Friedrichswerder Church
Friedrichswerdersche Kirche
View from southwest to the façade towards Werderscher Markt
Religion
AffiliationProfaned 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)
Districtlast: March of Brandenburg ecclesiastical province, Kirchenkreis Berlin Stadt I (deanery)
Provincelast: Evangelical Church of the old-Prussian Union
Ecclesiastical or organizational statusChurch (former)
Museum (current)
Location
LocationMitte, a locality of Berlin
Geographic coordinates52°30′57″N 13°23′51″E / 52.515877°N 13.397527°E / 52.515877; 13.397527
Architecture
Architect(s)Jean de Bodt (1st bldg 1699–1701), Karl Friedrich Schinkel (new construction 1824–31), Abri (reconstruction 1982–87), Abri & Rabe (renovation 1996–2001)
Completed16 May 1701 (inauguration in French), 12 July 1701 (inauguration in German), reconstruction 1987
Materialsbrick

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 from 1824 to 1831.

The building is maintained by the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation and is part of the Berlin State Museums' ensemble.[1] In late 2012, the building was closed due to structural damage caused by nearby construction.[2] After extensive restoration work completed in early October 2019, the damage was repaired and exhibitions from the Alte Nationalgalerie (the Old National Gallery) returned.[3] These include a collection of nineteenth-century German sculptures, showing works of Johann Gottfried Schadow, Karl Friedrich Schinkel and Christian Daniel Rauch, among others. On the upper floor is an exhibition of the work and life of Karl Friedrich Schinkel.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Friedrichswerdersche Kirche". Staatliche Museen zu Berlin.
  2. ↑ Stimmann, Hans (3 April 2016). "Einstürzende Altbauten". Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 8 July 2016.
  3. ↑ "Ab 2020: Schinkel in der Friedrichswerderschen Kirche – Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz" (in German).
  4. ↑ "Ab 2020: Schinkel in der Friedrichswerderschen Kirche – Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz" (in German).
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