Saint Albertus Magnus Church, Roman Catholic church in Langen, Germany.
Saint Albertus Magnus Church is a Roman Catholic church building in Langen featuring exposed brickwork and copper roofs. The interior has a rectangular layout with seating arranged in a semicircular pattern around the altar.
An earlier church built in 1956 was demolished in 1979 to make way for a new structure. The new building was constructed starting in 1983 and consecrated in 1985.
The church is dedicated to Albert the Great, the 13th-century German scholar and bishop who taught Thomas Aquinas; a statue of Aquinas, his pupil, stands left of the altar. The ambo is shaped like a sheaf of grain, and the apse fresco by Cologne painter Klaus Balke shows angels in green and gold.
The church complex includes a community hall, group rooms, a youth center, and a daycare facility on the grounds. Visitors will find multiple spaces available for meetings and events alongside regular worship services.
The small Antonius bell is the only one of the five that hung in the 1956 predecessor church; the four larger bells were first rung on 31 August 1989, the anniversary of the consecration, sounding the chord e′–fis′–a′–h′–dis′′. The 27 m tower's spire was renewed from April to June 2015, keeping the crown, spheres and weathervane while the cross and four side pieces were copied.
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