Exploring Berlin's Iconic Landmarks: Zionskirche (Zionschurch)

on gratitude for having missed an assassination attempt in Baden-Baden, the then king and later Emperor Wilhelm I were donated in 1861. 10,000 imperial talents for the construction of a church in the area, which was still belonging to the St. Elisabeth community at that time, but in the course of the construction of the Wilhelminian ring, already densely populated area. After some clashes between the Berlin Consistory and the Berlin Magistrate, the construction began in 1866. Due to a lack of money, the construction work was suspended at the end of 1868, but another foundation of the king allowed the construction work to be completed in 1872. The church is built in the style of , as a brick - terracotta building in the style of Berlin's historicism with yellow blendstones from the Hermsdorf Cement and Tonwarenfabrik. It had 1,424 seats, 562 of them on the gallery. The construction costs (excluding land and construction management) were 373,364 marks[2] (purchasing power adjusted in today's currency: around 3.29 million euros). The equipment also included an organ by Wilhelm Sauer with 30 stops on two manuals and Pedalpedals

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Interesting channel mate, I really start to like it. It also reminds me of the very special time I had in Berlin.