St Fidelis Church, a sacred Church in Stuttgart, Germany, designed by local architecture studio Schleicher Ragaller Architects. More and more people leave the Church, and more and more people are looking for spirituality. St Fidelis has an open plan. The nearly 100-year-old Catholic church has been a center of spirituality and church music since December 2019. Schleicher Ragaller studio has designed a quiet place for believers and those looking for meaning in life.
The Catholic church was built in 1924/1925 according to plans by Clemens Hummel, modelled on Italian basilicas and in a stylistic competition of historicism and modernism. Destroyed down to the outer walls in 1944, the house of God was reconstructed by Hugo Schlösser with a homogeneous interior regarding the colours. After the Second Vatican Council in 1964, Rudolf und Maria Schwarz newly oriented the church.
The continuous Travertine floor and the unobtrusive wooden coffered ceiling produce generous, homogeneous surfaces. The atmosphere is festively bright. The stained-glass windows created by Georg Meistermann can now take effect just as much as his images of the Stations of the Cross in the aisles. Inspired by Leo von Klenze, figures of saints and votive candles come into their own on stone pedestals in concave niches.
- Interiors: Schleicher Ragaller
- Photos: Zooey Braun
- Words: Qianqian