St. Fideliskirche, Catholic church in Stuttgart-West, Germany
St. Fideliskirche is a Catholic church in Stuttgart's Rosenberg district, set slightly above street level with its main facade recessed behind a forecourt wall with turrets and two entrance gates. The pale tan masonry front has five tall recessed panels, three arched louvered openings in the gable, and three small sculpted figures on a ledge. A square tower with a green pyramidal roof adjoins the red-tiled lower roof.
The building was constructed from 1924 to 1925 according to architect Clemens Hummel's design. Following serious damage in World War II, architect Hugo Schlösser oversaw its reconstruction.
The church is named after Saint Fidelis of Sigmaringen, a Capuchin friar. Since 2018/2019 the interior has housed the Spirituelles Zentrum station s, a spiritual centre. Georg Meistermann designed 22 stained-glass windows and made 15 Stations of the Cross for the side aisles in 1964.
The church stands slightly above street level, set back from the street line behind a forecourt with arcades and an outer wall with two entrance gates. The main portal faces east, while the altar is at the west end. The site is near the Rosenbergstrasse/Seidenstrasse junction, beside the Diakonie-Klinikum and the Hoppenlau-Schule.
The church is not oriented eastward: the altar stands at the west end and the main portal at the east. Since 2018/2019 the interior has housed the Spirituelles Zentrum station s, a project by the Stuttgart architects Domenik Schleicher and Michael Ragaller that won the Kleiner Hugo architecture prize in autumn 2020.
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