St.-Marien-Kirche, Catholic church in Rotes Feld, Lüneburg, Germany

St.-Marien-Kirche is a church with an unusual twelve-sided structure and no tower, distinguished by colorful stained glass windows created by artist Gabi Weiß. The building stands on a former factory site along Friedenstraße and combines functional modernism with artistic details inside.

The original building was founded in 1855, with the first service held in 1857 and consecration by Bishop Eduard Jakob Wedekin in 1858. The current new building on Friedenstraße was dedicated in 1963 and replaced the earlier church at its former site.

The parish takes its name from the Immaculate Conception of Mary, and the figure of the Mother of God with Child above the main entrance carries this dedication onto the facade. Since 2004 the parish has also embraced the Ökumenisches Zentrum St. Stephanus in Kaltenmoor, Christ-König in Adendorf and St. Godehard in Amelinghausen. The sign by the door reads "Katholische Kirchengemeinde St. Marien".

The building can be reached via Friedenstraße in the Rotes Feld neighborhood, where visitors can explore the modern architecture from outside and inside. When planning a visit, keep in mind this is an active place of worship, so checking opening times beforehand is a good idea.

The first St. Marien on Wallstraße, built from 1854 in Brick Gothic style, was demolished in 1968 because refugee arrivals after 1945 had made it too small. The parish had bought the Friedenstraße factory plot back in May 1958, a decade before the old church came down.