Sacred-Heart-Church, church in Düsseldorf-Urdenbach, Germany

The Sacred Heart Church in Urdenbach is a three-aisled neo-Romanesque basilica begun in 1893. Its red brick walls have large round-arched side-aisle windows and small triple windows in the clerestory. The four-storey square tower, added in 1914 to plans by Wilhelm and Paul Sültenfuß, carries a clock face and a steep grey pyramidal roof with a cross.

The church was built in the late 19th century and began serving its community within a year of construction starting. It became a rectorate church in 1902 and gained full parish status in 1906 after years of seeking independence from a larger church group.

The parish, established in 1906, now forms the Benrath-Urdenbach church community together with St. Cäcilia. The name refers to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. The smallest of the four 1912 Otto bells, the original Angelus bell, stands at the steps of the chancel as a Wandlungsglocke; its inscription reads "Ave Maria gratia plena ora nobis" (1912, Fa. Otto, Hemelingen).

The church stands in Urdenbach, a district in the south of Düsseldorf, and is a three-aisled basilica entered from the street side. The nave is flanked by side aisles with large round-arched windows, while the four-storey bell tower rises on one side. Visitors should note that the building is an active parish church, so sightseeing is best arranged around service times.

The 1912 Otto foundry cast four bells, but only two remain in the tower; the other two were replaced in 1960 by bells from Petit and Edelbrock. The smallest of the original four, the Angelus bell, stands at the steps of the chancel as a Wandlungsglocke, inscribed "Ave Maria gratia plena ora nobis".