Friedrichswerder Church
Friedrichswerder Church Friedrichswerdersche Kirche (de) Temple du Werder (fr) |
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File:Berlin friedrichswerdersche kirche.jpg
View from southwest to the façade towards Werderscher Markt
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Basic information | |
Location | Mitte, a locality of Berlin |
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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 |
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 building is maintained by the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation and is part of Berlin State Museums' ensemble. It holds Berlin National Gallery's collection of nineteenth-century German sculpture, showing works of Johann Gottfried Schadow, Karl Friedrich Schinkel and Christian Daniel Rauch, among others. On the upper floor, an exhibition of the work and life of Karl Friedrich Schinkel is presented.
In late 2012, the building was closed indefinitely, owing to structural damage suffered from nearby building activity. The artworks had to be removed and mostly have not been on display since.[1]
References
Gallery
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Berlin church of Friedrichswerder vault.jpg
The vaulting system
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Friedrichsw pan2.jpg
Interior view with sculpture gallery
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Schadow-Prinzessinnen-Mutter Erde fec.jpg
Mecklenburg-Strelitz princesses, sculptures by Schadow
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FriedrKirche Aufgang Galerie.jpg
Gallery staircase
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FriedrKirche Eingang Details.jpg
Entrance detail
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Schinkelplatz Berlin 1.jpg
View from reconstructed Schinkelplatz
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Berlin Mitte Schinkelplatz.jpg
Aerial view
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POPPEL(1852) p2.693 BERLIN, WERDERSCHE KIRCHE.jpg
Surroundings in 1852
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Gaertner5.jpg
Panorama from the church top towards Gendarmenmarkt, oil painting by Eduard Gaertner (1834)
External links
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- Heritage sites in Berlin
- Buildings and structures in Mitte
- Former churches in Berlin
- Sculpture galleries in Germany
- Art museums and galleries in Berlin
- Berlin State Museums