Places to see in ( Berlin - Germany ) St Mary's Church
Places to see in ( Berlin - Germany ) St Mary's Church
Experience a mediaeval atmosphere right in the middle of the high-rise buildings. The Marienkirche is on Alexanderplatz, beside the TV Tower. Don’t miss the Dance of Death fresco. Next time you’re at Alexanderplatz taking a walk along Karl-Marx-Allee, why not take a detour back to the Middle Ages for a change. The Marienkirche (St. Mary’s Church) is one of the oldest churches in Berlin.
Shortly after Berlin was granted town privileges in 1230, the building of the Marienkirche began. It was probably built some time after 1250 as a parish church for the newly established town – the exact date is not known. It was first mentioned in chronicles in 1292. Today, the Marienkirche is often associated with the Nikolaikirche, the remnants of the Franziskaner-Klosterkirche and the chapel of the Heilig-Geist-Spital, all of which were built in the earliest stages of Berlin’s urban history.
On foundations made of fieldstones, the church was built from red bricks in the local Brick Gothic style. It is a long hall church with thee naves. Wide arches and arcades make the comparatively low-ceilinged church look bigger. Cup-shaped compound piers adorn the interior. The spatial architecture is based on that of the churches of the mendicant orders, which were a very popular inspiration for town churches at the time.
Berlin has suffered many fires during its history, and the Church of St. Mary was not spared from them. In the late 14th century it was damaged by fire and rebuilt in a modified form. From the 15th century, the church tower made of Rüdersdorf limestone was repaired and modified. Michael Mathias Smids redesigned it in 1663 in the Baroque style, and a complete Neo-Gothic overhaul was carried out in 1789 by the celebrated master builder Carl Gotthard Langhans. One of his most famous works still stands today at Pariser Platz – the Brandenburg Gate. The imposing pulpit of the protestant church was added in 1703 by Andreas Schlüter.
Today, the church’s centrepiece and main attraction, even for non-believers, is the fresco painting entitled Dance of Death. More than 22 metres long and 2 metres high, it is in the tower of the Marienkirche. Various sources date the fresco at around 1484 – the year when a plague epidemic cost many people their lives. The remaining fragments of the fresco, which depicts the dancing dead representing people from all walks of life, is exhibited behind glass. Many other panels, reliefs and inscriptions can be found in the church, which is still used today.
The Marienkirche is the oldest parish church in the city of Berlin that is still in religious use. It is situated beside the TV Tower and among the East German high-rise blocks – don’t miss this fascinating mixture in the middle of Berlin.
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La carte postale vidéo nous est envoyée de Berlin pour un petit tour sur la fameuse Alexander Platz !
Elle tient son nom de la visite que fit à Berlin l'empereur russe Alexandre Ier en 1805.
Avant guerre, l'Alexander Platz était réputée pour être un lieu où les ouvriers venaient se retrouver dans les innombrables commerces et bistrots de la place. Cœur de la ville socialiste du temps de la RDA, la place est fréquentée aujourd'hui quotidiennement par 300 000 personnes. Même si elle a bien changé depuis ce temps là, l'Alex, comme aiment à l'appeler les Berlinois, n'en demeure pas moins un carrefour où la population y constitue un mélange particulièrement coloré et vivant. Sa situation géographique en fait également un lien populaire entre des quartiers de la ville aux caractères très différents. Elle demeure en tous cas un lieu ou s'entrechoquent les styles architecturaux et s'admirent les lignes de perspectives incroyables. On peut d'ailleurs y voir des monuments tels La Tour de télévision (Berliner Fernsehturm, par directement sur l'Alexander Platz), l'Horloge universelle mesurant 10 mètres de haut et pèsant 16 tonnes, érigée en 1969 ou encore la Fontaine de l'amitié entre les peuples, comme des traces des innombrables strates laissées ici par l'Histoire.