Friedrich Wilhelm Memorial Church in Germany, Berlin Spa
Rating: 8,1/10 (2039 votes)  Friedrich Wilhelm Memorial Church – Protestant church in Berlin, located on the Breitscheidplatz square. Built in 1891-1895. by order of the last Kaiser of Germany Wilhelm II in honor of the first Kaiser Wilhelm I. The project of the church was created by the architect Franz Schwechten. For many years, the memorial church was the tallest in Berlin (113 m). In the middle of the 20th century, the church became a memorial to creation and destruction. In November, after the sermon `` Everything passes! '', The temple was destroyed during an Allied bombing raid. After the war, it was planned to build a new temple, but this idea was met with violent protest. Then it was decided to preserve the ruins of a high tower on a platform specially built for this. New elements of the building were created around the ruins by the architect Egon Eierman. Today the temple – one of the prominent features of the post-war city. From the tower of the old church, a bell rings every hour. Tourists called the Memorial Church the Blue Church. because of the unusual glasses that glow blue. The secret is in the complex construction of concrete `` honeycombs '' in which the glass is inserted. The source of light between them gives a mysterious glow. Today, the church has restored mosaics, which depict all the Kaisers of Germany. Above the altar inside the temple 'hovers' the figure of Christ is almost five meters high. 
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