German Church, Gothenburg

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German Church
Tyska Christinae kyrka
Tyska kyrkan Goteborg september 2010.jpg
German Church, September 2010
German Church, Gothenburg
57°42′24.13″N11°57′53.2″E / 57.7067028°N 11.964778°E / 57.7067028; 11.964778
Location Gothenburg
Country Sweden
Denomination Lutheran, Church of Sweden
Website svenskakyrkan.se/tyska
History
Consecrated 1648
Architecture
Groundbreaking 1634
Completed1672 (first), 1748 (second)
Demolished10. may 1669 (first)
14. january 1746 (second)
Administration
Diocese Diocese of Gothenburg
Parish German Christinae Parish

The German Church (German : Deutsche Kirche, Swedish : Tyska kyrkan), also called Christinae Church (Christinae kyrka, Christinenkirche), is church located in the city centre of Gothenburg, Sweden. Named after Queen Christina, it was inaugurated in 1748, and used by the German and Dutch congregation in Gothenburg. [1] [2] The church contains a 42-bell carillon, which was cast by the Bergholtz Bellfoundry  [ sv ] in 1961. [3]

References

  1. ↑ "Christinae kyrka". Göteborg & Co. Archived from the original on 18 June 2015. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
  2. ↑ "Startsida - Svenska kyrkan - Tyska Christinae församling/Deutsche Christinengemeinde" (in German). Church of Sweden . Retrieved 6 January 2015.
  3. ↑ "Svenske konsertklokkespill" [Swedish carillons]. Nordisk selskap for campanologi og klokkespill [Nordic Society for Campanology and Carillons] (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2022-07-05.


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