St. Margareta, Gothic Revival parish church in Wadersloh, Germany

St. Margareta is a neo-Gothic hall church built in 1892–1894 to a design by Wilhelm Rincklake. Its main west tower rises 88 m, while two 56 m towers flank the choir; the nave is 56 m long and 30 m wide. The brickwork is faced with Baumberger sandstone, and the interior, 21 m high, is carried by eight freestanding and four engaged columns.

A church existed on this site before 1100 and was destroyed in 1121 by Lothar of Supplinburg; a stone building is documented in 1225 and burned down in 1803. The present Gothic Revival church was designed by Wilhelm Rincklake, its foundation stone laid on 14 June 1892, and Bishop Hermann Dingelstad consecrated it on 10 October 1894. The 300,000 marks needed were raised through house collections and parish donations.

The parish takes its name from Saint Margaret of Antioch, to whom the medieval church was already dedicated. A 12th-century Margaret shrine vanished during a raid at the end of the 16th century. The parish today also includes the filial churches of St. Nicholas in Diestedde, St. Cosmas and Damian in Liesborn, St. Anthony in Benteler and St. Joseph in Bad Waldliesborn.

St. Margareta is located in central Wadersloh and is accessible to visitors during services and specific times. It is best to check opening times in advance, as the church remains an active parish building primarily open during religious events.

The 15th-century baptismal font survives from an earlier church on this site, as does a tympanum with an inscription from the 1225 stone building, now displayed in the north transept. The 1972 altar in the crossing was built by Heinrich Gerhard Bücker from old gravestones and the foundation stones of the second church.