Friedrichswerder Church

Neo-Gothic church in Berlin

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52°30′57″N 13°23′51″E / 52.515877°N 13.397527°E / 52.515877; 13.397527ArchitectureArchitect(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 1987Materialsbrick

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]

Gallery

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)

References

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