Volkshaus Rotthausen, Architectural monument and event venue in Gelsenkirchen-Süd, Germany.

Volkshaus Rotthausen is a brick Expressionist building designed by Alfred Fischer and built in 1920–1921. It was conceived as a youth house and also served as the town hall of the then independent municipality of Rotthausen. The entrance area features wrought-iron lanterns reconstructed from photographs.

Planned as a youth house, the Volkshaus was built in 1920–1921 to plans by architect Alfred Fischer in Brick Expressionism for the then independent municipality of Rotthausen. It served as a multipurpose building and town hall until Rotthausen was incorporated into Gelsenkirchen in 1924. It later became a youth hostel, an SS leadership school during the Nazi era, a barracks and war-material depot in World War II, a Red Cross station, a police station and an apprentices' home for the Dahlbusch colliery. After renovation in 1987–1989 it was a cultural venue until 2024; from 2025 it is being converted into a four-form primary school.

The name Volkshaus (people's house) reflects its role as a shared civic building for the then-independent municipality of Rotthausen. Until 2024 it housed the SPD local association, the Heimatbund Gelsenkirchen, the district archive and a mining collection, and music, theatre, carnival and sports clubs rehearsed there.

The building is being converted into a four-form primary school from 2025, so it is not available as an event venue. The entrance area with its reconstructed wrought-iron lanterns is worth a look from outside. Rotthausen is a southern district of Gelsenkirchen; the Volkshaus is near the centre of the district.

The wrought-iron lanterns in the entrance hall are reconstructions based on old photographs. The building was planned as a "Jugendhaus" (youth house) but opened as a multi-purpose house and town hall for the then independent municipality of Rotthausen. From 2025 it is being converted and extended into a four-form primary school.