St. Elisabeth
St. Elisabeth is a Roman Catholic church in Düsseldorf’s Stadtmitte district, built between 1909 and 1910. Its Neoromanesque basilica form follows plans by architect Josef Kleesattel, and dense urban development now surrounds the building once intended to stand alone. A baptismal font occupies the entrance, directly in the middle of the nave.
The parishes of Maria Himmelfahrt and Maria Empfängnis established the church as a rectorate seat. World War Two caused heavy damage, although restoration made the building usable again, while workers rebuilt the apse in 1994. Cardinal Joachim Meisner presented Saint Elisabeth’s bone relics in the 1990s, but thieves stole them in June 2016, leaving a rose and a sheaf of wheat behind bulletproof glass.
Stained-glass windows from the 1950s and 1960s brighten the interior, including works by Ernst Jansen-Winkeln. Five bronze bells fill the towers, tuned to the “Te Deum laudamus” motif.
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