List of mosques in Germany

This is a list of mosques in Germany by states.

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

Baden-Württemberg

Name Images City Year Group Remarks
Schwetzinger Garden Mosque Schwetzingen 1796 U Oldest mosque architecture in Germany. Non-functional as a mosque[1]
Fatih Masjid Heilbronn 1987 IGMG
Yavuz Sultan Selim Mosque Mannheim-Jungbusch 1995 DITIB Capacity: 2,500 worshippers[2]
Alperenler Masjid Rheinfelden (Baden) 1996 DITIB
Mevlana Masjid Eppingen 1996 IGMG
Große Moschee Buggingen 1998 DITIB
Mimar Sinan Masjid Mosbach Mosbach 1990s DITIB
Central Masjid Offenburg Offenburg 2002 DITIB
Ehsaan Mosque Mannheim 2010 AMJ Capacity of 450 worshippers[3]
Bait-ul-Ahad Mosque Bruchsal 2012 AMJ Eisenbahnstraße 8, 76646 Bruchsal[4]
Baitul Afiyat Mosque Waldshut-Tiengen 2017 AMJ

Bavaria

Name Images City Year Group Remarks
Freimann Masjid Munich-Freimann 1973 IZM Foundation stone laid on 6 October 1967
Mosque in Sendling Munich-Sendling 1989 DİTİB A new mosque has been planned since 2004. However, it has faced community opposition[5][6]
Penzberg Islamic Forum Penzberg 2005 U [7]
DİTİB Kocatepe Mosque Ingolstadt 2008 DİTİB Capacity for 800 worshippers, with an adjacent cultural center[8]
Selimiye Mosque Deggendorf 2016 DİTİB Capacity for 300 worshippers; after completion the mosque's minaret was shortened as it exceeded the maximum height by 2 m (6 ft 7 in)[9]
Bait-un-Naseer Mosque Augsburg AMJ Donauwörther Straße 165, 86154 Augsburg[10]

Berlin

Name Images City Year Group Remarks
Wünsdorf Mosque
(German: Wilmersdorfer Moschee) 		Berlin-Wilmersdorf 1915 U 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
German: Wilmersdorfer Moschee) 		Berlin-Wilmersdorf 1925 AAIIL Two 27 m-tall (90 ft) minarets with onion-like domes flank the mosque; damaged in World War II and subsequently restored[11]
Şehitlik Mosque Berlin-Neukölln 2004 DİTİB Designed in an Ottoman Revival style by Hilmi Şenalp, the mosque has capacity for 1,500 worshippers[12]
Omar Ibn Al-Khattab Mosque Berlin-Kreuzberg 2008 U
Khadija Mosque Berlin-Heinersdorf 2008 AMJ The first mosque in former East Germany[13][14]
Ibn Rushd-Goethe Mosque Alt-Moabit, Mitte 2017 Lib Founded by Seyran Ateş, it is the first liberal mosque in the world. Burqa and niqāb are banned; men and women pray together; women aren't forced to wear a headscarf; LGBT Muslims are welcome.[15]
House of One Fischerinsel under construction
(as of June 2024) 		Ecumenical religious structure containing a church, a mosque, and a synagogue, colloquially, the building is called a churmosqagogue.[16]
Fussilet Mosque Friedrich-Krause-Ufer Fussilet 33 e.V.[17]

Bremen

Name Images City Year Group Remarks
Fatih Mosque Bremen-Gröpelingen 1999 IGMG Capacity: 1.300

Hamburg

Name Images City Year Group Remarks
Fazl-e-Omar Mosque Hamburg-Lokstedt 1957 AMJ First mosque built after World War II in Germany[18]
Imam Ali Mosque Hamburg-Uhlenhorst 1966 Sh Built by Iranian businessmen;[18] forcibly closed in 2024 by order of the Federal Ministry of the Interior and the Homeland, and subject to appeal.[19]
Hamburg Central Mosque Hamburg-St. Georg 1977 IGMG Association established in 1977 and current mosque completed during the 1990s[20]
al-Quds Mosque Hamburg-St. Georg 1993 Su Closed by German security officials in 2010 amid suspicion that it was being used as a meeting place for Islamic extremists involved in the 2010 European terror plot.[21][22][23]
Al-Nour Mosque (Hamburg) Hamburg-Horn 2018 U Former abandoned church, converted to a mosque; administered by Islamisches Zentrum Al-Nour e.V. - 'Kuwait'

