St. Johann Baptist
The Catholic parish church of St. Johann Baptist is a Gothic hall church in Essen, dedicated to John the Baptist, which stands on Kettwiger Straße, the main street of Essen, in front of Essen Minster, to which it is connected.- Type: Church
- Denomination: Roman Catholic
- Description: parish church
- Also known as: “St. Johann Baptist (Essen)” and “St. Johann Baptist, Essen”
- Address: An St. Quintin, Essen, 45127
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Baedekerhaus and Grillo-Theater.
Grillo-Theater
Theater building
Grillo-Theater is a theatre in Essen, Germany. Named after the industrialist Friedrich Grillo, who made the building possible, it opened on 16 September 1892 with Lessing's drama Minna von Barnhelm. Grillo-Theater is situated 180 metres southwest of St. Johann Baptist.
Lichtburg
Movie theater
Lichtburg is a movie theater, which is situated 120 metres south of St. Johann Baptist.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Margarethenhöhe and Bochold.
Margarethenhöhe
Suburb
Bochold
Suburb
Bochold is a northwestern borough of the city of Essen, Germany. It was incorporated into the city in 1915. Before it had been part of the Bürgermeisterei Borbeck. Bochold is situated 4 km northwest of St. Johann Baptist.
Altenessen
Suburb
Altenessen is a northern borough of the city of Essen, Germany. Officially it is divided into the two boroughs of Altenessen-Nord and Altenessen-Süd. Because of its size, Altenessen was divided into two parts, when it was incorporated into the city of Essen in 1915. Altenessen is situated 4 km north of St. Johann Baptist.
St. Johann Baptist
- Categories: parish church, heritage site, building, historic site, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Essen, Kreisfreie Stadt Essen, Düsseldorf, Ruhr, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
51.4559° or 51° 27′ 21″ north
Longitude
7.01315° or 7° 0′ 47″ east
Wheelchair access
yes
Open location code
9F39F247+97
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worship
OpenStreetMap feature
building=church
OpenStreetMap feature
historic=heritage
OpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=roman_catholic
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to German—“St. Johann Baptist” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Johannes de Doperkerk (Essen)”
- Dutch: “Johannes de Doperkerk”
- Esperanto: “Sankta Johano la Baptisto”
- German: “St. Johann Baptist”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Kettwiger Straße and Siebenarmiger Leuchter.
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