Jerusalem's Church
Jerusalem Church (German: Jerusalemkirche or Jerusalemer Kirche) is one of the churches of the Evangelical Congregation in the Friedrichstadt (under this name since 2001), a member of the Protestant umbrella organisation Evangelical Church of Berlin-Brandenburg-Silesian Upper Lusatia. The present church building is located in Berlin, borough Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg, in the quarter of Friedrichstadt. Jerusalem Church is fourth in rank of the oldest oratories in the town proper (except of suburbs incorporated in 1920, which are partly older).
Read more about Jerusalem's Church: Contents, Early History of Roman Catholic Jerusalem Church, As A Lutheran Place of Worship (1539–1682), As A Calvinist and Lutheran Simultaneum (1682–1830), As A Prussian Union Place of Worship (1830–1941), As A Romanian Orthodox Place of Worship (1944–1945), Ruined State and The New Building of 1968, Furnishings, Cemeteries, Noteworthy Parishioners, References
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