Steep-roofed St.-Ursula-Church with central octagonal tower
St.-Ursula-Church

Seen from West (Emmastraße entrance side): the cruciform design of the catholic church
The steep roof is what you will see first of Bremen's St.-Ursula-Church (St.-Ursula-Kirche) when approaching it from the Schwachhauser Heerstraße on a spring or summer day. Green trees of various size hide the lower parts of the cruciform-shaped building. An on-site panel provides the following details:
The expressive cruciform church building with steep roofs was constructed in 1967-68 according to designs of the Bremen architect Karl-Heinz Bruns. In 1974 the building was extended by the community centre, equally planned by Bruns. In 1988 the copper covered tower was built. Since 2007 parish church of the congregation St. Katharina von Siena.
St. Ursula is with 500 seats the largest catholic church in Bremen. Looking around inside the church, the steep roof gives an impression of a tent-like ceiling. The section “Katholische St. Ursula-Kirche und Gemeinderäume” on the web-page “Architekturführer Bremen” has further architectural details (in German).


How to get there

My suggestion: Follow the direction to the Ornament-free cubic tenements and then continue on under the trees of the Emmastraße. Find St. Ursula on the left side at the corner of the Emmastraße/Schwachhauser Heerstraße intersection.
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