Religion.
The Rhineland is traditionally Catholic, a legacy of the region’s Roman past. However, in the forties and fifties, the arrival of refugees from Germany’s Protestant East altered this uniform picture. In Dusseldorf, the two denominations are well served by a plethora of neighborhood churches and English language services are available.
Numbering well over 7,000, Dusseldorf’s Jewish community is Germany’s third largest. More than a dozen mosques meet the spiritual needs of the city’s ethnically diverse Muslim population.
Christ Church.
Christ Church is an Anglican Chaplaincy serving the International English speaking community of Düsseldorf and the Rheinland. It is a member of the Diocese in Europe and under the patronage of the oldest UK evangelical society...
Faiths.
Along with its geographical situation, cultural heritage and past, the city of Dusseldorf is characterized by Christian beliefs and celebrates an openness to other religions...
Churches.
Dusseldorf has never been a clerical centre or a place of important religious happenings. During the Protestant Reformation, the city liberated itself from the rule of the Archbishop of Cologne. Thus it has...
Services.
With a traditional majority of Catholic and Protestant inhabitants, most of Dusseldorf’s old churches invite the visitor to take a look inside and enjoy historical German architecture...
