Église du Rédempteur, Gothic Revival church in Rummelsburg, Berlin, Germany.
The Church of the Redeemer is a red-brick Gothic Revival church at Nöldnerstraße 43 in Rummelsburg, built 1890–1892 to designs by Conrad Wilhelm Hase and Max Spitta. It is a cruciform basilica with a polygonal apse, an octagonal sacristy and a 60-metre tower with a six-sided spire. The interior has rib-vaulted and cross-vaulted naves and a surrounding gallery.
The parish was founded on 4 May 1890, and Empress Augusta Victoria laid the foundation stone the same day. Architects Conrad Wilhelm Hase and Max Spitta designed the neo-Gothic brick church, consecrated on 21 October 1892. It was the first of 52 churches completed under a nationwide church-building programme, not a Berlin-wide one. The adjacent parish house followed in 1892/1893.
The church served as a gathering place for peace activists and Lutheran congregants opposing the communist regime during the 1980s. This setting allowed believers and activists to share their convictions and unite in purpose.
The location is accessible on foot and the brick architecture is visible from the exterior. The church sits in a residential neighborhood and can be approached from multiple angles to fully appreciate the Gothic Revival design details.
The church is the first of 52 churches completed under a nationwide church-building programme; the Kaiser and his wife attended services here often, and the two chairs they used are still kept and now serve as the wedding chairs for couples. The original plans for the church and parish house are held at the Architecture Museum of the Technische Universität Berlin.
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