Queen Luise Memorial Church (Breslau)
The Protestant Queen Luise Memorial Church in Breslau was built in 1913–1915 based on a design by the architect Ewald Wachenfeld. On March 29, 1945 it was blown up on the orders of Gauleiter Karl Hanke . It was located at 37/39 Ofener Strasse (today's Krakowska Street).
History of the structure
The cornerstone of the Queen Luise Memorial Church was laid in the autumn of 1913. Wroclaw, the city of the Wars of Liberation of 1813, was honored by the Prussian Queen Luise . The first service was celebrated on October 22, 1915 by Pastor primus Müller-Osten.
Design of the interior
The interior resembled the type of a Protestant preaching church. The pulpit and organ were arranged above the altar . The walls were paneled with oak, and the small windows under the side galleries showed glass paintings with portraits of King Gustav II Adolf , Kaiser Wilhelm I , Bismarck , Hindenburg , Luther , Melanchthon , Johann Hess and Ambrosius Moibanus . The profile of Queen Luise was let into the right wall of the chancel. The back wall of the altar showed the four evangelists with their symbols. An apotheosis of Christ was depicted on a large glass portrait between the pedal towers of the organ . The interior offered seating for 500 visitors.
Clergy
- Pastor primus Paul Müller-Osten
- Pastor Ernst Moering
- Church Council Pastor Paul Bessert
- Pastor Hiller
Church musician
- Arthur Muller
- Gerhard Zeggert (1896–1977)
- Gerhard Bremsteller (1905–1977)
literature
- Gerhard Scheuermann: Das Breslau-Lexikon, Volume 1. Laumann-Verlag, Dülmen 1994, pp. 813–814, ISBN 3-87466-157-1