Liebfrauenkirche Duisburg

The Catholic Liebfrauenkirche in the centre of Duisburg is one of the most important post-war churches on the Rhine and Ruhr and an exemplary example of civic commitment to the reorientation of profane churches. Its predecessor building, which was located next to the Salvatorkirche near the inner harbour, was destroyed in 1942. The new building was built between 1958 and 1961.

Architect Toni Hermanns, who also designed the St. Barbara church in the Rheinhausen district, designed a two-storey, cubic structure made of reinforced concrete with a flat roof. The facades are clad with irregularly arranged natural stone slabs. On the side of König-Heinrich-Platz is a cuboid-shaped entrance tower, which covers the entire width of the nave and slightly overlooks it in height. Above the main portal is a sandstone relief by the sculptor Karl Heinz Türk. It shows the biblical scene of Moses with the burning thorn bush.