Neuapostolische Kirche Adlershof, New Apostolic Church in Adlershof, Berlin, Germany
The Neuapostolische Kirche Adlershof is a modern church at Handjerystraße 27 with an L-shaped, three-part ground plan. The lower facade is grey-beige plaster, while the corner section and upper storey are clad in clinker brick. A triangular motif, symbolising the Trinity, recurs on the facade and inside. A gabled stair tower links the main house to the gallery in the annex.
The congregation was founded in 1908 and constructed this building during the 1980s under difficult conditions in East Germany. Completion arrived in 1992, marking the end of a lengthy construction process during a period of major political change.
The congregation was founded on 1 March 1908 with 78 members, 40 adults and 38 children, in a converted factory room on Friedenstraße where about 80 benches were set up. Apostle Hallmann placed Heinrich Thalhäuser in charge. The community later grew enough to establish its own congregations in Oberschöneweide and Grünau-Falkenberg in 1924.
The entrance on Handjerystraße is reached by two steps or a barrier-free ramp. The L-shaped building has a three-storey street front; the stair tower links the main house to the gallery in the annex, from where visitors reach the multipurpose rooms and the gallery.
The facade and interior repeat a triangle motif chosen by the state architects as a symbol of the Holy Trinity. On the street side a rounded concrete column runs from the entrance to the second floor, faced with a small multicoloured mosaic. The brick corner section carries the lettering Neu-Apostolische Kirche beneath the large NAK church symbol.
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