St. Johannes, Roman Catholic church in Suderwich, Recklinghausen, Germany

St. Johannes is a Roman Catholic church in Alt-Surk, the northern half of Suderwich, built of reddish-brown brick in Gothic Revival style and consecrated on 20 October 1904. Its 75-metre tower, among the tallest in Recklinghausen, carries a clock and a tall tracery window and ends in a steep greenish-grey spire. The 58-metre-long, 17-metre-high nave has tall pointed-arch windows along its side wall, and inside, bundle pillars with chalice-bud capitals support a pointed ribbed vault.

The church was completed in 1904 and replaced an earlier village church from 1820 that could no longer serve the growing population driven by coal mining in the region. Its Gothic Revival construction reflected the architectural response to the expanding needs of a rapidly developing mining community.

The church displays sculptures carried over from its predecessor, including representations of Saint John the Baptist and Saint Joseph with the Christ Child. These works show how the faithful expressed their religious devotion through carved religious figures.

The church stands between Kirchstraße and Lülfstraße in Alt-Surk, the northern half of Suderwich. The main entrance is at the base of the 75-metre tower, whose front face carries a clock above a tall tracery window. The nave runs 58 metres to the choir; the 1987 redesign placed the new ambo and celebration altar in that choir space.

The bell named Johannes in the tower is among the oldest bells in the entire Vest Recklinghausen region. It still rings during services and events today, connecting past and present through its sound.