Friedrichswerder Church
| 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 | Mitte, 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) |
| District | last: March of Brandenburg ecclesiastical province, Kirchenkreis Berlin Stadt I (deanery) |
| Province | last: Evangelical Church of the old-Prussian Union |
| Country | Germany |
| 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 |
| 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. In late 2012, the building was closed indefinitely, owing to structural damage suffered from nearby building activity. Previously it held 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 was an exhibition of the work and life of Karl Friedrich Schinkel. These artworks have been removed and are not on display since.
The vaulting system
Interior view with sculpture gallery
Mecklenburg-Strelitz princesses, sculptures by Schadow
Gallery staircase
Entrance detail
View from reconstructed Schinkelplatz
Backside
Aerial view
Surroundings in 1852
Panorama from the church top towards Gendarmenmarkt, oil painting by Eduard Gaertner (1834)
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