Ehemalige Kirche St. Barbara

The St. Barbara Church in Duisburg-Rheinhausen that was deconsecrated in 2011 was constructed in the early 1960s on the former works site belonging to Hütten- und Bergwerke Rheinhausen AG. Designed by the architect Toni Hermanns, who was also responsible for other church and administrative buildings in the Ruhr region, and with a hyperbolic and parabolic reinforced concrete roof construction considered pioneering in its time, it represents a significant example of the utopian architecture of the post-war period. The church that was named after the patron state of mineworkers for the Catholic parish of Duisburg-Hochemmerich is located in the centre of workers’ housing very close to the place where in the late 1980s Krupp workers started their protests against the closure of their steelworks.

Public Transport

From “Duisburg HBF” take bus lines 921 (direction “Moers Königlicher Hof”), 923 or 924 direction “Kalden- hausen Krölls”) as far as “Rheinhausen Markt”, journey time is approx. 20 minutes. To the venue it is another 5 minutes’ walk.