Liebfrauenkirche, Gothic Revival parish church in Bottrop, Germany

Liebfrauenkirche is a Gothic Revival parish church with a 78-meter-tall tower featuring an octagonal upper section as its defining element. The brick structure rises prominently and shapes the urban landscape with its clear architectural form.

Construction took place from 1909 to 1914 based on designs by cathedral builders Bernhard Hertel and Hilger Hertel the Younger. The project emerged from the need of the growing Catholic community to establish a new church in this industrial city.

The parish of St. Joseph has linked Liebfrauenkirche with the filial church of St. Pius since 2007. The Stiftung Liebfrauen Bottrop, accompanied by the Historische Gesellschaft Bottrop, funds the upkeep of the building, the organ and church music; it has already paid for repairs to the organ, the portal and the masonry.

Since April 2017 the church has been partly fenced off because of damaged crockets on the tower, so some areas outside cannot be walked right up to. The building stands in Bottrop-Eigen and, since 2007, has formed the parish of St. Joseph together with the St. Pius chapel.

The interior houses a distinctive organ system pairing a 1929 Ernst Seifert instrument with an older chorale organ that was added much later. This combination creates a layered sound for the music performed within its walls.