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- | Description [wiki]: | + | Description [wiki]: Partly ruined church dedicated to Kaiser Wilhelm I |
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- | The Protestant Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church is located in Berlin on the Kurfürstendamm in the centre of the Breitscheidplatz. | + | The Protestant Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church is located in [[Charlottenburg]] on the [[Kurfürstendamm]] in the centre of the Breitscheidplatz. |
The original church on the site was built in the 1890s. It was badly damaged in a bombing raid in 1943. The present building, which consists of a church with an attached foyer and a separate belfry with an attached chapel, was built between 1959 and 1963. The damaged spire of the old church has been retained and its ground floor has been made into a memorial hall. | The original church on the site was built in the 1890s. It was badly damaged in a bombing raid in 1943. The present building, which consists of a church with an attached foyer and a separate belfry with an attached chapel, was built between 1959 and 1963. The damaged spire of the old church has been retained and its ground floor has been made into a memorial hall. |