St. Joseph, Catholic parish church in Greifswald, Germany

St. Joseph is a Gothic Revival brick church with a cruciform plan, a polygonal choir, and a west tower whose spire transitions from square to octagon. The west portal features figures of Christ teaching and blessing. Inside, ribbed vaults rest on Baroque-style pilasters, and the choir vault has six cells. The 1986 Jehmlich organ has 17 stops on two manuals and pedal.

The foundation stone was laid in 1869; the church was built to plans by Hugo Schneider as a mission church honoring Pope Pius IX, funded by Catholic professors and students of Greifswald University and by Polish harvest workers. It was blessed on 15 November 1871 with a sermon in German and Polish. From 1929 to 1943 Alfons Maria Wachsmann was parish priest; he oversaw an Expressionist redesign consecrated on 1 May 1932. In 1992 it became a provost church, and since 2020 it has been the parish church of the newly founded St. Otto parish.

The church's name refers to Saint Joseph of Nazareth, husband of Mary. Its 1871 blessing included a sermon preached in both German and Polish, reflecting the Polish harvest workers who helped fund the building. The expressionist furnishings from Pastor Alfons Maria Wachsmann's tenure include a figure of the risen Christ and a Stations of the Cross painted by Martin Pautsch.

The church stands at the corner of Bahnhofstraße and Rubenowstraße on the southern edge of Greifswald's old town. The west portal, framed by figures of Christ teaching and blessing, is the main entrance. The interior is entered from the street side; the open polygonal baptistery adjoins the east wall of the north transept.

From 1929 to 1943, Priest Alfons Maria Wachsmann served here and actively resisted National Socialism during its grip on Germany. His courageous stand during the darkest period of German history is still honored through his grave of honor within the church grounds.