Ludwigskirche, Modern concrete church in Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany.
Ludwigskirche is a skeleton-frame church of exposed concrete built between 1952 and 1954 by Horst Linde north of the Old Cemetery. A tall rectangular bell tower with an open belfry and a thin cross stands left of the curved worship space, whose facade is made of tall vertical concrete fins framing dark glazing. The remaining walls are unplastered red and yellow perforated brick, and glass sections by Harry MacLean fill part of the altar area and the north side.
The original church was built in 1839 but was destroyed in 1944 during World War II. The current building was constructed between 1952 and 1954.
The church incorporates preserved elements from both the original structure and the former Tennenbach monastery, including Romanesque round-arch friezes and stone capitals.
The church stands on Starkenstraße near the Old Cemetery and is easy to reach on foot. Visitors can hear the organ during services or at special concerts.
The concrete skeleton of the 1952–1954 church by Horst Linde is filled with unplastered red and yellow perforated brick. Stones from the bombed 1839 church were built into the new walls, and a fragment of a Romanesque round-arch frieze now carries the altar slab.
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