Emmauskirche, Lutheran church in Gymnich, Germany

Emmauskirche is a Protestant church in Gymnich, built 1980–1982 to designs by the architects Busmann and Haberer, with a free-standing bell tower added in 1990. The cream-brick tower carries three bands of dark horizontal louvers high on its facade, a dark metal cross with a circular element at the top, and a square black-and-white relief panel of two figures low on the front. A low link joins it to a dark-roofed hall with small square windows and a glazed entrance.

After World War II, displaced Protestant families settled in Gymnich, where the community had provided building land, and the population reached about 3,200 by 1968. Plans for a community centre of the Lechenich parish began in the late 1960s; the first sod was turned in October 1980 to designs by Busmann and Haberer. The centre was handed over on 26 April 1982, and the free-standing bell tower followed in 1990. The presbytery decided on deconsecration in summer 2021, and the farewell service was held on 3 November 2024.

The name Emmaus refers to the village in the Gospel of Luke where two disciples meet the risen Jesus on the road. The free-standing tower carries a dark metal cross with a circular element at its intersection, and a square black-and-white relief panel with two figures is set into its lower front face. The congregation belonged to the Lechenich parish of the Evangelical Church in the Rhineland.

The church was deconsecrated on 3 November 2024, so it no longer holds regular services; the congregation belonged to the Lechenich parish of the Evangelical Church in the Rhineland. The free-standing brick tower, added in 1990, stands beside the lower community building with its glass entrance doors.

The free-standing bell tower was added only in 1990, eight years after the community centre opened, and was designed by architect Bußmann. Its lower front face carries a square black-and-white relief panel with two figures, a detail easily missed by passers-by.