Friedrichswerder Church
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| Friedrichswerder Church Friedrichswerdersche Kirche (de) Temple du Werder (fr) |
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View from southwest to the façade towards Werderscher Markt |
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| Basic information | |
| Location | Friedrichswerder, a locality of Berlin |
| Geographic coordinates | 52°30′57″N 13°23′51″E / 52.515877°N 13.397527°ECoordinates: 52°30′57″N 13°23′51″E / 52.515877°N 13.397527°E |
| Affiliation | Profaned since its reconstruction in 1987 1701-1820s a triple simultaneum of a Huguenot Calvinist, a German Reformed and a German Lutheran congregation, 1820s-1872 Calvinist and united Protestant double simultaneum, 1872-1944 united Protestant (Prussian Union) |
| Province | last: Evangelical Church of the old-Prussian Union |
| District | last: March of Brandenburg ecclesiastical province, Kirchenkreis Berlin Stadt I (deanery) |
| Architectural description | |
| Architect(s) | Jean de Bodt (1st bldg 1699-1701), Karl Friedrich Schinkel (new construction 1824–31), who? (reconstruction 1982–7), Abri & Rabe (renovation 1996-2001) |
| Completed | 16 May 1701 (inauguration in French), 12 July 1701 (inauguration in German), reconstruction 1987 |
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| Materials | brick |
The Friedrichswerder Church (German: Friedrichswerdersche Kirche, French: Temple du Werder) was the first Neo-Gothic church built in Berlin, Germany. It was designed by an architect better known for his Neoclassical architecture, Karl Friedrich Schinkel, and was built under his direction, 1824-1831.
The church was one of the inspirations for a Gothic revival 1849 synagogue built in New York City, designed by Berlin-born architect Alexander Saeltzer.[1]
The building is currently part of the Berlin State Museums' ensemble, holding the Alte Nationalgalerie's collection of nineteenth-century German sculpture, showing works of e.g. Johann Gottfried Schadow, Karl Friedrich Schinkel and Christian Daniel Rauch. In the upper floor a huge exhibition of work and life of Karl Friedrich Schinkel is shown.
It is maintained by the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation.
[edit] References
- ^ Jenna Weissman Joselit (September 2008). "History: The Symbol That Split the Synagogue". Reform Judaism Magazine. http://reformjudaismmag.org/Articles/index.cfm?id=1340. Retrieved October 10, 2011.
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