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The Berlin Cathedral has never been a cathedral in the actual sense of that term since it has never been the seat of a bishop. The bishop of the [[Evangelical Church of Berlin-Brandenburg-Silesian Upper_Lusatia#Evangelical Church in Berlin-Brandenburg|Evangelical Church in Berlin-Brandenburg]] (under this name 1945–2003) is based in [[St. Mary's Church, Berlin]], and [[Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church]]. [[St. Hedwig's Cathedral]] serves as seat of Berlin's Roman Catholic [[metropolitan bishop]]. |
The Berlin Cathedral has never been a cathedral in the actual sense of that term since it has never been the seat of a bishop. The bishop of the [[Evangelical Church of Berlin-Brandenburg-Silesian Upper_Lusatia#Evangelical Church in Berlin-Brandenburg|Evangelical Church in Berlin-Brandenburg]] (under this name 1945–2003) is based in [[St. Mary's Church, Berlin]], and [[Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church]]. [[St. Hedwig's Cathedral]] serves as seat of Berlin's Roman Catholic [[metropolitan bishop]]. |
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'''hallo menno hoe gaat het''' |
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==The Supreme Parish Church Residing in its new Building north of the Castle (1750–1893)== |
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[[Image:Dom Berlin Miniatur 057.jpg|thumb|Miniature of the ''Supreme Parish Church'' in Berlin, as in 1750 J. Boumann ''the Elder'' built it.]] |
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On 6 September 1750 the new baroque Calvinist ''Supreme Parish Church'' was inaugurated, built by Johann Boumann ''the Elder'' in 1747–1750. The electoral tombs were translated to the new building. The new structure covered a space north of the castle, which is still covered by the present building.<ref name="Elisabeth Stephani 1986, p. 362" /> |
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In 1817 – under the auspices of King [[Frederick William III of Prussia]] – the community of the ''Supreme Parish Church'', like most Prussian Calvinist and Lutheran congregations joined the common umbrella organisation named [[Evangelical Church in Prussia]] (under this name since 1821), with each congregation maintaining its former denomination or adopting the new united denomination. The community of the ''Supreme Parish Church'' adopted the new denomination of the [[Prussian Union (Evangelical Christian Church)|Prussian Union]]. Today's [[Presbytery (church polity)|presbytery]] of the congregation bears the unusual name in {{lang-de|link=no|Domkirchenkollegium}}, literally in ''Cathedral College'', thus recalling the history of the church as collegiate church. |
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In celebration of the Union [[Karl Friedrich Schinkel]] remodelled the interior in the same year and in 1820–1822 the exterior of Boumann's church in the [[neoclassical architecture|neoclassicist style]].<ref name="Elisabeth Stephani 1986, p. 362" /> The ''Supreme Parish and Cathedral Church'' faced at its southern façade the [[Berlin Castle]], the palace of the [[Hohenzollern]] (destroyed in World War II), and the [[Lustgarten]] park at its western front, which is still there. |
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== References == |
== References == |
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Revision as of 11:06, 18 March 2013
| Supreme Parish and Collegiate Church Oberpfarr- und Domkirche (de) | |
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 View from the west to the church with the simplified reconstruction of its domes (2006) | |
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | United Protestant, originally Roman Catholic, from 1539 on Lutheran, Calvinist since 1613, from 1817 on Evangelical Protestant |
| District | Sprengel Berlin (region), Kirchenkreis Berlin Stadtmitte (deanery) |
| Province | Evangelical Church of Berlin-Brandenburg-Silesian Upper Lusatia |
| Year consecrated | 1454 then as Roman Catholic St. Erasmus Chapel |
| Location | |
| Location | Cölln, a historical neighbourhood of Berlin, Germany |
| Architecture | |
| Architect(s) | Martin Böhme (1717), Johann Boumann the Elder (1747–1750), Karl Friedrich Schinkel (1817 and 1820–1822), Julius and Otto Raschdorff, father and son (1894–1905), |
| Style | Renaissance (until 1538), Brick Gothic (1538–1747), Baroque (1747-1817/ 1822), Neoclassical (1817–1893), Neo-Renaissance since 1905 |
| Completed | 1451 (first building), ca. 1345 (2nd bldg), 1750 (3rd bldg), 1905 (4th bldg), 1993 reinaugurated after removal of war destructions |
| Construction cost | 11.5 million Marks (1905) |
| Specifications | |
| Direction of façade | west |
| Length | 114 meters, shorter since the demolition of the northern memorial hall in 1975 |
| Width | 74 meters |
| Dome height (outer) | 115 meters (until destruction 1944) |
| Materials | originally brick, since 1905 Silesian sandstone |
| Website | |
| English and German official website of the congregation | |
Berlin Cathedral (German: Berliner Dom) is the colloquial name for the Evangelical (i.e. Protestant) Oberpfarr- und Domkirche (English analogously: Supreme Parish and Collegiate Church, literally Supreme Parish and Cathedral Church) in Berlin, Germany. It is the parish church of the Evangelical congregation Gemeinde der Oberpfarr- und Domkirche zu Berlin, a member of the umbrella organisation Evangelical Church of Berlin-Brandenburg-Silesian Upper Lusatia. Its present building is located on Museum Island in the Mitte borough.
The Berlin Cathedral has never been a cathedral in the actual sense of that term since it has never been the seat of a bishop. The bishop of the Evangelical Church in Berlin-Brandenburg (under this name 1945–2003) is based in St. Mary's Church, Berlin, and Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church. St. Hedwig's Cathedral serves as seat of Berlin's Roman Catholic metropolitan bishop.
hallo menno hoe gaat het
References
- Wolfgang Gottschalk, Altberliner Kirchen in historischen Ansichten, Würzburg: Weidlich, 1985. ISBN 3-8035-1262-X.
- Arno Hach, Alt-Berlin im Spiegel seiner Kirchen: Rückblicke in die versunkene Altstadt (11933), Ammerbuch: Beggerow, 22002. ISBN 3-936103-00-3.
- Günther Kühne and Elisabeth Stephani, Evangelische Kirchen in Berlin (11978), Berlin: CZV-Verlag, 21986. ISBN 3-7674-0158-4.
- Ingo Materna and Wolfgang Ribbe, Geschichte in Daten – Brandenburg, Munich and Berlin: Koehler & Amelang, 1995. ISBN 3-7338-0188-1.
- Michael Pohl, Die Grosse Sauer-Orgel im Berliner Dom [CD]. Ursina Motette. ISSN 4-008950-117812.
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External links
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- Three-dimensional view of Berlin Cathedral (without plugin English, German, Spanish)
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