St. Mary Queen of Peace, Catholic church in Cottbus, Germany

St. Maria Friedenskönigin is a Catholic church on Adolph-Kolping-Straße in Cottbus, built in brick expressionism and New Objectivity style to a design by Anton Mokroß. Its front is a twin-tower facade joined by a bridge carrying a rayed cross, with three portals and a canopy below and a round-arched niche holding an over-life-size figure of Christ. The interior was divided by partitions in the 1970s into a central room around a slightly raised altar.

A support association founded on 1 April 1928 raised funds for a second Catholic church, as the 1850 Church of the Good Shepherd no longer held the growing congregation. The foundation stone was laid on 18 September 1932; Anton Mokroß designed the building, erected by Hermann Pabel & Co., and Bishop Adolf Bertram consecrated it on 7 October 1934. A general renovation from 1976 to 1982 reshaped the interior and added classrooms and community rooms in several tower floors; in 1994 it became a provost church.

The interior was completely transformed between 1976 and 1982, creating a central gathering space around the altar. This modern arrangement lets visitors experience the church as a place of community, not just as a traditional pilgrimage site.

The church is best reached from the southern old town, and the red clinker bricks and prominent towers make it easy to spot. A visit works well on foot, and you can explore the modern organ and interior at your own pace.

The white sculpture of the Risen Christ by Rudolf Brückner-Fuhlrott was mounted in 1963 on the twin-tower facade, between the two towers, not on a single tower. It sits in a tall round-arched niche above the three portals and the porch canopy, facing the street.