Walpurgiskirche Alsfeld, Gothic church building in Alsfeld, Germany.

Walpurgiskirche Alsfeld is a Gothic church with a distinctive octagonal tower that rises roughly 50 meters high. The building displays characteristic Gothic features throughout, including pointed arches, detailed stonework, and strong vertical lines.

Excavations in 1971/72 revealed a small Romanesque basilica on the site, replaced in the mid-13th century by an early Gothic basilica. The late Gothic choir was built from 1393, and on 25 January 1394 the original tower collapsed. The present octagonal top with its cupola was completed in 1543, and the nave was rebuilt as a hall church by 1472.

Since 1674 the Christkindwiegen has been held annually, with music played from three sides of the tower; a local legend says a ghost forbids playing from the fourth side, a tale woven into Goethe's ballad "Der Totentanz". The four-part main peal has rung unchanged since 1617.

The tower shaft is Gothic, while the octagon and roof cap are Renaissance; the tower counts 145 (+18) steps. A height bolt by the stairway in the tower passage marks about 268.5 m above sea level. Under the outer stairway is a cell-like room from 1558, once used for disobedient pupils of the Latin school opposite and for disruptive churchgoers.

The bells hang in the tower, not the interior. The oldest, cast in 1333, is the midday bell, inscribed in Latin; the 1,635 kg Sunday bell was cast in 1582 by Laux Rucker in the empty monastery church. The four-part main peal has remained unchanged since 1617.