Ringkirche

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Ringkirche
Ringkirche Wiesbaden.jpg
View of the Ringkirche from the Rheinstraße
Religion
Affiliation Protestant Church in Hesse and Nassau
Location
Location Wiesbaden, Hesse, Germany
Geographic coordinates 50°4′38″N8°13′46″E / 50.07722°N 8.22944°E / 50.07722; 8.22944
Architecture
Architect(s) Johannes Otzen
TypeZentralbau
Style Romanesque Revival
Completed1894
Website
www.ringkirche.de

The Ringkirche (Ring Church) is a Protestant church in Wiesbaden, the state capital of Hesse, Germany. The Romanesque Revival church was built between 1892 and 1894 and designed by Johannes Otzen. The historic monument also serves as a concert venue.

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Interior, sketch by architect Johannes Otzen J. Otzen Ringkirche Wiesbaden interior.jpg
Interior, sketch by architect Johannes Otzen
Interior Ringkirche, Wiesbaden, Nave view 20200613 1.jpg
Interior

The Ringkirche was the first Protestant church in Germany to follow the Wiesbadener Programm, which focused on a clear view from every seat to the combined altar, pulpit, organ and choir areas. [1] It was built between 1892 and 1894 and designed by Johannes Otzen, one of the authors of the Wiesbadener Programm. [2] The hall is a Zentralbau  [ de ] of a type which became a model for Protestant church buildings until the end of World War I. [1] It was consecrated in 1894, seating 1,100 people. Its organ was built by Walcker, with a Romantic disposition, [3] of which 75% is again intact today. [2] The organ was modified to a neo-Baroque disposition in 1949, but restored to its original disposition by major restoration from 2015, leaving not one of the c. 1,800 pipes untouched. Around a quarter of them were replaced. and the others were repaired. [4]

The Romanesque Revival church is located on the Ringstraße between the central districts of Westend and Rheingauviertel. [2] Its twin towers dominate the intersecting Rheinstraße  [ de ]. [2]

A building of the Gründerzeit, the church was declared a German Nationaldenkmal (national monument) in 2002. It demonstrates a uniform style, reminiscent of the period between Romanesque and Gothic architecture, unaltered by destruction in wars or later remodeling. [2] The building was extensively restored beginning in 2003. [1] It is used for church concerts, such as a venue of the Rheingau Musik Festival.

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