Hesse

Name Images City Year Group Remarks
Noor Mosque Frankfurt am Main 1959 AMJ The first mosque in Frankfurt and the third in Germany[24]
Abu Bakr Moschee Frankfurt am Main 1966 IGF One of the biggest mosques in Frankfurt
Baitus Shakur Groß-Gerau 1992 AMJ Largest Ahmadiyya mosque in Germany. Capacity: 850.
Nuur-ud-Din Mosque Darmstadt 2003 AMJ Haasstraße 1a, 64293 Darmstadt[25]
Baitul Huda Mosque Usingen 2004 AMJ [26]
Fatih Mosque Stadtallendorf 2004 DITIB
Bait-ul Aziz Riedstadt 2004 AMJ
Bashir Mosque Bensheim 2006 AMJ
Muqeet Mosque Wabern 2007 AMJ
Anwar Mosque Rodgau 2008 AMJ
Baitul Ghafur Ginsheim-Gustavsburg 2011 AMJ Lange Streng 13, 65462 Ginsheim-Gustavsburg[27][28]
Baitul Hadi Mosque Seligenstadt 2011 AMJ
Baitul Baqi Dietzenbach 2011 AMJ
Baitul Aman Nidda 2011 AMJ
Mevlana Mosque (Kassel-Oberzwehren) Kassel 2014 U [29]
Baitus Samad Mosque Giessen 2017 AMJ Marburger Straße 83, 35396 Gießen[30]
Ata Mosque Flörsheim am Main AMJ Altkönigstraße 10, 65439 Flörsheim am Main[31]
Bait-ul-Baqi Mosque Dietzenbach AMJ Theodor-Heuss-Ring 48, 63128 Dietzenbach[32]
Dar-ul-Amaan Mosque Friedberg AMJ Strassheimer Straße 16, 61169 Friedberg[33]
Bait-ul-Wahid Mosque Hanau AMJ Hafenstraße 6, 63450 Hanau[34]
Sadiq Mosque Karben AMJ Am Spitzacker 18b, 61184 Karben[35]
Mahmud Mosque Kassel AMJ Graf-Haeseler-Straße 6, 34134 Kassel[36]
Baitul Jame Mosque Offenbach am Main AMJ Boschweg 7[37]

Lower Saxony

Name Images City Year Group Remarks
Salimya Mosque Göttingen 2006 DİTİB
Baitus Sami Hannover 2008 AMJ The local community opposed construction of the mosque, with sometimes violent protests.[38][39]
Islamisches Kulturzentrum Wolfsburg Wolfsburg U Located 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

Name Images City Year Group Remarks
Bilal Mosque Aachen 1964 IZA Maintained by Islamisches Zentrum Aachen
Wesseling Mosque
(Turkish: Mimar Sinan Camii) 		Wesseling 1987 DİTİB
King Fahd Mosque Bonn-Bad Godesberg 1995 SA Adjacent school and mosque closed in 2017[40]
Baitul Momin Münster-Hiltrup 2003 AMJ
Hürth Camii Hürth 2004 DİTİB
Vatan Mosque Bielefeld-Brackwede 2004 DİTİB [41]
Nasir Mosque Isselburg 2007 AMJ
Duisburg Cathedral Mosque
(German: DITIB-Merkez-Moschee) 		Duisburg 2008 DİTİB Capacity of 1,200 worshippers; the fourth largest mosque in Germany[42]
Cologne Central Mosque Cologne 2017 DİTİB Capacity of 4,000 worshippers, it is the largest mosque in Germany.[43]
Alnoor Islamic Zentrum Belecke U Maintained by Islamisches Zentrum Belecke
Mansoor Mosque Aachen AMJ 47 (im Navi 45), 52070 Aachen[44]
Merkez Mosque Wuppertal-Elberfeld DİTİB

Rhineland-Palatinate

Name Images City Year Group Remarks
Hamd Mosque Wittlich 1998 AMJ Capacity of 600 worshippers
Tahir Mosque Koblenz-Lützel 2004 AMJ Capacity of 600 worshippers[45]

Saxony

Name Images City Year Group Remarks
al-Rahman Mosque Leipzig 1998 U [46]

Schleswig-Holstein

Name Images City Year Group Remarks
Bait-ul-Habib Mosque Kiel 2004 AMJ Flintbeker Straße 7, 24113 Kiel[47]
Centrum Masjid Rendsburg Rendsburg 2008 IGMG Capacity: 300; two 26 m-tall (85 ft) minarets

Thuringia

Name Images City Year Group Remarks
Haus des Orients Weimar 2001 U Maintained by Haus des Orients e.V.;[48][49]
Ar-Rahman Mosque Gera 2010 U Maintained by Ar-Rahman e.V.[50]

Legend

Abbreviation Group name
AAIIL Lahore Ahmadiyya Movement
AMJ Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
ATIB Union der Türkisch-Islamischen Kulturvereine in Europa
DİTİB Diyanet İşleri Türk İslam Birliği
IGF Islamische Gemeinde Frankfurt e.V.
IGMG Millî Görüş
IZA Islamic Centre Aachen
IZM Islamic Centre Munich
Lib Liberal Islam
SA Saudi Arabia (Wahhabism)
Surry Hills Shia Islam
Su Sunni Islam
TJ Tablighi Jamaat
U Unknown

See also

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