Kreuzkirche, Protestant church in Kassel, Germany

The Kreuzkirche is a Protestant church in Kassel's Vorderer Westen district, rebuilt on the site of the 1906 original destroyed in the air raid of 22 October 1943. The 1959 new building by Munich architect Gustav Gsaenger stands where Anton Karst and Hans Fanghänel had built a neo-baroque central structure over a shortened Greek cross. Its tower was added in 1961–1964.

The parish of the Oberneustädter Kirche grew from 9,000 members in 1896 to 15,000 shortly before the new church opened, so the church council decided on 25 February 1902 to build. Architects Anton Karst and Hans Fanghänel won the competition; the foundation stone was laid on 2 August 1904 and the church was consecrated on 7 November 1906. Destroyed in the air raid of 22 October 1943, it was rebuilt to a design by Gustav Gsaenger, with the community hall handed over on 22 February 1959 and the tower built in 1961–1964.

The parish became independent as the Kreuzkirchengemeinde in 1933. The name refers to the cross; the 1906 building was a central structure over a shortened Greek cross. Sophie Henschel donated a communion jug and 18 small chalices, Empress Auguste Viktoria an altar Bible, and the city the tower clock.

The church stands at the historic site on Breitscheidstraße in the Vorderer Westen district. The tower was added only in 1961–1964, after the congregation hall had been handed over in February 1959. Visitors reach the building by tram and bus lines serving the Vorderer Westen; the grounds are level and step-free at street level.

The 1906 church could seat over 1,000 people: 600 in the central nave, about 300 on three galleries, and 200 more in two confirmation halls that could be joined to the nave by folding doors. The tower clock was a gift from the city of Kassel.