Sankt Antonius, Roman Catholic church in Bechen, Kürten, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Sankt Antonius is a Roman Catholic church in the Bechen district of Kürten. The present building, consecrated on 17 January 1977, is a polygonal concrete structure with a flat ceiling designed by architect Faber. It incorporates the neo-Gothic choir, the Romanesque tower, and the original 1914 stained-glass windows by Dr. H. Oidtmann, along with the Stations of the Cross.

A predecessor church with a Romanesque tower stood in Bechen by around 1133 and was first mentioned in 1275; from 1301 to 1803 the Cistercian monastery of Altenberg held the patronage. After a lightning strike burned the church down in 1866, leaving only the damaged Romanesque tower, Vinzenz Statz planned a neo-Gothic replacement consecrated in 1878. Structural damage led to the tower's demolition in 1897, and in 1974 the church was torn down except for the neo-Gothic choir and Romanesque tower; the new building by architect Faber was consecrated on 17 January 1977.

The church's patron is Saint Anthony the Hermit, with Saint Catherine as second patroness. The 1914 leaded glass windows by the Dr. H. Oidtmann workshop show the Beatitudes on the rear wall and, in the choir, the Holy Family, angels with instruments of the Passion and a pelican feeding its young with its blood.

The church stands in Bechen, a district of Kürten; the neo-Gothic choir and the tower from 1897 frame the 1976 concrete nave by architect Faber. The building is listed as monument number 4 in Kürten's register of protected structures. Visitors enter the flat-ceilinged polygon from the village side, where the 1914 Oidtmann windows and the Stations of the Cross are set into the concrete walls.

The 1914 stained-glass windows by the Dr. H. Oidtmann workshop survived the 1974 demolition and were set into the new concrete church. They show the Beatitudes on the rear wall, and two choir windows depict the Lamb of God and a pelican feeding its young with its own blood.