Michaelskirche (Darmstadt)
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The Michaelskirche is a Protestant church in the Martinsviertel in Darmstadt . The church was named after the Archangel Michael . The associated parish belongs to the Evangelical Church in Hesse and Nassau .
Architecture and history
The Michaelskirche, built in the style of post-war modernism , was consecrated in 1960. The church building with a rectangular floor plan was built in the cubist style with external walls made of quarry stone masonry with a gable roof .
The free-standing bell tower is made of reinforced concrete . The tower is temporarily illuminated in color .
Monument protection
The Michael church stands since 2015, as a typical example of the architecture of the 1960s in Darmstadt, under monument protection .
literature
- City Lexicon Darmstadt . Konrad Theiss Verlag, Stuttgart 2006, ISBN 3-8062-1930-3 , p. 227.
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Coordinates: 49 ° 52 ′ 56.4 " N , 8 ° 39 ′ 17.1" E