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St. Lambertus Basilica (catholic church)
- St.Lambertus church
Address:
Stiftsplatz (Altstadt)
Built:
1206 / enlarged 1288 – 1394
Building style:
Lower Rhine brick Gothic
Interesting facts:
Sepulchre of William the Rich (Ital.-Flam. Renaissance)
Berger Kirche (protestant church)
Address:
Berger Straße 18b (Altstadt)
Built:
1683 – 1687
Building style:
Brick hall
Interesting facts:
The elector Jan Wellem granted his subjects free exercise of their religion. However, protestant churches were not allowed to be built directly on the street. The small inner courtyard with the church can be reached through a passage in building number 18.
Open only for special occasions.
Johanneskirche (protestant church)
- Johannes church
Address:
Martin-Luther-Platz (city centre)
Built:
1875 – 1881
Architect:
Kyllmann und Heyden
Building style:
Brick building of the 'Berliner Schule' with influences of the Italian early Renaissance
Interesting facts:
First protestant church in Düsseldorf which was allowed to be built in an open space.
Former Kreuzherren-Klosterkirche (catholic church)
Address:
Ursulinengasse 6 (Altstadt)
Built:
1443 – 1480
Building style:
Lower Rhine brick Gothic
Two-naved hall church with double choir
Interesting facts:
After secularization (1803), the building served as horse stables, weapon arsenal and the archives of the tax office. On the western side there is a marking on the pavement where the former town wall was.
Basilica St. Margareta (catholic church)
Address: Gerricusplatz (Gerresheim)
Built: 13th century; consecrated:1236
Building style:
Lower rhine's inflection of romanticism to gothik.
Tree-nave pier basilica with anoctagonal spire.
Interesting facts:
Belang to higher nobility of Gerresheim and ranks among the best-preserved chuch-buildings of the "Stauferzeit" at the lower rhine.
Contains numerous of sacral art creations:
Gerricus-Sarkophag (high-gotik)
Kruzifixus (at 970)
Ausmalung der Chorapsis "Gerresheimer grace chair" (middle 13th century)
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