Herz-Jesu-Kirche, Parish church in Tempelhof, Germany.
Herz-Jesu-Kirche is a small, freestanding, single-nave church with a square tower attached to its northeast side. The bright plastered masonry walls are decorated with pilasters and friezes of red brick. The nave has a slate-covered gable roof, and the tower is topped by a pointed pyramid roof, also in slate. The choir, about six meters wide and 7.60 meters long, is at the southwest gable rather than the usual east end.
This church opened in 1898 after the Catholic community in Tempelhof had begun holding services in 1890. The rapid growth from initial gatherings to a dedicated building reflects the expansion of this industrial-era neighborhood.
The church is named after the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Since 2022 it has belonged to the large parish of St. John XXIII Tempelhof-Buckow, led by pastor Arduino Marra, together with St. Judas Thaddäus in Tempelhof, Maria Frieden in Mariendorf, Salvator in Lichtenrade and St. Theresia vom Kinde Jesu in Buckow.
The entrance is on Friedrich-Wilhelm-Straße, and the church is set back from the Tempelhof town centre. The interior is entered from the street side beneath the organ gallery, with the choir at the south-west end rather than the usual east end. The side aisle added in 1915 runs along one flank.
A bunker once stood directly beside this building, and its demolition after World War II required additional repairs to the church structure. The windows installed in 1946 were part of this postwar restoration effort.
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