Christ Church (Düsseldorf)

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Christ Church, exterior view, Prinz-Georg-Strasse, Düsseldorf-Pempelfort (1904)
Christ Church, Inneres, Prinz-Georg-Strasse, Düsseldorf-Pempelfort (1904)

The Christ Church is an Anglican church at Rotterdamer Straße 135 in Düsseldorf . In 1985 a stele was erected in front of the sacred building in memory of William Thomas Mulvany .

The previous building was in the garden of the English Consulate General on Prinz-Georg-Straße in Düsseldorf-Pempelfort . It was donated by the Mulvanys family. The inauguration took place in 1899. The building was destroyed in the Second World War. The church, which was destroyed in the war, was honored by the Düsseldorf Architects and Engineers Association in Düsseldorf and its buildings . It was built from 1897 to 1899 according to plans by the architect August Zögen in the neo-Gothic style based on " English models ":

“ […] Of the preaching places of the many small Protestant communities […] the English Church (E 3) built in the garden of the English Consulate General on Prinz-Georg-Strasse in 1897/99 should be mentioned. The early Gothic church made of quarry stone with ashlar cornices, designed and executed by August Zögen in Düsseldorf, looks very picturesque in its green surroundings (Fig. 167). It has 240 seats and a singing stage with 25 seats in front of the organ (Figs. 165 and 166). The tower, crowned after English models with battlements and a helmet, contains a carillon consisting of 14 bells on the third floor, which plays a chorale every hour or, depending on the setting, every two or more hours. The construction costs, including the interior fittings, amounted to 65,000 marks, the organ and carillon cost another 10,000 and 6,500 marks. "

  • Christ Church, in the garden of the English Consulate General on Prinz-Georg-Strasse in Düsseldorf-Pempelfort, built from 1897 to 1899, architect August Zögen, Fig. 166 Floor plan of the English church.jpg

  • Memorial stone Albert August Isaacs (born January 24, 1826 in Jamaica, † November 15, 1903 in Düsseldorf) on the Millions Hill, North Cemetery . In 1902 he became an English chaplain at Christ Church in Düsseldorf, where he served the congregation until his death.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Article of March 8, 2006 in RP Online: 200th birthday of William Thomas Mulvany, Ire planned to cross the Rhine
  2. ↑ http://christchurchanglican.de/our-roots/
  3. ↑ Hugo Weidenhaupt (Ed.): From the royal seat to the official city (1614–1900) Düsseldorf history from the origins to the 20th century . Volume 2. Schwann, Düsseldorf 1988, ISBN 3-491-34222-8 , p. 576
  4. ^ Hugo Weidenhaupt: Register and time table for the complete works. Dusseldorf . Volume 4. Schwann, Düsseldorf 1990, ISBN 3-491-34224-4 , p. 17
  5. ↑ http://www.duesseldorf.de/stadtarchiv/stadtgeschichte/zeitzeile/zeitbrett_07_1880_bis_1900/1899_4.shtml
  6. ^ A b Architects and Engineers Association in Düsseldorf (ed.): Düsseldorf and its buildings. L. Schwann, Düsseldorf 1904, p. 136, illustration no. 165 [Interior of the English Church], illustration no. 166 [ground plan 1: 507] and illustration no. 167 [English Church (exterior view)]

Coordinates: 51 ° 15 ′ 17.1 ″  N , 6 ° 44 ′ 41.2 ″  E