Country UK | Dedicated November 1905 | |
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Address 18 Montpelier Place, London SW7 1HJ, United Kingdom Similar St Cuthbert's - Earls Court, St James' Church - Norlands, St Jude's Church - Kensington, All Saints Notting Hill, St Mary The Boltons | ||
Deutsche Evangelische Christuskirche is a church in Knightsbridge, London, United Kingdom.
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Location
It is located on Montpelier Place in Knightsbridge, London.
History
The church is an offshoot of a congregation which met at the Savoy Chapel and St James's Palace in Westminster.
The building was designed by the architects Edward Boehmer and Charles G. F. Rees. It was built by Dove Brothers from 1904 to 1905. The stained glass was designed by Franz Xaver Zettler, Ostermann & Hartwein, and Schneiders & Schmolz. Its construction was paid for by Sir John Schroder, 1st Baronet in honour of his late wife.
Its dedication in November 1905 was attended by Count Johann Heinrich von Bernstorff, Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein, Princess Marie Louise of Schleswig-Holstein, Prince Louis of Battenberg, and Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine.
In May 1946, the German Christian theologian Julius Rieger wrote in a report that this was the most significant German church in London. He added that its congregants were refugees from Nazi Germany for the most part.