St. Elisabeth, Church monument in Rheine, Germany.

St. Elisabeth is a New Objectivity church built of grey-brown rectangular stone blocks, designed by Josef Franke and consecrated in 1931. A square tower with a flat top and clock faces rises on the right; below it are two round-arched niches and vertical windows. On the left, a rounded apse with narrow windows is topped by a red tiled conical roof with a green edge.

St. Elisabeth was built for the new parish founded in 1933, delayed by World War I, to serve about 4,000 Catholics living 'behind the railway'. The Gelsenkirchen architect Josef Franke received the commission in March 1928; the foundation stone was laid in October 1929, and the church was consecrated on 19 November 1931 by auxiliary bishop Johannes Poggenburg. Financial constraints during the Great Depression forced simplifications, and after World War II bombing the tower received a copper lantern instead of its flat pyramid roof, celebrated at the 1952 topping-out.

The parish was founded in 1933 and named St. Elisabeth because the 800th anniversary of the saint's death fell in 1231. For the consecration, teacher Johanna Wrede wrote the text and Josef Smets composed a patronal hymn, "Sankt Elisabeth zu Ehren lasst uns Jubellieder singen!", still sung in the parish today.

The church stands on Darbrookstraße on the left bank of the Ems, in the part of Rheine known as "Hinter der Bahn", cut off from the old town by the 1853 railway line. The three main portals are reached by a staircase spanning the full width of the west facade, below the triangular gable. The flat-topped tower carries clock faces above its louvred openings.

The church was consecrated on 19 November 1931, the feast of St Elisabeth of Thuringia, chosen because the parish was founded in 1933, 800 years after her death in 1231. A parish song written for the occasion by teacher Johanna Wrede and composer Josef Smets is still sung today.