responded to the expanding evangelical community's need for a new place of worship in the developing area.

The oval interior holds a 15-metre-high stucco dome hung on hundreds of steel cables. Karl Schulz of Dresden made the stained-glass windows with New Testament scenes, and the pulpit is faced with green serpentinite mosaics showing cross, grapes, chalice, dove and anchor. Wingless Art Nouveau angels appear in stucco relief on the gallery parapets.

The church is located at Kantstraße 2 in Aue-Bad Schlema and is easy to access from the town center. Visitors should check locally about opening times, as access may vary depending on services and community events.

The tower's three steel bells were cast in 1913 by the Bochumer Verein and paid for by the town of Aue with 10,000 gold marks; they are considered the most important peal in the wider area. Since the 1950s the church has held Aue's Christmas "Turmblasen", and in Advent a lit wooden cross is mounted on the tower, visible across the town.