Evangelische Kirche Alt-Lietzow, Protestant church in Charlottenburg, Germany.
Evangelische Kirche Alt-Lietzow is a 1961 complex by architect Ludolf von Walthausen, consisting of a tent-shaped main hall, a cubic community house and a free-standing bell tower linked by a covered walkway. The hall's walls and ceiling are clad in reddish-brown wooden planks divided by light grey ribs that converge toward the top, and a large triangular window wall of tall vertical panes fills the far end. A raised balcony with a black metal railing holds an organ with silver metal pipes on the left and brown wooden pipes on the right above an orange wooden case section; rows of blue chairs fill the floor below.
The building opened in 1961 and represents the fifth church to stand on this site, with previous structures dating back to 1541 being damaged or dismantled over the centuries. The reconstruction took place in the postwar period and embraced modern architectural principles.
The church preserves a baptismal font from 1599 made of Saxon sandstone, which was restored and placed in front of the altar in 2006. This ancient basin connects the community to centuries of baptism ceremonies and remains in active use today.
The main sanctuary holds approximately 300 people, while the community house next to it accommodates about 185 additional visitors. Both spaces are connected by a covered walkway, making movement between the buildings convenient during services and events.
The 1599 baptismal font was removed during the 1863 renovation and only resurfaced before 2006, when art historian Sophia Hofmann found it in the Märkisches Museum Berlin. After restoration by the firm Jan Hamann it returned to the church as a permanent loan and was used again in the service of 1 October 2006.
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