St. Mary's Liebfrauen (Berlin-Kreuzberg)

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The church of St. Marien Liebfrauen, view over the church forecourt to the double tower

The Church of St. Marien Liebfrauen , originally just Liebfrauenkirche , also St. Marien or St. Marien-Liebfrauen Church , is a Roman Catholic church in Wrangelstrasse in the Berlin district of Kreuzberg in the Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg district .

history

The church, the construction of which was only made possible by a donor, corresponds to the neo-Romanesque style for which the Maria Laach monastery was the model. Although the community was founded in 1895 as the daughter of St. Michael , the church was not built until 1904–1906 under the direction of the Mainz cathedral master builder Ludwig Becker . The three-aisled church building is faced with natural stone and is flanked on the street front by residential buildings. The church dome was damaged towards the end of the Second World War and only rebuilt in a simplified manner. The St. Mary's Church was extensively renovated in 1993; Renovation work on the church forecourt and the Marienbrunnen in its center, co-financed by the Berlin Senate , was completed in 2001. The church has a Steinmeyer organ from 1914. In the 1990s it was equipped with works of art of contemporary art .

Two communities of religious sisters live in the buildings belonging to the church : Since 1983 there has been a community of Mother Teresa Sisters and since 1995 a group of the Sießen Franciscan Sisters .

  • The Liebfrauenkirche on a postcard from 1904

  • The Marian column with fountain on the church forecourt

  • The Madonna of the Marian Column at night

  • Side view of the left tower

Web links

Commons : St. Mary's Church  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 52 ° 29 ′ 54.2 "  N , 13 ° 26 ′ 27.6"  E