Église Notre Dame de l'Assomption, Metz, Baroque church in Metz, France.

Église Notre-Dame de l'Assomption stands on Rue de la Chèvre in central Metz, its light tan stone facade rising from a paved square. Two tall arched windows with dark lattice glazing sit above green double doors, the right door set in a larger round-arched portal crowned by a carved stone emblem. A single tall arched window with pale metal tracery occupies the upper storey, flanked by stone finials and topped by a curved pediment.

A Calvinist temple built from 1576 on Rue de la Chèvre was closed in 1577 and granted to the Jesuits by letters patent of Louis XIII on 3 February 1642; they took possession on 22 June 1643. The first stone of the new church was laid on 25 March 1665 by Claude de Bretagne, president of the Metz parliament. Work stopped in 1670 and 1676, resumed in 1735 and was completed in 1739; the church was blessed on 25 November 1739 and consecrated on 1 October 1741 by Bishop de Saint Simon.

Protestants called the church "Crêve-Cœur" (broken heart) after Louis XIII gave their former temple to the Jesuits in 1642. Since 1802 it has served the parish of Notre-Dame and is now the church of the diocese's artists. The Cavaillé-Coll organ was installed by Charles-Marie Widor and has been played by Marcel Dupré, Jean Langlais, Maurice Duruflé and Marie-Claire Alain.

The church stands on Rue de la Chèvre in the Metz-Centre district, a short walk from the cathedral. The main entrance is the wide central portal with double teal doors, reached by a stepped base from the paved square. The interior is entered through this door; the two narrower side entrances are not always open.

French poet Paul Verlaine was baptized here in 1844, linking this place to French literary history in an unexpected way. This personal connection transforms the building into something beyond just an architectural landmark.