St. Maximilian

St. Maximilian, also known as Maxkirche, stands in Düsseldorf’s Carlstadt district as a late Baroque church. Its brick facade gives the building a clear presence. The church developed from a Franciscan monastery founded in the seventeenth century and became a parish in the nineteenth century. Its three-aisled hall contains white and grey surfaces. Four pairs of Ionic columns support the vaults, while a columned portal, statue niche, and high window shape the central facade. A bronze eagle lectern stands inside the church. Heinrich Nüttgens created oil paintings showing the Stations of the Cross. The choir stalls date from the seventeenth century, while the church’s acoustics suit classical choral and organ music. Maxhaus adjoins St. Maximilian and occupies the former monastery. Maxhaus serves as a Catholic community centre and restaurant beside the church. A Klais organ from Bonn incorporates historical materials and supports the church’s organ music. Local protests helped preserve St. Maximilian through the secularisation of the early nineteenth century. The recorded site is marked as wheelchair accessible.