Christkönig, Catholic church building in Gotha, Germany

Christkönig in Gotha is a red brick church with a tall curved gable facing the street, topped by a gold cross and a circular recess holding a gold PX monogram. Two moulding bands cross the facade beneath three recessed round arches, and a porch with a red tiled shed roof shelters a wooden double door and the sign "CHRIST-KÖNIGS-KIRCHE". The building began as the turbine testing hall of Briegleb and Hansen, converted for the Catholic community in 1932 to plans by the master builder Klapproth of Vorsfelde.

The building began as the turbine testing facility of Briegleb and Hansen, bought by the Catholic parish in 1932 after the firm closed and converted by master builder Klapproth of Vorsfelde. Generalvikar Günther of Fulda consecrated it on 18 November 1934 as Gotha's second Catholic church, St. Bonifatius having grown too small. Damaged in 1944, it was renovated after the war, again in 1960–61, reopened on 23 November 1986 after a 1983 closure order, and sold to the Romanian Orthodox parish from Erfurt on 10 April 2019.

The church was consecrated in 1934 as Christkönigskirche zum kostbaren Blute and served Gotha's Catholic parish alongside St. Bonifatius. Since 2019 it has belonged to the Romanian Orthodox parish "Acoperământul Maicii Domnului" from Erfurt. The name refers to Christ the King; the facade sign reads "CHRIST-KÖNIGS-KIRCHE".

The church stands at coordinates 50.93642, 10.70404 in Gotha. Since 2019 it has belonged to the Romanian Orthodox parish "Acoperământul Maicii Domnului" from Erfurt, so visiting depends on that community's service times rather than Catholic mass schedules. The entrance is through the wooden double door under the red-tiled porch on the front facade.

The building began as a turbine testing facility for Briegleb and Hansen before the Catholic community bought it in 1932 and converted it into a church under builder Klapproth of Vorsfelde. The gold monogram of the letters P and X in a circular recess on the curved gable is a detail to look for.