St. Judas Thaddäus, Church building in Kriegshaber district, Augsburg, Germany.
St. Judas Thaddäus is an east-facing hall church of nine bays built in red-brown brick between 1939 and 1954 to plans by Thomas Wechs. A 45-metre north tower with a clock and bells and a lower 26-metre south tower crowned by a weathervane form the west front; the octagonal choir rises at the east end. Buttresses on the nave, clock tower and choir end in a copper-clad cornice.
The church construction began during World War II following architect Thomas Wechs' plans, with the basement serving as an air raid shelter and the building suffering damage from aerial bombardments before its consecration in 1948.
The parish has been twinned with Heiligste Dreifaltigkeit since 2005 as the Pfarreiengemeinschaft Augsburg-Kriegshaber. Inside, a Stations of the Cross designed by Toni Schneider-Manzell in 1966 hangs in the nave, and the apse received a new cycle of stained-glass windows during the 1981–1985 interior renovation by architect Adolf Kreutzer with artists Georg Bernhard and Erhard Hößle.
The church operates regular worship services as part of the Augsburg-Kriegshaber parish community within the Diocese of Augsburg, with public access available for visitors interested in exploring its architecture and artistic treasures.
The two west towers differ sharply in height: the northern clock tower reaches 45 metres and holds the bells, while the southern one stops at 26 metres and carries a weather vane. Both are capped with tent roofs, and the lower tower's vane is a detail easily missed from street level.
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