List of mosques in Germany

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This is a list of mosques in Germany by states.

According to the Bundestag researchers,[ citation needed ] Germany had[ when? ] "at least 2,350 to 2,750 mosque congregations or associations". The Central Council of Muslims in Germany announced in early October[ when? ] that there are roughly 2,500 mosques.[ citation needed ]

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Baden-Württemberg

NameImagesCityYearGroupRemarks
Schwetzinger Garden Mosque MoscheeSchwetzingen Panorama quad retouched.jpg Schwetzingen 1796UOldest mosque architecture in Germany. Non-functional as a mosque [1]
Fatih Masjid Heilbronn 1987IGMG
Yavuz Sultan Selim Mosque Yavuz Sultan Selim Moschee Mannheim 2019.jpg Mannheim-Jungbusch 1995DITIBCapacity: 2,500 worshippers [2]
Alperenler Masjid Rheinfelden (Baden) 1996DITIB
Mevlana Masjid Eppingen 1996IGMG
Große Moschee Buggingen 1998DITIB
Mimar Sinan Masjid Mosbach Mosbach 1990sDITIB
Central Masjid Offenburg Offenburg 2002DITIB
Bait-ul-Ahad Mosque Bruchsal 2012AMJEisenbahnstraße 8, 76646 Bruchsal [3]
Baitul Afiyat Mosque Waldshut-Tiengen 2017AMJ

Bavaria

NameImagesCityYearGroupRemarks
Freimann Masjid Munich-Freimann 1973IZMFoundation stone laid on 6 October 1967
Mosque in Sendling Schanz gaiss300.jpg Munich-Sendling 1989DİTİBA new mosque has been planned since 2004. However, it has faced community opposition [4] [5]
Penzberg Islamic Forum Penzberg 2005U [6]
DİTİB Kocatepe Mosque Kocatepe-Moschee Ingolstadt 16.01.2009.jpg Ingolstadt 2008DİTİBCapacity for 800 worshippers, with an adjacent cultural center [7]
Selimiye Mosque Deggendorf camii 1.jpg Deggendorf 2016DİTİBCapacity for 300 worshippers; after completion the mosque's minaret was shortened as it exceeded the maximum height by 2 m (6 ft 7 in) [8]
Bait-un-Naseer Mosque Augsburg AMJDonauwörther Straße 165, 86154 Augsburg [9]

Berlin

NameImagesCityYearGroupRemarks
Wünsdorf Mosque Berlin-Wilmersdorf 1915UWilmersdorfer Moschee
The oldest standing mosque in Germany—the Wünsdorf Mosque, built in 1915 at the Halbmondlager POW camp, was Germany's first, but it was demolished in 1925–26.
Berlin Mosque Berlin-Wilmersdorf 1924-1927 AAIIL
Şehitlik Mosque (Berlin) Berlin-Neukölln 2004DITIBArchitect: Hilmi Şenalp; Capacity: 1.550.
Omar Ibn Al-Khattab Mosque Berlin-Kreuzberg 2008U
Khadija Mosque Berlin-Heinersdorf 2008AMJ
Fussilet mosqueBerlin / Friedrich-Krause-Ufer?Fussilet 33 e.V. [10]
Ibn Ruschd-Goethe mosque Berlin 2017 Seyran Ateş It is the first liberal mosque in Germany. Burqa and niqāb are banned. Men and women pray together. Women aren't forced to wear a headscarf. [11]

Bremen

NameImagesCityYearGroupRemarks
Fatih Mosque Bremen-Gröpelingen 1999IGMGCapacity: 1.300

Hamburg

NameImagesCityYearGroupRemarks
Fazl-e-Omar Mosque Hamburg-Lokstedt 1957AMJFirst mosque built after World War II in Germany [12]
Imam Ali Mosque Hamburg-Uhlenhorst 1965ShBuild by Iranian businessmen [12]
Hamburg Central Mosque Hamburg-St. Georg 1977IGMG [13]
Al-Nour Mosque (Hamburg) Hamburg-Horn 2018UFormer abandoned church, converted to a mosque; administered by Islamisches Zentrum Al-Nour e.V. - 'Kuwait'

