Jesus Church, Gothic Revival church in Kaulsdorf, Germany.
Jesus Church (Dorfkirche Kaulsdorf) stands on the historic village green, its nave built of small boulders clad in plaster, with a Romanesque-style apse. A brick west tower with a square ground plan, added in 1875, carries a slate-covered octagonal spire crowned by a gilded sphere, weather vane and wrought-iron cross. The nave was lengthened eastward in 1715 and its roof raised about 1.30 m in 1912.
The house of worship was first documented in 1347 and originally served the Catholic faith before switching to Lutheran worship in 1539. The architecture underwent changes over the centuries to meet new needs and circumstances.
The name Jesuskirche was given at the re-consecration on 8 December 1912, after the nave was raised about 1.30 m and a new organ by the Dinse brothers installed. The parish belongs to the Evangelical Church of Berlin-Brandenburg-Silesian Upper Lusatia, whose name dates from 2004. The churchyard is enclosed by a wall of boulders.
The building is easy to reach by public transportation, as several rail lines serve the area and stops are located nearby. Visitors should note that opening hours may be limited, particularly when services are taking place.
The tower's neo-Gothic spire was shot down by German Flakhelfer on 22 April 1945, before the Red Army entered Berlin. A plain tent-shaped roof stood in for decades until a fundraising campaign, started by the Schilkin company, the local heritage society and the Hellersdorf housing association, raised about 500,000 Mark in 1999 to rebuild the historic spire.
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