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From 2018 the church served as the interim cathedral for Berlin during the restoration of St. Hedwig's Cathedral. The parish became part of a larger parish, St. Elisabeth, together with St. Aloysius, St. Laurentius, St. Paulus, St. Petrus and St. Sebastian in November 2019.
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revised the plans and Hermann Bunning supervised the construction which began in 1907. It is located between houses on Müllerstraße between houses and has two towers. The church was consecrated on 2 May 1909, dedicated to
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in Rome. The walls were decorated with murals in the style of the Beuron Art School, completed in 1926. The altar area was remodelled in 1989/90. Its five high windows were made of
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The organ was built in 1981 by Wolfgang Eisenbarth Orgelbau from Passau, with 48 stops on three manuals and pedals. The key actions are mechanical, the stop actions are electric.
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from the 12th century. The façade is covered with grey limestone, horizontally divided into friezes and cornices. The interior is a basilica with three
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of the towers were replaced by rather flat roofs. Some features of the interior were retained, but not all were restored to their original state.
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was mostly repaired in 1948 and 1949. The paintings on the ceiling and walls were not restored because tastes had changed. The high
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style. The column capitals are decorated with scenes from the legends of Saint Joseph.
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glass panes, similar to alabaster. The main altar and other furniture were made of
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is semi-circular. The mosaic in the apse is a copy of the medieval upper church of
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52°32′38″N 13°21′46″E / 52.54389°N 13.36278°E / 52.54389; 13.36278
Berlin-Wedding
Denomination
Catholic
Dedication
Saint Joseph
Consecrated
Architect(s)
Style
Romanesque revival
Diocese
Berlin
Catholic
Berlin-Wedding
Romanesque revival style
St. Hedwig's Cathedral
Wedding
German Empire
Wilhelm Rincklake
Maria Laach
Wilhelm Frydag
Saint Joseph

World War II
pyramid roofs
crypt
Max Josef Metzger
Gesamtkunstwerk
Beuron Art School

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