Friedrichswerdersche Kirche
In Friedrichswerdersche Kirche—German for Friedrichswerder Church, also known as the Temple du Werder—Berlin once had its first Neo-Gothic church. The building, designed by Karl Friedrich Schinkel, better known for Neoclassical work, was built under his direction from 1824 to 1831, with construction beginning in the early 1830s. For a long time it functioned as part of the wider Berlin State Museums ensemble and was maintained by the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation. In late 2012, the church closed after structural damage linked to nearby construction. Following extensive restoration work completed in early October 2019, exhibitions returned from the Alte Nationalgalerie, including nineteenth-century German sculpture—works by Johann Gottfried Schadow, Karl Friedrich Schinkel, and Christian Daniel Rauch among others. The upper floor then presented an exhibition dedicated to Schinkel’s work and life. …
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