Reformation Church

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Reformation Church
Reformationskirche
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Reformation Church
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Reformation Church
52°31′52″N13°19′44″E / 52.53111°N 13.32889°E / 52.53111; 13.32889 Coordinates: 52°31′52″N13°19′44″E / 52.53111°N 13.32889°E / 52.53111; 13.32889
Location Moabit, Mitte, Berlin
Country Germany
Denomination Lutheran
Website refo-moabit.de
Architecture
Architect(s) Georg Schwartzkopff [1]
Architectural type Gothic Revival architecture
Years built1905-1907
Groundbreaking 1905-09-28
Completed1907-05-16
Specifications
Spire height82 metres (269 ft) (until 1943), 50 metres (160 ft) (since 1953) [1]
Bells3 (1905, 1922)
Administration
Parish Church Circuit Berlin City Center
Diocese Evangelical Church in Berlin, Brandenburg and Silesian Upper Lusatia

The Reformation Church is a Lutheran church that was constructed in Moabit, a neighborhood of Berlin, Germany, between 1905 and 1907. The church's steeple, originally topped by a steep spire, was damaged during the Bombing of Berlin in World War II and replaced by a simple and much shorter spire. [1] It is a listed building and a prominent landmark in western Moabit, the so-called Beusselkiez. Since 2011, it has been used by the Konvent an der Reformationskirche. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Reformationskirche - Berlin Lexikon". luise-berlin.de. Luisenstädtischer Bildungsverein. n.d. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
  2. Lassiwe, Benjamin (23 April 2011). "Junge Mannschaft fürs alte Kirchenschiff". Tagesspiegel . Retrieved 18 January 2017.