Ss. Peter and Paul, Wannsee

St. Peter and Paul on Nikolskoe (Russian: Никольское / Nikolskoje ) is a church north of Glienicker parks of Berlin, on the edge of the stumbling mountains.

History

The name comes from the Russian word Nikolskoe Никольское / Nikolskoje, literally, the end of Nikolai hearing 'where the associated neuter noun in the Russian language is omitted for simplicity.

The church building to remind his onion tower on Russian Orthodox churches, is but otherwise typical Protestant and Orthodox churches does not have the structure as the Alexander Nevsky Memorial Church in nearby Potsdam.

King Friedrich Wilhelm III. left them at the suggestion of his daughter, the Empress Alexandra Feodorovna, wife of Nicholas I, for residents Klein Glienicke Nickes and the peacock island far away from Kleinglienicke, on a steep bank of the Havel, near the Peacock Island and the blockhouse Nikolskoe by the architect Friedrich August Stiller and Albert Dietrich Schadow build. On August 13, 1837 the church was consecrated. The designs have been published in Architectural album - a version without the Russian onion dome.

Equipment

In the church there is a tomb of Prince Carl of Prussia. Its current carillon was inaugurated on 1 December 1985 at the church of the first Advent and is similar to that of the Potsdam Garrison Church.

Organ

The organ was built in 1837 by organ builder Friedrich Turley. The abrasive loading instrument has 19 stops on two manuals and pedal. The Spieltrakturen are mechanical, the Registertrakturen are electric.

St. Peter and Paul, the main entrance

View of St. Peter and Paul from the Architectural Album, 1842

Rear View