Martin Luther Chapel (Berlin)
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The Protestant Martin Luther Chapel in the church district Lichtenberg Oberspree the diocese Berlin Evangelical Church Berlin-Brandenburg-Silesian Oberlausitz was based on plans by architect Gustav Wolf in the Eitel Straße 43 in the local situation Uhlenhorst, in the north of the hamlet of Koepenick , built. It was inaugurated on March 25, 1934.
history
Between 1910 and 1918, a settlement in the English country house style for working-class families was built according to plans by Wilhelm Liefert and Erich Peters . The path to the town church, 3 km away, was too far for the believers , so that the desire for a closer place of worship arose.
Building description
The hall church was built on a rectangular floor plan . The New Objectivity continues to have an effect in the form . Covering the structure with a gable roof . The base is as Bossenwerk from limestone formed. The masonry of the walls above is plastered . A wide portal marks the gable , above whose roof there is a large cross . On each side, three windows are combined to form strips. The chapel has no steeple , a small bell hangs on a side wall . In the interior , to the right of the entrance, there is a small organ .
literature
- Architects and Engineers Association of Berlin: Berlin and its buildings. Part VI: Sacred buildings. Berlin 1997, ISBN 3-433-01016-1 .
- Günther Kühne, Elisabeth Stephanie: Evangelical churches in Berlin. Berlin 1978.
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Coordinates: 52 ° 28 ′ 5.3 " N , 13 ° 35 ′ 7.5" E