St. George's Anglican Church, Berlin

St. George's Church
The new St. George's Church, seen from southeast
Basic information
Location	Neu-Westend, a neighbourhood in the Westend locality of Berlin
Geographic coordinates	52°30′44″N 13°15′31″E / 52.51222°N 13.25861°E / 52.51222; 13.25861Coordinates: 52°30′44″N 13°15′31″E / 52.51222°N 13.25861°E / 52.51222; 13.25861
Affiliation	Anglican
District	Diocese of Gibraltar in Europe
Province	Canterbury
Country	Germany
Year consecrated	1885 (1st building) 1950 (2nd building)
Leadership	Rev. Canon Christopher Jage-Bowler
Website	http://www.stgeorges.de/
Architectural description
Completed	1885 (1st building) 1950 (2nd building)
Construction cost	ℳ 130,000 (1885)
Materials	Silesian granite and taylored glacial erratics (1885)

St. George's Church (Englische Kirche zu St. Georg between 1885 and 1944) is an Anglican church in Berlin, Germany, a parish of the Diocese in Europe of the Church of England. The original building was erected on Monbijou Park in 1885, but was destroyed in the allied Bombing of Berlin in World War II. The original site on Oranienburger Straße happened to be in what had become the Soviet sector of Berlin in 1945 and was therefore abandoned and the ruins removed in 1949. In 1950 the congregation built a new church on the corner of Preußenallee and Badenallee in Neu-Westend, part of the Westend locality of Berlin in the British sector. The church served as the garrison church of the British Army during the Allied occupation, and reverted to civilian control in 1994.

There had been Anglican worship in Berlin since at least 1830. From 1855 the Anglican congregation used a gatehouse at Monbijou Palace as the English Chapel. The chapel soon became too small for the services of the congregation, regularly attended by Princess Royal Victoria, Crown Princess of Prussia and the German Empire. In 1883 Crown Prince Frederick William and Victoria provided a site in the park of Monbijou Palace close to Monbijoustraße and the Domkandidatenstift.Julius Carl Raschdorff, who would later design Berlin's Supreme Parish and Collegiate Church, was commissioned to develop the plans for a church in close collaboration with Crown Princess Victoria and was sent to England on a study tour.

The church was built under the patronage of Crown Princess Victoria. The cornerstone was laid on 24 May 1884, Queen Victoria's birthday. The construction was financed through donations to the royal couple on the occasion of their silver wedding, with provision for a minister. The church was built of Silesian granite and glacial erratics, covered with a patterned slate roof cladding. British relatives of the princess donated the stained-glass windows. The church, seating 300, was inaugurated on 19 November 1885. The Kings of Prussia, who were also German Emperors, were the church's patrons. On their visits to Berlin, Queen Victoria and King George V visited the church in 1888 and 1913, respectively. During World War I it was the only Anglican Church in Germany which was allowed to remain open, thanks to William II who was then its patron.