St. Columban, Catholic church in Friedrichshafen, Germany

St. Columban is a Catholic church on Paulinenstraße in Friedrichshafen, built 1965–1966 to a design by Hanns Schlichte. Its rectangular worship space is covered by a steep, pyramid-shaped roof that resembles a tent and is glazed at the top. A tall tower with a cross, clad in diamond-patterned silver-white metal and carried on four angled concrete legs, was added in 1994–1995.

The church was designed following an architectural competition that local architect Hanns Schlichte won with an innovative approach. Construction began in 1965 as a response to the growing Catholic community in the Friedrichshafen area.

The church is dedicated to Saint Columban of Luxeuil, an Irish missionary. Its name was given at the consecration on 10 December 1966 by Bishop Pietro Zuccarino of Bobbio, together with Carl Joseph Leiprecht and Wilhelm Sedlmeier. The parish was established on 1 October 1968.

St. Columban stands at Paulinenstraße 100, with the parish office next door at number 98/1, in the Schreienesch area east of St. Petrus Canisius. The church is entered from Paulinenstraße; the tower and the pyramid-roofed nave are visible from the surrounding streets.

The tabernacle by Wendelin Matt of Trossingen, made in 1984, is modelled on the Ark of the Covenant. The church's plain furnishings let the 1985 windows by Diether F. Domes stand out; the pews are set at a slant so the congregation gathers close around the altar, a layout following the Second Vatican Council.