Hessen

NameImagesCityYearGroupRemarks
Abu Bakr Moschee Frankfurt am Main 1966IGF Islamische Gemeinde Frankfurt e.V.one of the biggest mosques in Frankfurt
Noor Mosque Frankfurt am Main 1959AMJ
Anwar Mosque Rodgau 2008AMJ
Nuur-ud-Din Mosque Darmstadt 2003AMJHaasstraße 1a, 64293 Darmstadt [14]
Bait-ul-Baqi Mosque Dietzenbach ?AMJTheodor-Heuss-Ring 48, 63128 Dietzenbach [15]
Baitus Shakur Groß-Gerau 1992AMJLargest Ahmadiyya mosque in Germany. Capacity: 850.
Baitul Huda Mosque Usingen 2004AMJ
Fatih Mosque Stadtallendorf 2004DITIB
Bait-ul Aziz Riedstadt 2004AMJ
Muqeet Mosque Wabern 2007AMJ
Bashir Mosque Bensheim 2006AMJ
Baitul Ghafur Ginsheim-Gustavsburg 2011AMJLange Streng 13, 65462 Ginsheim-Gustavsburg [16]
Baitul Hadi Mosque Seligenstadt 2011AMJ
Baitul Baqi Dietzenbach 2011AMJ
Baitul Aman Nidda 2011AMJ
Ata Mosque Flörsheim am Main ?AMJAltkönigstraße 10, 65439 Flörsheim am Main [17]
Dar-ul-Amaan Mosque Friedberg ?AMJStrassheimer Straße 16, 61169 Friedberg [18]
Baitus Samad Mosque Giessen 2017AMJMarburger Straße 83, 35396 Gießen [19]
Bait-ul-Wahid Mosque Hanau AMJHafenstraße 6, 63450 Hanau [20]
Sadiq Mosque Karben AMJAm Spitzacker 18b, 61184 Karben [21]
Mahmud Mosque Kassel AMJGraf-Haeseler-Straße 6, 34134 Kassel [22]
Mevlana Mosque (Kassel-Oberzwehren)  [ de ] [23] Kassel2014U

Lower Saxony

NameImagesCityYearGroupRemarks
Baitus Sami Hannover 2008AMJ
Salimya Mosque Göttingen 2006DITIB
Islamisches Kulturzentrum Wolfsburg Wolfsburg ULocated at Berliner Ring 39, 38440 Wolfsburg. The Imam is Arabic. This mosque attracts all the Muslims in the city, majority of which are Turkish. Official website

North Rhine-Westphalia

NameImagesCityYearGroupRemarks
Bilal Mosque Aachen 1964IZAMaintained by Islamisches Zentrum Aachen
Wesseling Mosque
(Turkish: Mimar Sinan Camii)
Wesseling 1987DİTİB
King Fahd Mosque 2017-01-26 Bonn-Bad Godesberg Koenig-Fahd-Akademie.JPG Bonn-Bad Godesberg 1995SAAdjacent school and mosque closed in 2017 [24]
Baitul Momin Münster-Hiltrup 2003AMJ
Hürth Camii Hürth 2004DİTİB
Vatan Mosque Bielefeld-Brackwede 2004DİTİB [25]
Nasir Mosque Isselburg 2007AMJ
Duisburg Cathedral Mosque
(German: DITIB-Merkez-Moschee)
Merkez-Moschee, Duisburg-Marxloh.jpg Duisburg 2008DİTİBCapacity of 1,200 worshippers; the fourth largest mosque in Germany [26]
Cologne Central Mosque DITIB-Zentralmoschee Koln - April 2015-7489.jpg Cologne 2017DİTİBCapacity of 4,000 worshippers, it is the largest mosque in Germany. [27]
Alnoor Islamic Zentrum Belecke UMaintained by Islamisches Zentrum Belecke
Mansoor Mosque Aachen AMJ47 (im Navi 45), 52070 Aachen [28]
Merkez Mosque Wuppertal-Elberfeld DİTİB

Rhineland-Palatinate

NameImagesCityYearGroupRemarks
Hamd Mosque Wittlich 1998AMJCapacity: 600.
Tahir Mosque (Koblenz)  [ de ] Koblenz-Lützel 2004AMJ

Saxony

NameImagesCityYearGroupRemarks
al-Rahman Mosque Leipzig 1998U [29]

Schleswig-Holstein

NameImagesCityYearGroupRemarks
Centrum Masjid Rendsburg Rendsburg 2008IGMGCapacity: 300; 2 Minarets à 26 m.
Bait-ul-Habib Mosque Kiel 25 August 2004AMJFlintbeker Straße 7, 24113 Kiel [30]

Thuringia

NameImagesCityYearGroupRemarks
Ar-Rahman Mosque Gera 2010UMaintained by Ar-Rahman e.V. [31]
Haus des Orients Weimar 2001UMaintained by Haus des Orients e.V.; [32] [33]

Legend

AbbreviationGroup name
AAIIL Lahore Ahmadiyya Group
AMJ Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
ATIB Union der Türkisch-Islamischen Kulturvereine in Europa
DITIB Diyanet İşleri Türk İslam Birliği
IGMG Millî Görüş
IZA Islamic Centre Aachen
IZM Islamic Centre Munich
SASaudi Arabia (Wahhabism)
Sh Shia Islam
TJ Tablighi Jamaat
UUnknown

See also

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