Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedächtniskirche
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Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedächtniskirche
Very little remains of the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedächtniskirche, which translates as the "Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church" (also called the Gedächtniskirche "Memorial Church"). The building was bombed and almost totally destroyed during the Second World War. Rather than flattening the remains, the city preferred to leave the old church and build a new one next to it as testimony to the horrors of the war and the rebirth of the city.
The result is a fascinating mix of styles - the union between old and modern, stone and metal. Inside the old part of the church a kind of museum, called the Gedenkhalle (literally: Memorial), has been set up. There is a collection of documents and witness reports about the church, including photos taken before and after the bombing, and above all important symbolic objects such as the Stalingrad Madonna, a charcoal image by a German soldier drawn during the siege of the city.
Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedächtniskirche
Breitscheidplatz,
10789 Berlin (Charlottenburg)
Hours
All the days from 9am until 7pm
Public Transport:
U Kurfürstendamm, U+S Zoologischer Garten; Bus M19, M29, M46, X9, X10, X34, 100, 109, 110, 145, 200, 204, 245
Important places to visit in Berlin
» Bundestag and the Brandenburg Gate
» Il Judisches Museum Berlin (Jewish Museum)
» Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedächtniskirche
» Checkpoint Charlie (The Wall)
