Gymnasialkirche Meppen, Baroque church at Gymnasialstraße, Meppen, Germany

Gymnasialkirche Meppen is a single-nave late-baroque hall church of red brick, built 1743–1746 to a design by superior Karl Immendorf. Its street facade, modelled on Il Gesù in Rome, carries the coat of arms of Prince-Bishop Clemens August of Bavaria and a Latin chronogram giving the year 1745. The choir rests on metre-thick walls of the former Backmude castle-manor, once part of the town fortifications.

The Jesuits settled permanently in Meppen in 1638 and founded a Gymnasium in 1643. After their residence was built in 1726–29, Superior Karl Immendorf designed the church, constructed in 1743–46 with funds from Clemens August of Bavaria and donors. In 1761, French troops occupying Meppen used the church as a hospital and stable, but it survived the fire that destroyed most houses.

The high altar, built in 1755, shows the Assumption of Mary painted by Johannes Grüter; the name Heinrich Wies appears on the south column. The two side altars of 1757 follow drawings by Johann Conrad Schlaun, with sculpture by Johann Christoph Manskirch: the left is dedicated to Ignatius of Loyola, the right to Francis Xavier, shown baptising with a cross in hand.

The church is located at Gymnasialstraße 3 in Meppen and its exterior can be viewed at any time. The surrounding area is accessible on foot, and parking is available nearby in the city center.

The facade displays the Latin inscription 'EGO SUM VITIS' placed beneath a 1930 Christ figure on the building. This phrase means 'I am the vine' and references a biblical passage that describes the spiritual connection between Christ and believers.