St. Albert, Parish church in Dornbusch district, Frankfurt, Germany.
St. Albert is a Roman Catholic parish church in the Dornbusch district of Frankfurt am Main. Its plain light-grey concrete facade has a recessed left side with tall vertical panels, a large crucifix with a sculpted figure in front, and a round sunburst emblem above. Six tall narrow arched windows line the side wall, and a 45-meter bell tower with three bells stands beside it.
The parish began at the House of Youth on Hansaallee 150, with Georg W. Rudolphi, a former chaplain of Frankfurt Cathedral, as vicar. He commissioned architect Martin Weber; the cornerstone was laid in 1937 and the church was consecrated on Palm Sunday 1938. In 1956 it was lengthened from 32 to 48 metres, and in 1963 the vicariate was raised to a parish.
The church serves as a gathering space for the neighborhood, where residents mark important moments through Sunday worship and seasonal celebrations. It reflects the Catholic community's faith and traditions that have shaped daily life in this part of the city.
St. Albert stands in the Dornbusch district of Frankfurt am Main, in the north of the city, and belongs to the parish of St. Franziskus Frankfurt, formed in 2015. The 45-metre bell tower with its three bells rises well above the nave, so it can serve as a landmark when finding the church on foot. Parish office tasks are now centralised within the merged parish.
The church was lengthened by 16 metres in 1956, from 32 to 48 metres, when new housing estates were built in Dornbusch; the altar area was widened at the same time. The 45-metre bell tower with three bells was finished in 1962 and rises well above the nave. In 1988 a sculpture, Christus – Friede und Heil für alle, was placed above the main portal.
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