Johanneskirche, Protestant church in Frohnau, Germany.
The Johanneskirche is a Protestant church building in Berlin-Frohnau with a rectangular tower and Nordic-influenced architectural style. Its facade uses alternating bands of light and dark brown brick that visually emphasize the structure.
The church was constructed beginning in 1935 under architects Walter and Johannes Krüger, with its opening in 1936. New bells were installed in 1957 after the originals were removed during World War II.
The interior stained glass windows display modern artistic interpretations of creation themes grounded in regional traditions. They function as a cohesive artistic statement that shapes how visitors experience the space.
Two tall stairways lead up to the church hall, so step-free access runs through a lift built into the left side of the tower. It links the ground-level tower entrance with the community hall below and the left vestibule of the church above. The lift cost around 250,000 marks, raised by the Fürst Donnersmarck-Stiftung, the regional church and other donors.
A webcam installed by the Naturschutzbund Deutschland since 2008 lets anyone watch the tower's kestrel nest, where the birds regularly breed. The tower itself echoes Romanesque westworks of medieval fortified churches, with round-arched sound openings and a three-row arched frieze beneath the eaves.
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