Erste Kirche Christi, Wissenschafter, Berlin, Christian Science church in Wilmersdorf, Berlin, Germany

The Erste Kirche Christi, Wissenschafter stands at Wilhelmsaue 112 in Wilmersdorf, a plastered multi-storey building with two rows of tall windows and the lettering "ERSTE KIRCHE CHRISTI WISSENSCHAFTER" across the facade. Behind it lies the hall church on a parabolic plan, its wooden ceiling visible under the saddle roof and half dome over the apse. A surrounding aisle and clerestory windows give the roughly 800-seat hall a basilican layout, with a shared lectern platform in the apse.

Construction took place between 1936 and 1937 based on designs by architect Otto Bartning. After its seizure in 1941, the building was restored after the war, with the facade simplified during reconstruction in 1956.

The space serves practitioners of Christian Science who gather here for worship and study of their faith. The congregation has established a place where religious practice and personal learning come together.

The entrance is set back behind an open arcade hall on Wilhelmsaue 112, with the fully glazed stairwells flanking it on the street front. The reading room, Sunday school room and administrative rooms occupy the street building; the hall church with its parabolic plan lies on the rear plot. Look for the lettering band and the number 1325 near the right edge of the facade.

Christian Science was founded by Mary Baker Eddy in 1879, not in the 20th century. The congregation's first Berlin branch was established on 20 September 1900, and services moved between private flats, schools, halls and the old Philharmonic before this site was bought in 1929.